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Survey of London
… bad state of decay. In 1854 there was a severe outbreak of cholera in Broad Street and in the neighbouring streets. A … Street, had been investigating the causes of the spread of cholera for several years. He believed that the disease was … his theory was confirmed by the cessation of the 1854 cholera epidemic, and generally accepted, the pump handle was …
Survey of London
… But nothing had been done to remedy the situation when the cholera epidemic of 1849 (in which some 14,000 people had … and John Snow, the anaesthetist who discovered that cholera is water-borne. The ashes of Constant Lambert, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… including three local surgeons, operated during the cholera epidemic between 1831 and 1833 and Calcutts House … which served Jackfield until at least 1879. In 1832 a cholera burial ground opened nearby. 22 The Pritchard …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a temporary local board of health was set up to meet the cholera threat, recommendations regarding cleanliness and … inhabitants, 'in consequence of the probable approach of cholera into the neighbourhood', were urged to help the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… lodging houses, a surveyor, and scavengers. The fear of cholera also prompted the appointment of a local surgeon, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… later used by the Bridgwater port sanitary authority as a cholera hospital. 89 In 1563 there were said to be 120 …
Cardiff Records
… for the Eisteddfod week. In the event of any case of cholera being imported, the same shall be treated at the Flat …
Cardiff Records
… been conveyed to them in error by the Marquis of Bute. A cholera hospital to be opened on the Flat Holm; the tenant of … are removing the wreck with all proper dispatch. Three cholera patients were taken to the Flat Holm, one of whom … of the farm on the Flat Holm complain that, since the Cholera Hospital was established there, they have suffered …
Chalgrove
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… was apparently growing again, despite occasional epidemics including (in 15579) a nation-wide outbreak …