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A History of the County of Middlesex
… tank and defective pump. Nichol Street had no supply. 98 Cholera in 1866 was associated with contamination by sewage … of expense. 44 There were many cases of fever, probably cholera, especially in the workhouse, in 1831 45 when the … was actively clearing 'nuisances', the breeding ground of cholera. 46 The vestry allocated £160 a year for the duties …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a friend of F. D. Maurice and active in attending the cholera victims in 1866, when he was assisted by Edward …
Survey of London
… said to have been used for the interment of paupers and cholera victims amongst foreign sailors. 130 It was closed in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Humphrey Perry, Esq. During the prevalence of the Asiatic cholera, in the autumn of 1832, this place suffered severely …
Cardiff Records
… Board as to the best mode of preparing for and treating cholera in the event of its again visiting this country. 1853 …
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, …
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