Victorian London

In 1854 Snow mapped cholera deaths in Soho, found them clustered around the Broad Street pump, and used interviews and records to explain apparent exceptions.

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The Great Stink was a summer 1858 episode in which hot weather worsened the stench of sewage on the Thames. It pushed Parliament to fund Bazalgette's new sewer system.

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