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It also says something about the quality of London drinking water at the time that one infected family had water brought halfway across London from this pump - because they thought its cesspit-contaminated water tasted better than that available locally! |
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To my shame, I'd never thought to look up John Snow despite having been in the pub several times. This is a really interesting post - a teetotaller, who'd have thought? |
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Great post DG - I don't know if you've read "The Ghost Map" by Steven Johnson, which details Snow's work and the assistance given to him by Henry Whitehead, the local vicar, in tracking down the victims. If you haven't it's highly recommended. |
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That is very cool. Thank you. |
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I knew the Broad St pump story from history lessons, but never thought to link that to Broadwick St... even though/despite working a couple of streets away from there for a few years. I'll check it out the next time I'm passing through the area. I always thought miasma was such a pretty word, considering its definition - the opposite of the word pulchritudinous I suppose. |
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Great post! Historical, medical, analytical, geographical, demographical and downright fascinating. |
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How many times I have walked past that pump and wonder why it was there. Wonder no more will I!!! Thanks - great post. |
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Hey cool, I've been there! (Well, I mean, I've never lived in London, so I can't say that about too many places there.) |
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An absolutely fascinating post today. It goes to show you how a little bit of thinking 'outside the box' can go a long way sometimes. |
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As somebody who spends a fair bit of her working life immunising against infectious diseases I found this fascinating. I vaguely knew the story but the detail really brings it to life. I suppose anybody who attempts to change the established order has to fight an uphill battle, but it's the only way to improve things. Must have helped in dealing with the outbreak of typhoid in Maidstone in 1897 too. Thanks for a very interesting post DG Christine |
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I chanced across John Snow's tombstone in the cemetery next to West Brompton tube yesterday |
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Great informative post. Having just had a family infected with salmonella from who knows where I can see how important this chance discovery was-is. |
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Last year I read a great book about the cholera epidemic that started here called 'The Ghost Map' by Steven Johnson. Really interesting stuff |
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whoops, just noticed that someone wrote about that already...! |
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