Project Gutenberg 2021-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 269 Snow, John 1813 1858 Cholera and the Water Supply in the South Districts of London in 1854 Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Cholera and the Water Supply in the South Districts of London in 1854" by John Snow is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on the epidemiology of cholera and the significant impact of water supply on its outbreak in London, particularly during the devastating epidemic of 1854. It investigates the relationship between water sources and cholera cases, linking the presence of sewage contamination in drinking water to increased mortality rates. The opening of the publication presents John Snow's early conclusions about cholera's transmission, emphasizing that it originates in the alimentary canal and can spread from person to person, particularly in impoverished conditions where hygiene is neglected. He discusses prior outbreaks and highlights a critical observation: the water supply was often contaminated with sewage, particularly from specific areas of the Thames. Snow outlines his methodical inquiry into the water supply to different households during the cholera epidemic, documenting the connections found through statistical analysis that would ultimately support his hypothesis about the role of clean water in disease prevention. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Cholera -- England -- London -- Epidemiology Water-supply -- England -- London RA Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Science - Biology Category: Health & Medicine Category: Environmental Issues 130959 2025-09-26T09:01:54.262057 text/html 109380 2024-10-18T16:40:20 text/html 287089 2025-09-26T09:01:58.244015 application/epub+zip 285514 2025-09-26T09:01:55.247011 application/epub+zip 102479 2025-09-26T09:01:54.797011 application/epub+zip 324311 2025-09-26T09:02:00.244032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329592 2025-09-26T09:01:57.847121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146815 2022-09-29T21:21:55.647101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145518 2025-09-26T09:01:53.781055 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 125452 2024-10-18T16:40:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16992 2025-09-26T09:02:00.375065 application/rdf+xml 8199 2025-09-26T09:01:54.914017 image/jpeg 1464 2025-09-26T09:01:54.855050 image/jpeg 261484 2025-09-26T09:01:54.274053 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia