History of Sanitation

98 HISTORY OF SANITATION water from Broæd' Streef at' the West End, Hampstead, deserves especially to be noticed. I was informed by Mrs. E. ’s son that his mother had not been in the neighbor- hood of Broad Street for many months. A cart went from Broad Street to West End every day, and it was the cus- tom to take out a large bottle of the water from the pump in Broad Street, as she preferred it. The water was taken out on Thursday, the 31st of August, and she drank of it in the evening and also on Friday. She was seized with cholera on the evening of the latter day, and died on Saturday. A niece who was on a visit to this lady also drank of the water. She returned to her residence, a high and healthy part of Islington, was attacked with cholera, and died also. There was no cholera at this time either at West End or in the neighborhood where the niece died. Besides these two persons only one servant partook of the water at West End, Hampstead, and she did not suffer, at least not severely. She had diarrhoea.” Dr. Snow’s inquiry into the cases of cholera which were nearer other pumps showed that in most the victims had preferred, or had access to, the water of the Broad Street well, and in only a few cases was it impossible to trace any connection with the pump. Finally, Dr. Snow made a statistical statement of great value which is here given in its original form: The Broad Street, London, Well and Deaths from Asiatic Cholera near it in 1854 Date Number of Fatal Attacks Deaths August 19 . . . 1 1 August 20 . . . 1 0 August 21 1 2 August 22 . . . 0 0 August 23 . . . 1 0 August 24 . . . 1 2 August 25 . . . 0 0 August / 26 1 0 August 27 1 1 August 28 . . . 1 0