Lambeth Cholera Outbreak of 1848-1849
The Setting, Causes, Course and Aftermath of an Epidemic in London
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
2010
274
978-0-7864-5714-4
0-7864-5714-7
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This work brings together a unique range of sources to reveal a forgotten episode in London's history. Situated opposite Westminster on the south bank of the River Thames, by 1848 Lambeth's waterfront had become London's industrial center and a magnet to migrant workers. The book exposes the suffering of the working population in the face of apathy and ineptitude, and convincingly challenges the long-standing belief that London's numerous cholera outbreaks beginning in 1832 were unrelated. The work combines recent scientific research with first-hand accounts to show for the first time that in the nineteenth century cholera was very probably endemic in the River Thames.
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