Cholera : the Victorian plague / Amanda J. Thomas.

Victorian plague

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2015.

248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.

An ancient disease : the history and epidemiology of cholera -- Brandy is the cure : the 1831-2 cholera outbreak -- The wretched state of the poor : the influence of politics and philosophy on the living and sanitary conditions of the poor -- Cholera and Tooting's Pauper Paradise : workhouse conditions and how cholera devastated a children's institution -- Births, marriages and deaths : the General Register Office and the work of William Farr -- The graveyards overflow : the effect of population growth and cholera on traditional burial practices -- Dr. John Snow and the Broad Street Pump : the emerging theory that cholera is a waterborne disease and the modern myth of Dr. John Snow -- The improvement of London's sewage system and Sir Joseph Bazalgette -- Cholera returns : the 1866 East End cholera outbreak and the Princess Alice -- A modern disease : genetics, vaccines and new theories.