Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James, Westminster, during the autumn of 1854 / presented to the vestry by the Cholera Inquiry Committee, July 1855.

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1855
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Credit: Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James, Westminster, during the autumn of 1854 / presented to the vestry by the Cholera Inquiry Committee, July 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    acceptance,—to inspect the cesspool and drains of the house, No. 40, in Broad Street, close to which the public pump is situated, and also to open and examine the well itself and the soil intervening between it and the drains and cesspool. Mr. York’s statement, accompanied by a plan and section, is also annexed to this Report. The analysis of six specimens of surface wTell w ater, the composition of which it w7as desirable to ascertain, was conducted in the Birkbeck Laboratory, at University College, by Messrs. Powell, Ormsby, Smith, and Worsley, at the request of Professor William- son. Lastly, many of the facts and statements in the follow ing pages depend on the authority of individual members of the Committee. The drawing up of the Report w as entrusted to Mr. Marshall. It is arranged under the four follow- ing heads :—1. History of the outbreak. 2. Circumstances attending the outbreak. 3. Hypotheses concerning the outbreak. 4. Recommendations of the Committee to the Parochial Authorities.