Mapping London's Water Companies and Cholera Deaths

John Snow has become a legendary figure partly for his use of spatial data to support his once controversial theory that cholera is a water-borne disease. For his study of London south of the Thames, Snow used data compiled by William Farr for the Registrar General during the 1853-4 epidemic. Using...

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Published in:London journal 2015-03, Vol.40 (1), p.21-32
Main Authors: Cicak, Tessa, Tynan, Nicola
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