The Industrial FrankensteinEpidemic and Mortality In the industrial age

Introduction

“The corpses [of the poor] have no better fate than the carcasses of animals.” – Friedrich Engels

Poor Housing• Pauper Funerals • No Public Washing • Crammed Housing• Lack of Hygiene • Cesspools

The Ghost map

“Broad Street

Excerpt”

Dr. John Snow and the Impossible Hypothesis

Eureka!

Credits

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McKenna, Maryn. Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service. New York: Free, 2004. Print.

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Tuthill, Kathleen. "John Snow and the Broad Street Pump: On the Trail of an Epidemic." John Snow and the Broad Street Pump: On the Trail of an Epidemic. UCLA Department of Epidemiology, Nov. 2003. Web. 24 Nov. 2014.