At 10, Russell Place, on 5th August, the widow of a steam-boat stoker,
aged 38, “diarrhœa 4 weeks, Asiatic cholera 20 hours”
_Southwark and Vauxhall._
At 14, Keppel St., 31st July, the daughter of a cooper, aged 4 years,
“Asiatic cholera 12 hours”
_Southwark & Vauxhall._
At 3, Bank End, on 2nd August, a widow of a coach-trimmer, aged 73,
“Asiatic cholera 14 hours”
_Thames water from tank at Messrs. Barclay & Perkins._
ST. OLAVE, SOUTHWARK. _St. Olave._
At St. Thomas’s Hospital (from Grey Eagle Street, Spitalfields), on 27th
July, a labourer, aged 32, “rheumatism, cholera 20 hours”. This patient,
named John Moull, was admitted with rheumatism on 25th July. Water
supply of hospital
_Southwark and Vauxhall and pump-wells on the premises._
At 5, Marble Court, July 28, the son of a basket maker, aged 4 years,
“malignant cholera 12 hours”
_Southwark and Vauxhall._
At the same house, July 30, a stonemason’s daughter, aged 2 yrs.,
“choleraic diarrhœa 2 days”
_Southwark & Vauxhall._
At 3, Gimber’s Rents, July 31, a labourer’s daughter, 13 months,
“Asiatic cholera 7 hours”
_Southwark and Vauxhall._
At Guy’s Hospital, July 30, a dressmaker, aged 19, “cholera”; admitted
with cholera from 2, Port Place, Walworth Common
_Southwark and Vauxhall._
At 3, Gimber’s Rents, Aug. 1, a labourer’s daughter, 3 years, “Asiatic
cholera 48 hours”
_Southwark & Vauxhall._
On board the “Prince Cobourg”, Cotton’s Wharf, on August 2nd, a seaman,
aged 38, “Asiatic cholera 14 hours”
_Most likely Thames water._
At 5, Marble Court, August 1, the daughter of a basket maker, aged 1
year and 4 months, “cholera, congestion of brain”
_Southwark and Vauxhall._
At 6, Darley’s Buildings, August 2, the daughter of a labourer, 2 yrs.,
“Asiatic cholera 14 hrs.”
_Southwk. & Vauxhall._
At Guy’s Hospital, on August 1st, a sailor, aged 16, “cholera”; admitted
with cholera from a ship in the Thames
_Most likely Thames water._
At Guy’s Hospital, on 2nd August, a bookbinder, aged 30, “cholera”; was
taken ill in the train on his way from Portsmouth
_Water supply not ascertained._
At Guy’s Hospital, on 3rd August, the daughter of a block-turner, aged
11 yrs., “cholera”; admitted with cholera from 7, Mint Street,
Southwark.
_Southwark and Vauxhall._
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