Dr John Snow & Rev. Henry Whitehead

Dr John Snow & Rev. Henry Whitehead

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History, Health Sciences, Social Studies, Biology

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Ted, the vicar of Saint Luke's Church, initially sought to disprove the hypothesis about the Broad Street Cholera outbreak, believing it was a divine punishment. However, his investigation led to a collaboration that uncovered the true cause: contaminated water from a cesspool leaking into the water pump supply. This discovery was linked to the death of a baby, Francis Lewis, whose mother had inadvertently contaminated the cesspool.

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How did Ted and the narrator come to investigate the deaths?

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What was discovered about the cesspool and its connection to the water supply?

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