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John Snow 1854 investigation of a cholera outbreak in the Soho district of London, in which he mapped cases against the location of local water pumps, traced the outbreak to a single contaminated pump on Broad Street, and had its handle removed, a case now taught as a founding moment of epidemiology as a mapped, evidence driven discipline.

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1854 1
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1854-09-08 2
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Soho, London, England 1
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1. UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, John Snow Site
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of EpidemiologyView the Source
2. Wikipedia: 1854 Broad Street Cholera Outbreak
WikipediaBroad Street outbreak section, quoting John Snow's own account
Quote, Broad Street outbreak section, quoting John Snow's own account
In consequence of what I said, the handle of the pump was removed on the following day.
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