Research Catalog

Title

The Lambeth cholera outbreak of 1848-1849 : the setting, causes, course and aftermath of an epidemic in London / Amanda J. Thomas.

Author

Thomas, Amanda J., 1960-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.

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Description

viii, 266 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"The book exposes the suffering of the working population, and convincingly challenges the long-standing belief that London's numerous cholera outbreaks beginning in 1832 were unrelated. The work combines recent scientific research with first-hand accounts to show for the first time that in the nineteenth century cholera was very probably endemic in the River Thames"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Cholera
• Cholera > London > Epidemiology
• Cholera > London > History > 19th century
• Cholera > epidemiology
• Cholera > epidemiology > London
• Cholera > history
• Disease Outbreaks
• Disease Outbreaks > history
• England
• History, 19th Century
• History, 19th Century > London
• London
• London > epidemiology
• Rivers
• Rivers > London
• Vulnerable Populations

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The catalysts for change and reform -- Public health : common diseases and cholera -- Migration -- The development of Lambeth -- Lambeth and the River Thames -- The Lambeth district sanitary reports -- The cholera outbreak -- The aftermath.

ISBN

• 9780786439898 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786439890 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2009039036
• 40017398359

OCLC

386709029

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library