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Events on Friday 8 September 1854 1
1854John Snow traces Broad Street cholera outbreakPioneering epidemiological investigation in LondonPhysician John Snow mapped cholera deaths around a Soho water pump and persuaded local officials to remove its handle, halting the outbreak. His investigation is regarded as a founding achievement of modern epidemiology, showing cholera spread through contaminated water rather than bad air.