LONDON 1854: The Cholera That Wiped Out an Entire Neighborhood in a Week
Forgotten Plagues of History
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A single water pump turned one London neighborhood into a mass grave in less than two weeks. This episode looks at the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak — one of the deadliest and most consequential disease events in 19th-century Britain, and a turning point in how the world understood epidemics.
Forgotten Plagues of History digs into the real causes, the death toll, and why this outbreak still shapes public health today — backed by historical records, not sensationalism.
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#CholeraOutbreak #VictorianLondon #EpidemicHistory
LONDON 1854: The Cholera That Wiped Out an Entire Neighborhood in a Week
Forgotten Plagues of History
74 views
A single water pump turned one London neighborhood into a mass grave in less than two weeks. This episode looks at the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak — one of the deadliest and most consequential disease events in 19th-century Britain, and a turning point in how the world understood epidemics.
Forgotten Plagues of History digs into the real causes, the death toll, and why this outbreak still shapes public health today — backed by historical records, not sensationalism.
If you think history class left out the good parts, subscribe for a new forgotten epidemic every week.
#CholeraOutbreak #VictorianLondon #EpidemicHistory