Day Drinkers (Sort of) Helped Stop Cholera in London

How John Snow figured out the cholera contagion — no relation to the tv show

foursquare.com/broad-street-pump | A picture showing the new location of the replica pump, the handle of which John Snow had removed

One of the things that you notice about London and cholera is that you’ll run into several stories about it but today we’re returning to a period in time in 1854. There was an outbreak of cholera in London, specifically in the Soho district. In the…