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Game of Thrones' Jon Snow may know nothing, but the real-life John Snow knew a heck of a lot. In fact, ... When it struck London from 1853 to 1854, it was deadly for many.

Snow compiled data on the two sets of London households and found that during an 1854 epidemic there were 315 deaths from cholera per 10,000 homes among those supplied by Southwark-Vauxhall but ...

1854: Physician John Snow convinces a London local council to remove the handle from a pump in Soho. A deadly cholera epidemic in the neighborhood comes to an end immediately, though perhaps ...

By mapping the number and locations of cholera cases, John Snow revealed and understood the pattern at once. Cholera cases soared near the Broad Street water pump, so water must have been the culprit.

John Snow, the father of modern epidemiology! On September 7, 1854, Dr. John Snow took his research to the officials, who reluctantly agreed to his suggestion and took the handle off a pump.