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In 1854 in London, there was an outbreak of cholera. This disease spread from the Broad Street pump and killed about 500 people in 10 days. John Snow proved his theory that what thing caused the outbreak and spread of cholera?

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  • In 1854, a cholera epidemic broke out, affecting resident families of tailors and clerks from the shops of nearby Regent Street. The epidemic caused violent diarrhea and very high mortality, with some 600 deaths in one week during September 1854
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