How was it, one might ask, that if there was a cholera epidemic throughout the whole country, John Snow was able to stop the epidemic in Soho merely by limiting it to a single pump? Another question: Most people didn't drink directly from the Thames.…
The Thames was not the only river that was affected by pollution, and since smaller towns and rivers were not as carefully scrutinized, poor water quality could go unaddressed for a much longer time than would be tolerated in a larger city. Anthony…
Woodhouse Grove School, a school for boys planning to go on to be Methodist ministers, was considered to be "a model of its kind" (Barker 122). While Eton and the other public schools were the schools of choice for those who could afford them,…