There were 535 inmates at the workhouse in Poland Street. It was surrounded by houses where many people died. Out of the 535 inmates, only 5 died of cholera.
An extract from John Snow’s report
At 37 Broad Street there is a percussion cap making factory. 200 people are employed here and 18 died in their own homes of cholera.
Extract from John Snow’s report
The workhouse had its own well, which it took all of its water supplies from. Some of the inmates would occasionally leave the workhouse.
From the textbook Medicine Through Time
John Snow noted that the first case registered was a baby from 40 Broad Street who became ill with diarrhea on 30th August. Her mother washed the clothes in buckets of water and poured the water into a nearby cesspit between the corner of Broad Street and Cambridge Street. The baby died on 2nd September and after this many others caught the illness.
An extract from John Snow’s report
The widow from the West End who died had not been to Broad Street for months. A cart came from Broad Street to the West End delivering water every day. The lady preferred the taste of the water from the Broad Street pump. The last bottle delivered was on 31st August. She died 2 days later. Her niece who visited her aunt at this time also died of the disease.