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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, born OTD in 1819, was chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works; he created the sewer network for central London which helped reduce the number of #cholera epidemics https://toilet-guru.com/cholera-pump.html?s=mb #PublicHealth

Cholera and John Snow's Pump — Victorian Plumbing

Dr John Snow discovered the source of the 1854 cholera epidemic in London. He disabled this pump and ended the outbreak, and is now a hero of public health. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.

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