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Edwin Chadwick
1842- wrote a report on poor sanitation and public health
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John Snow
1854- John Snow is an iconic figure in epidemiology and public health, best known for his work on cholera, for a famous map, and for organising the removal of a pump handle in Soho
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Joseph Bazalgette
1858- As chief engineer to London's metropolitan board of works in the mid-19th century, Bazalgette had a significant impact both on London's appearance and, through his design of an efficient sewage system, on the health of its inhabitants.
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Cholera epidemics
1831-1832, 1848, 1853 -
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Germ Theory
1861- pasteur discovered that germs were the cause of disease- caused by germs in the air
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1854- John Snow is an iconic figure in epidemiology and public health, best known for his work on cholera, for a famous map, and for organising the removal of a pump handle in Soho

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1858- As chief engineer to London's metropolitan board of works in the mid-19th century, Bazalgette had a significant impact both on London's appearance and, through his design of an efficient sewage system, on the health of its inhabitants.

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1831-1832, 1848, 1853 -

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1861- pasteur discovered that germs were the cause of disease- caused by germs in the air

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