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Map showing the distribution of Cholera in London and its environs from June 27th to July 21st 1866. London: Day & Son, [1867].
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MYLNE, Robert William (1817-1890) and John Netten RADCLIFFE (1826-1884)
Map showing the distribution of Cholera in London and its environs from June 27th to July 21st 1866. London: Day & Son, [1867].
Very rare map showing the last cholera epidemic to affect London, superimposed upon an important geological map. After the 1854 cholera outbreak in Soho, and the The Great Stink of 1858, London underwent one the great engineering projects of the 19th century, the London Sewerage System. Between 1859 and 1865, the Metropolitan Board of Works constructed six main sewers, and the present map shows the Northern Outfall Sewer draining the effluent eastwards of the metropolis into the Thames at Beckton. Unfortunately, before it was possible to connect up all of the drains, there was another cholera outbreak in the East End of London that was ultimately responsible for more than 5,000 deaths. It was found that the source of the cholera was the Old Ford Reservoir controlled by the East London Water Company, and a report was commissioned and written by J.N. Radcliffe, the Medical Officer of the Privy Council. This was published in of one the government's 'blue books' in 1867, and to demonstrate the findings, this map was included as part of that report. It was decided that the base map should show the geology of London because of the impact this has on water supply. Robert Mylne was the first to produce a comprehensive geological map of London – Map of the Geology and Contours of London and its Environs (1856, 4 miles to 1 inch) – and thus his later larger-scale map was the best available. The new engineering of the sewers, and the data visualisation of the disease and its mortality, were overlaid.
Folding chromolithographic map (582 x 830mm), with geological base, key to upper left entitled 'Reference' showing site with number of deaths from cholera, limits of water supply, and the district areas and main sewers of the London Metropolitan Board of Works, key to the geology lower right, scale of 2 inches to 1 mile (1:31680).
Map showing the distribution of Cholera in London and its environs from June 27th to July 21st 1866. London: Day & Son, [1867].
Very rare map showing the last cholera epidemic to affect London, superimposed upon an important geological map. After the 1854 cholera outbreak in Soho, and the The Great Stink of 1858, London underwent one the great engineering projects of the 19th century, the London Sewerage System. Between 1859 and 1865, the Metropolitan Board of Works constructed six main sewers, and the present map shows the Northern Outfall Sewer draining the effluent eastwards of the metropolis into the Thames at Beckton. Unfortunately, before it was possible to connect up all of the drains, there was another cholera outbreak in the East End of London that was ultimately responsible for more than 5,000 deaths. It was found that the source of the cholera was the Old Ford Reservoir controlled by the East London Water Company, and a report was commissioned and written by J.N. Radcliffe, the Medical Officer of the Privy Council. This was published in of one the government's 'blue books' in 1867, and to demonstrate the findings, this map was included as part of that report. It was decided that the base map should show the geology of London because of the impact this has on water supply. Robert Mylne was the first to produce a comprehensive geological map of London – Map of the Geology and Contours of London and its Environs (1856, 4 miles to 1 inch) – and thus his later larger-scale map was the best available. The new engineering of the sewers, and the data visualisation of the disease and its mortality, were overlaid.
Folding chromolithographic map (582 x 830mm), with geological base, key to upper left entitled 'Reference' showing site with number of deaths from cholera, limits of water supply, and the district areas and main sewers of the London Metropolitan Board of Works, key to the geology lower right, scale of 2 inches to 1 mile (1:31680).
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