Sentences with phrase «major outbreaks of cholera»

A major outbreak of cholera in 1892 was badly handled by the city government, which retained an unusual degree of independence for a German city.

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The site is a potpourri of useful material: audio files telling the story of Snow's investigations; an exhaustive collection of Snow's original writing; a vast library of articles written about Snow's legacy; annotated maps of London, including Snow's famous map of the Soho outbreak; short biographies of the major figures in Snow's life; excerpts from books that mention him; dozens of photographs, including images of Snow and landmarks in London related to his life; modern - day scientific explanations of the cholera bacteria; and much more.

And fortunately, there were no major outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as cholera.