Cholera

Cholera 1832 Lambeth MS Document Petition Signed by 14 Citizens of Lambeth "To the Right Honorable Lord Melbourne Secretary of State for the Home department" later P.M. followed by copy official letter sent to Sinnotts source of effluvia.

réf. 26909Lambeth 7 July 1832. Four pages folio bifolium tipped onto card minor damage not affecting text crude repair with sellotape on 'spine' aged fair condition. A. The 'Petition' two pages folio in a tidy handwriting commencing: "We the undersigned regret to have occasion to trouble your Lordship but under the present alarming apprehension of that dreadful disease of Cholera we intreat your Lordships assistance in the removal of a monstrous nuisance in our immediate neighbourhood. The dust yard of Messrs Sinott situate in Belvedere Road Lambeth is the receptacle for the refuse of the vegetables from Covent Garden market where it is as well as much other very offensive matter suffered to remain till far advanced in decomposition long thought the source of cholera the effluvia from which especially during the present warm weather is almost unbearable and we fear unless abated will materially endanger the lives of many in our populous neighbourhood ." They ask for his Lordship's interference to deal with a longstanding problem. Signed by Thomas Langton Samuel Cross John Barnard John Chas Stahlschmidt and ten others. B. Final page of the bifolium copy of letter presumably sent to Sinnottsalso dated 7 July 1832 tipped on to card with loss of a letter or two initialled discussing the source of effluvia affecting the lives of people a "crowded population" and its connection to cholera. See Image. Notes: a. "Lord Melbourne William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne was heavily involved in the government's response to the first major cholera epidemic in Britain during his time as Home Secretary in the early 1830s" AI; b. "The 1832 Cholera Outbreak in LambethConditions: Lambeth situated along the Thames was a hub of industry and a magnet for poor migrant workers living in cramped filthy conditions with no proper sewerage systems.Water Supply: Residents including those in Lambeth drank directly from the heavily contaminated Thames accelerating the spread of the disease.Impact: By February 1832 cases were reported in London with Lambeth and Southwark among the early affected areas. By the end of 1832 the epidemic had killed over 32000 people across Britain."Miasma" Theory: At the time officials like Edwin Chadwick and the Central Board of Health believed cholera was caused by "miasma"—poisonous air arising from decomposing matter." AI Lambeth, 7 July 1832 unknown

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