The Board of Guardians of St. James's parish
The elected board of the parish of St. James, Westminster, where Broad Street lay, which had run the parish's poor relief and its workhouse under a local act since 1762. Snow put his evidence to it on September 7, 1854, and the pump handle was removed the next day.
The Pump in Broad Street, 1854
John Snow, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 2nd edition (1855) · 1855 (events of August–September 1854)
I had an interview with the Board of Guardians of St. James’s parish, on the evening of Thursday, 7th September, and represented the above circumstances to them. In consequence of what I said, the handle of the pump was removed on the following day.
I had an interview with the Board of Guardians of St. James’s parish, on the evening of Thursday, 7th September, and represented the above circumstances to them. In consequence of what I said, the handle of the pump was removed on the following day.