Soho, London · August–September 1854 · 578 deaths

The Broad Street Map

Dr John Snow's cholera data, re-plotted from his 1854 map. Step through it to see how one map turned scattered deaths into one decision: remove the handle of the Broad Street pump.

Deaths per day

The outbreak was already falling when the handle came off on 8 September. Snow's map still changed how the world thinks about disease.