John Snow is often called the founder of epidemiology ... Then a dramatic epidemic began near his home in Soho, killing 550 people in two weeks. Snow interviewed residents and collected the ...

And if you take a walk in London’s Soho today, you’ll see a memorial to Snow in the form of a black water pump, and… perhaps the highest honour of all – a pub called The John Snow.

John Snow started mapping incidences of the disease in Soho, and noticed clusters around the Broad Street water pump. Snow disabled the pump (a recently restored replica of which stands outside ...