In late summer 1854 cholera killed hundreds of people in these London streets, and nobody agreed how it spread. From the map and the records, how did it reach the people who died, and what in the file shows it?

October 11, 2026

A real file from London, 1854: an original map of deaths in a few streets and short records from the investigation. Decide how the disease reached the people who died.

Case photograph for October 11, 2026