14. This is largely due to drought which resulted
             in inadequate supplies of drinking water15.
             In Oxford, the first three outbreaks effected the city there. It spread along the
             Thames River from London into Oxford. Unsanitary conditions, overcrowding, and a
             general lack of public health helped to facilitate the spread into Oxford16. In 1831-1832,
             86 deaths occurred. In 1848-1849 there were 44 and in 1854, 78 deaths17. The city
             escaped the 1866 epidemic as a result of improved sanitary conditions throughout the
             In York, the 1832 epidemic effected them the most. The total population at the
             time of the outbreak was 23,357. During the outbreak, the total number of cases was 450
             and total deaths were 18519. Of the 46 different streets which reported cases of cholera
             during the time, 38 of them had no drainage or defective drainage20. This city is a clear
             example of how the poor sanitation conditions encouraged the spread of choler
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