1825–1896

Henry Whitehead

A Soho curate whose local investigation and household knowledge helped test the Broad Street water hypothesis.

Documented roles

Connected Chaos Files

Roles describe the connection to each File; the File’s sources support the historical record.

Local investigator and curate

The Broad Street Cholera Investigation

During a severe cholera outbreak in Soho, physician John Snow mapped deaths and interviewed residents about where they obtained water. The concentration of cases among people who used the Broad Street pump …

August–September 1854 · The former Broad Street pump, now Broadwick Street, Soho