Broad Street Pump

The John Snow Memorial

In autumn 1854 500 people died in a mere 10 days in a cholera epidemic whose epicentre was Broad Street in Soho. Dr. John Snow, contrary to the widely held belief that its outbreak was caused by foul ...

John Snow

Dr John Snow suspected that the outbreak of Cholera in the surrounding area was due to contamination of the water from this pump ( my husband tells me, and I have no reason to doubt his knowledge of t...

Reminder of our unhygienic history

This water pump is located immediately outside the John Snow pub in Soho, named after the Victorian era campaigner for improved public health. It’s a simple black hand pump with a comprehensive explan...

Pump is back!

The pump is back on the street, right outside the Snow pub since 20th of July. Seen two days ago. :))

Pump Memorial is no more!

Very sad to find that the broad st pump memorial has been removed. As a student of public health and epidemiology this is a great shame. John Snow was one of the founders of public health and one of t...