斯诺注意到,1848-1849年英国第二次霍乱暴发时,负责给伦敦城南的人家送水的供水公司 The Lambeth Waterworks Company 和 the Southwark and Vauxhall 都从被污染的泰晤士河下游取水。
1854–1855年间the Lambeth和the Southwark and Vauxhall的供水分布情况。图片来源:the second edition of John Snow's On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (published by J Churchill, 1855)