That info from the relevant time was influenced by the limited knowledge available then.
The writer mentions bad air which was thought to be condusive to creating the disease. The bacillus had not yet been identified , haven`t we come a long way. In the M/C outbreak the only supply of drinking water available to residents of the worst affected area( Angel Meadow)was the heavily polluted River Irk, the banks of which higher up near Smedley Vale were lined with tanneries which emptied their effluent into the Irk.
( Gosh I`m feeing sick at the thought!) In Spring Gardens there was a fountain, hence Fountain St. but that was quite a way to go for water and there was none in the houses. In addition pigs were kept in the closed courts and one open privy for goodness knows how many people with no access to water , it`s a wonder any one survived. But the link between the prevailing conditions and resulting illness had not yet been properly identified it seems .,
I`m not sure when it was, possibly in India by British Army Doctors, as the death rate from Cholera was quite high of children and wives of serving soldiers .I`ll have to look it up. You`ve got me really intrested now. Aren`t we lucky---!I feel guilty when I leave the tap running when cleaning my teeth, I do try to remember and think of women in Africa walking five miles with rusty oil cans on their heads to get some muddy water. Why do they live so far from it? There must be a valid reason.
Cheerio. Viktoria.