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.~ En <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />`+~.. <br /> <br />1. The people living around Broad. <br />Street are poor. Large <br />families are crowded into <br />~~~ one- and two-room <br />apartments. None has <br />indoor plumbing; resi- <br />dents use outdoor toilets and haul their water <br />from the nearest public pump. <br />2. Thomas Butterfield fell ill two hours after <br />stopping off to visit his great-aunt "Tilda." He <br />had tea, biscuits, and sausages with his <br />great-aunt. It was a hot day <br />and he took a drink of cool <br />water before leaving. <br />\~~ <br />3. Following his fight with another boy, Tolly <br />Martin washed the blood off his mouth at <br />the Broad Street pump and <br />ran off with a sausage <br />stolen from the butcher <br />~~\ shop. <br />4. Matilda Wright refused to drink water <br />from the faucets in her home. She <br />would only drink the <br />sweet-tasting water that <br />~\~ her gardener hauled <br />from the Broad Street <br />P~P• <br />5. Ausley and Marthy Brown and their two <br />children are the only people on Ely <br />,~ Street who haven't gotten <br />cholera. Marthy's family <br />~\~ lives in Soho. The <br />Browns haul their water <br />from the Soho pump, <br />which allows them to visit their relatives. <br />r <br />~. <br />,; <br />Poison Pump <br />