IL: Data-Driven Strategy and Innovation for a Healthier Chicago

Data-Smart City Solutons: In 1854, London’s Soho district was hit by a sudden and severe cholera outbreak of unknown origins, causing more than 127 deaths in three days.  Following the conventional wisdom of the era, concerned residents blamed the scourge on a miasma, or bout of “bad air,” and took precautionary measures that they thought would spare them from the disease.  That logic didn’t sit well with local physician John Snow, who believed his observations warranted a different explanation.

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