Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
16419
Points per Word
0.000183
Description
Dr John Snow was a pioneer in the field of Victorian hygiene. In 1854 cholera killed 500 Londoners in 10 days. Snow traced the outbreak to a well in Soho into which sewage was seeping, proving the disease was spread by contaminated water.