The Lancet, relating details of the investigation into the incident by Dr William Farr, stated that his report "will render irresistible the conclusions at which he has arrived in regard to the influence of the water-supply in causation of the epidemic."
『The Lancet』は、ドクター・ウィリアム・ファー(Dr William Farr)による事象の詳細な調査を述べながら、彼の報告「は、彼が流行の因果関係における給水の影響に関して到達した結論を反論し得なくするであろう」("will render irresistible the conclusions at which he has arrived in regard to the influence of the water-supply in causation of the epidemic")と述べた。