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Most likely it'd be from drinking infected water. Because there were no laws on housing back then, builders didn't build loos in houses to save money. Every one on a street shared a pit for a toilet, which often over flowed into the river. The sewage was a breeding ground for e.coli. People drank the dirty river water as they were poor. Aswell, people lived in very poor conditions (again due to lack of laws on building). So you'd be on a cold, concrete floor, in the dark, no light, little clean air, dirt and rats around you, no furniture and no food if you were infected (why waste food on the dying?) when you had caught cholera.

So to sum it up, e.coli bread in sewage, that over flowed into the river which people drank.

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