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On 31 August 1854, after several other outbreaks elsewhere in the city, there was a major outbreak of cholera in Soho. Snow later called it "the most terrible outbreak of cholera which ever occurred in this kingdom." [8] Over the next three days, 127 people on or near Broad Street died.
Cholera dissemination across Asia and Europe in 1817–1831. In the years after the pandemic subsided in many areas of the world, there were still small outbreaks, and pockets of cholera remained. [8] In the period from 1823 to 1829, the first cholera outbreak remained outside of much of Europe. [8]
Cholera dissemination across Asia and Europe in 1817–1831. The first cholera pandemic (1817–24) began near Kolkata and spread throughout Southeast Asia to the Middle East, eastern Africa, and the Mediterranean coast. While cholera had spread across India many times previously, this outbreak went farther; it reached as far as China and the ...
Japan suffered at least seven major outbreaks of cholera between 1858 and 1902. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people died of cholera in Tokyo in an outbreak in 1858–1860. [37] Patients suffering from cholera in 1854. In 1854, an outbreak of cholera in Chicago took the lives of 5.5 percent of the population (about 3,500 people).
The deadliest cholera outbreak happened in the 1850s [98] Cholera outbreaks during the 1850s were widespread, but cases were highly concentrated in areas with dense populations. The outbreak lasted from 1852 to 1860. 23,000 deaths were recorded in Britain alone [ 99 ] The outbreak in Britain led to immigrants fleeing their homes and immigrating ...
London's first major cholera epidemic struck in 1831 when the disease claimed 6,536 victims. In 1848–49 there was a second outbreak in which 14,137 London residents died, and this was followed by a further outbreak in 1853–54 in which 10,738 died.
Today we report on new genetic research that may lead to tools or treatments to prevent cholera outbreaks, and on a study of a potentially practice-changing approach to treating some liver tumors.
King Cholera: The biography of a disease (1966), focus on UK epidemics; McLean, David. Public Health and Politics in the Age of Reform: Cholera, the State and the Royal Navy in Victorian Britain (2006). Mosley, Stephen. The Chimney of the World: A History of Smoke Pollution in Victorian and Edwardian Manchester (2001). Niemi, Marjaana.