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A two-year outbreak began in England and Wales in 1848, and claimed 52,000 lives. [9] In London, it was the worst outbreak in the city's history, claiming 14,137 lives, over twice as many as the 1832 outbreak. Cholera hit Ireland in 1849 and killed many of the Irish Famine survivors, already weakened by starvation and fever. [10]
In 1849, cholera claimed 5,308 lives in the major port city of Liverpool, England, an embarkation point for immigrants to North America, and 1,834 in Hull, England. [18] In Vietnam and Cambodia, cholera hit in summer 1849, killing approximately 589,000 to 800,000 people within one year, along with its consequential famine. [27] [28]
The pandemic prompted the passage of the landmark Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63) and the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849, in England. [ 7 ] In mid-1832, 57 Irish immigrants died who had been laying a stretch of railroad called Duffy's Cut , 30 miles west of Philadelphia.
Cholera hit Ireland in 1849 and killed many of the Irish Famine survivors, already weakened by starvation and fever. [24] In 1849, cholera claimed 5,308 lives in the major port city of Liverpool, England, an embarkation point for immigrants to North America, and 1,834 in Hull, England. [15] Cholera spread throughout the Mississippi River system ...
The Broad Street cholera outbreak (or Golden Square outbreak) was a severe outbreak of cholera that occurred in 1854 near Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) in Soho, London, England, and occurred during the 1846–1860 cholera pandemic happening worldwide.
1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak: 1854 London, England Cholera: 616 [152] 1855 Norfolk yellow fever epidemic 1855 Norfolk and Portsmouth, England Yellow fever: 3,000 (2,000 in Norfolk, 1,000 in Portsmouth) [153] Third plague pandemic: 1855–1960 Worldwide Bubonic plague: 12–15 million (India and China) [154] [155]
Third cholera pandemic: 1848–1854: First cases in Edinburgh in October 1848. Major outbreaks across Britain, including the famous 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak, where John Snow was able to identify contaminated water as being the source of the disease. [14] Estimate is for deaths in Great Britain only. 75,000+ [15] Great Plague of London ...
31 August – 8 September – an epidemic of cholera in London kills 10,000. Dr John Snow traces the source of one outbreak (that killed 500) to a single water pump, validating his theory that cholera is water-borne, and forming the starting point for epidemiology. [11] 18 September – St George's Hall, Liverpool, opens. [12]