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The 1832 Sligo cholera outbreak was a severe outbreak of cholera in the port town of Sligo in northwestern Ireland. [1] The outbreak resulted in an official total of 643 deaths, out of a population of 15,000. [2] However, the official figures are considerably lower, as only Fever Hospital deaths were recorded. [1]
The sixth cholera pandemic, which was due to the classical strain of O1, had little effect in western Europe because of advances in sanitation and public health, but major Russian cities and the Ottoman Empire particularly suffered a high rate of cholera deaths. More than 500,000 people died of cholera in Russia from 1900 to 1925, which was a ...
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 ...
Cholera hit Ireland in 1849 and killed many of the Irish Famine survivors, already weakened by starvation and fever. [25] 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. [16] Cholera spread throughout the Mississippi River system ...
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. [11] In 1849, a second major outbreak occurred in Paris.
This year's potato crop again fails and there are renewed outbreaks of cholera. [2] 12 July – Dolly's Brae conflict: Up to 1,400 armed Orangemen march from Rathfriland to Tollymore Park near Castlewellan, County Down. When 1000 armed Ribbonmen gather, shots are fired, Catholic homes are burnt and about eighty Catholics killed. [3]
Cholera spread throughout the Middle East and was carried to the Russian Empire, Europe, Africa, and North America, in each case spreading via travelers from port cities and along inland waterways. [2] The pandemic reached Northern Africa in 1865 and spread to sub-Saharan Africa, killing 70,000 in Zanzibar in 1869–70. [3]
Cholera continues to affect an estimated 3–5 million people worldwide and causes 28,800–130,000 deaths a year. [2] [7] To date, seven cholera pandemics have occurred, with the most recent beginning in 1961, and continuing today. [13] The illness is rare in high-income countries, and affects children most severely.