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The yellow fever epidemic occurred during late 1870, beginning in August to the end of the year. There were a total of 1235 deaths; 468 women and 767 men. The epidemic ended due to the city following hygienic measures and the mosquitoes not surviving Barcelona's cold weather conditions in December 1870.
Outbreaks occurred in Barcelona, Spain, in 1803, 1821, and 1870. In the 1870 outbreak, 1,235 fatalities were recorded of an estimated 12,000 cases. [8] . Smaller outbreaks occurred in Saint-Nazaire in France, Swansea in Wales, and in other European port cities, following the arrival of vessels carrying the mosquito vector. [9] [10]
Mar 6, 2009 · The last outbreak of yellow fever in the city of Barcelona, Spain, was caused by a ship arriving from Cuba. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the epidemic of 1870 by using the available mortality data.
- Jaume Canela Soler, Jaume Canela Soler, Maria Rosa Pallarés Fusté, Rafael Abós Herràndiz, Carme Nebo...
- 2009
Jun 17, 2015 · During the 1870 yellow fever epidemic in Barcelona, e.g., children between 1 and 10 years of age suffered an absolute mortality rate of less than one-tenth that of adults aged twenty-one to fifty (Canela Soler et al. Reference Canela Soler, Fusté, Herràndiz, Adell and Lawrence 2009: 296–97).
- Mariola Espinosa
- 2014
There were 1,235 deaths from yellow fever, representing 27.9% of all thel deaths occurred between August 1st and December 31st. The crude mortality rate in Barcelona in 1870 was 40.3 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants, with a specific mortality from yellow fever being 549.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Demographic characteristics
Jun 15, 2017 · The devastating impact of a yellow fever epidemic in Barcelona, 1821. Two months after newcomer McGuigan had walked into the Charity Hospital, yellow fever was decimating New Orleans. In late July patients were forced to lie on the hospital’s floors as it took in 100 new cases a day.
Dec 1, 1999 · Abstract. The outbreak of yellow fever that struck Barcelona in 1821 followed a typical pattern for the times: a brick from Cuba introduced the disease in the port docks; the epidemic first reached the poor suburbs, and finally the center of the city. It was assumed that at least 20,000 inhabitants died from the scourge, that is a sixth of the ...
