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After the end of the Puerto Rico epidemic in 1856, there was a calm of almost a decade. However, in 1865, cholera was reimported by a ship from cholera-stricken Marseille to Guadeloupe, launching an epidemic that would exact a toll of > 11,000 deaths in a population of 150,000.
From November 10, 1855, to December 1856, the disease spread through Puerto Rico, claiming 25,820 victims. Cemeteries were expanded to allow for the burial of victims of cholera. [44] In Arecibo , a large municipality of Puerto Rico, the number of people dying in the streets was so great that the city could not keep up.
Oct 3, 2017 · Cholera is a disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It spreads mostly through water contaminated by the feces of someone who harbors the illness, according to the CDC.
Feb 5, 2009 · 19 August, Hirsch, Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology (3 vols., London, 1883 –1886), 1, 401, In Puerto Rico, however, it was reported that cholera had invaded the islands of Dominica and Santa Lucia, [Archivo general de Puerto Rico (abbreviated hereafter as AGPR), ‘Actas del cabildo de San Juan’, 20 January 1834, folio 11 ...
- Kenneth F. Kiple
- 1985
Oct 27, 2011 · Higman notes that basic public health measures were prompted by cholera epidemics in the British Caribbean in the 19th century but that they emerged from “a maze of environmental mystery.” Vega Lugo provides a recent study of cholera in 19th-century Puerto Rico.
The cholera epidemic of Puerto Rico in 1855-1856 had a profound effect on the Puerto Rican society; but it was not influenced by any climatic events, such as preceding hurricanes or storms based on past documentary sources.
Jan 29, 2020 · For example, he mentions San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Cabras Island (part of Puerto Rico) when discussing cholera in 1850, though the disease itself is not reported as present there until late in 1855. Interestingly, he ties the epidemic in the Caribbean to the United States, explaining that the Havana Board of Health instituted a quarantine in ...
