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- Cholera first struck Britain in 1831 during the second pandemic of the 1800s. It was often described as ‘invading’ the country and it caused fear and panic in communities that experienced outbreaks. As the disease was new to Europe, the medical profession in Britain had no idea how the disease spread or how to treat or cure it.
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Jul 30, 2019 · The first appearance of cholera in 1831 was followed in 1837 and 1838 by epidemics of influenza and typhoid, prompting the government to ask the lawyer and leading social reformer Edwin Chadwick to carry out an enquiry into sanitation.
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. 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.
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.
Apr 26, 2022 · In this widely accepted picture of the nineteenth-century mortality experience the leading role is taken by the cholera epidemics which invaded Britain between 1831 and 1866. Historians have followed this lead by making cholera an exciting cause of political and social change, including the first Reform Bill.
Feb 2, 2021 · Public health in mid-19th century Britain. Tuesday 2 February 2021 | The National Archives | Audio, Podcasts | Comments Off. The 1848-1849 cholera epidemic in England and Wales was described by...
Mar 30, 2018 · John Snow conducted pioneering investigations on cholera epidemics in England and particularly in London in 1854 in which he demonstrated that contaminated water was the key source of the epidemics.
Nov 3, 2018 · The cholera epidemics of 1848–9, 1854 and 1866 are clearly visible. Asiatic cholera disappeared from England after 1866, and the cholera deaths reported after 1866 refer to deaths attributed to ‘English’ cholera. These declined sharply across the 1870s.
