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Epidemics with a little extra 1831-1963
« on: Saturday 20 November 04 13:31 GMT (UK) »
Epidemics from Michael Warren’s Chronology site
http://www.chronology.ndo.co.uk

Interesting info I lost family in the 1918-19 influenza epidemic
1831    Cholera and influenza epidemics. Cholera had broken out in Asia and gradually spread across Europe.
1832    Local cholera epidemics continued, by June there had been 22,000 deaths.
1836    Influenza pandemic

1837    Start of a smallpox epidemic, which continued until 1840, causing an estimated 42,000 deaths. There was also an outbreak of typhus in London

1843    Influenza pandemic
1847    Cholera epidemics in London and elsewhere. Typhus epidemic in Scotland.
1848    Major cholera epidemic with about 60,000 deaths, about 14,000 in London.
Influenza pandemic; there were about 50,000 deaths in London alone.
1849      Cholera epidemic reached its peak in the week ending 15th September, when 3,183
deaths were reported in London.
During the 1850s one death in every three was attributed to an infectious disease,
among which tuberculosis dominated.
1853    Start of the Crimean War, which finished in 1856. There were 1933 soldiers killed in
action, 2314 died later of wounds and injuries and 15,398 died of diseases

Cholera outbreak around Broad Street, Golden Square, London, led to John Snow’s famous investigations set out in the second and much enlarged edition of "On the Communication of Cholera" (see 1849) in 1855.
1855      Influenza pandemic
1874      Births and Deaths Registration Act (37&38 Vict., c.88) consolidated and amended previous acts; introduced a penalty for failure to notify; and required medical certification of the cause of death. See 1970.
1874    Hospital Saturday Fund began. Money was collected from workingmen on pay day (Saturday) and paid to hospitals establishing a right to treatment causes of death.
1899      Start of the Boer War (1899-1902) in which 9·5 soldiers per 1000 were killed in action, 3’3 died from wounds and 20·4 died from diseases
1918        Start of a worldwide pandemic (1918-19) of influenza during which about 500 million people were infected and 25 million died from the disease
Typhoid outbreak in Croydon involved 341 cases
Outbreak of smallpox (135 cases) in southeast Lancashire.
  1957 Epidemic of “Asian” influenza (A2 strain).
 1958 Small outbreak of smallpox (6 cases with one death) on Merseyside.
1958    Epidemic of Asian influenza continued during the first quarter of the year
1961 Outbreak of smallpox in England and Wales followed its introduction by travellers from Pakistan. There were 46 cases in Wales and 16 in England, with 24 deaths (see Ministry of Health Report “Smallpox 1961-62”).
 1962 For the first time over 100,000 deaths were registered as due to cancer. All regions in England and Wales were incorporated into a comprehensive cancer registration scheme.
1963 Six small outbreaks of diphtheria in schools affected 33 people
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http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/personal/cm1djw/lochist/epidems.htm#1800
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Re: Epidemics with a little extra 1831-1963
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 21 November 04 19:25 GMT (UK) »

Kinda makes you wonder how so many survived, doesn't it?

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