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There are various accounts of how many people died, but the most common number, according to various ledgers of the time, is that 225 people died from the 1849 cholera outbreak in Dayton. The ...
Portrait of James Clarence Mangan, a victim of the cholera epidemic of 1849, by Frederic Burton, drawn just after Mangan’s death . Tony Delaney. Wed Jun 26 2024 - 20:59.
On Saturday, Sept. 29, 1849, The New York Tribune published on its front page a line chart tracking the deaths in New York City from the cholera epidemic that summer. It used techniques that would ...
Cholera is a water-borne disease that was responsible for killing thousands of people during the 19th century Europe. Find out how it was eradicated in this 3rd level BBC Bitesize article..