Reports on epidemic choleraJ. Churchill, 1854 - 565 pages |
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... whole of Europe , and at one and the same time has involved every part of this island , affecting four - fifths of its in- habitants , Cholera has left whole districts unvisited , and has fallen severely on comparatively few localities ...
... whole of Europe , and at one and the same time has involved every part of this island , affecting four - fifths of its in- habitants , Cholera has left whole districts unvisited , and has fallen severely on comparatively few localities ...
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... whole country , the average number occurring in England and Wales , in the six winter months of the year 1848-1849 , will have been ( calculating from the mean of the two years 1841 1842 ) about 150 . Quarters ending Year . March . June ...
... whole country , the average number occurring in England and Wales , in the six winter months of the year 1848-1849 , will have been ( calculating from the mean of the two years 1841 1842 ) about 150 . Quarters ending Year . March . June ...
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... whole of the year 1849 none ; in Colchester four - and only two in 1849 ; in Cheltenham six ; in Stafford three ; in Leicester two , and in Lincoln seven ; the population of these towns ranging from 13,000 to 50,000 . And in Hereford ...
... whole of the year 1849 none ; in Colchester four - and only two in 1849 ; in Cheltenham six ; in Stafford three ; in Leicester two , and in Lincoln seven ; the population of these towns ranging from 13,000 to 50,000 . And in Hereford ...
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... whole city into two parts , an eastern and a western , by a line of houses nearly a mile in length , which is continued from the Radcliffe Observatory on the north to the bridge called Folly Bridge on the south , only one case of ...
... whole city into two parts , an eastern and a western , by a line of houses nearly a mile in length , which is continued from the Radcliffe Observatory on the north to the bridge called Folly Bridge on the south , only one case of ...
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... whole without sewers . And with regard to Leeds , Dr. Castle states that " the disease was least prevalent by the water - side , and most so on the higher ground . " In these instances , where the epidemic fell with such vio- lence upon ...
... whole without sewers . And with regard to Leeds , Dr. Castle states that " the disease was least prevalent by the water - side , and most so on the higher ground . " In these instances , where the epidemic fell with such vio- lence upon ...
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affected appeared atmosphere attacked August blood Bridgenorth Buckinghamshire calomel cause of Cholera cessation character Cholera Committee Cholera field Cholera occurred Cholera patients collapse communication congested contagion contagious conveyed damp deaths from Cholera deaths occurred December demic diarrhoea died diffusion disease districts ecchy ecchymosis England epidemic Epidemic Cholera facts fatal favour Female fever fibrinous fluid foul glands Hertfordshire Hospital human intercourse ileum impure increase infected influence instances intensity intestine July June localities London lunatic asylums Mesenteric Glands miles Millbank Prison months morbific mortality from Cholera mucous membrane Noss Mayo number of deaths nurses October outbreak pale period Peritoneum persons pia mater Place and Reporter population ports prevalence probable public establishments river sanitary condition September severe ships Shropshire sick Small Intestines solitary glands spots Staffordshire sub-district suffered Sunderland symptoms Table temperature theory tion towns ventilation visited wards wind winter Worcestershire Workhouse
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