List of Epidemics and Disease outbreaks

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List of Epidemics and Disease outbreaks

Postby MarkCDodd » Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:27 am

Thanks to my fellow AIGS (Australian Institute for Genealogical Studies) members for compiling the list.

MAJOR EPIDEMICS & DISEASE OUTBREAKS TIMELINE

Based on writings from the 1700 & 1800s
Place names in brackets signify areas where disease especially deadly
Not all epidemics listed nor all types of diseases included. Diseases like tuberculosis, scurvy, syphilis, dysentery, infantile diarrhoea, enteritis, respiratory ailments etc consistently took their toll especially in the crowded industrial centres & large cities

DATE EPIDEMICS & OUTBREAKS
1600s ‘Influenza’ in Summers, shift in late 1600s to Spring/Winter; smallpox already a killer disease
1612 - 1651 The ‘new disease’ emerges in Britain. Uncertain what it is – possibly typhus
1670 Jan – June measles epidemic (London) followed by smallpox epidemic, mention of ‘hooping cough’; high diarrhoea in infants
1674 Jan – June measles epidemic (London)
1675 Influenza first identified in London written records – Europe wide epidemic
1679 ‘hooping cough’ again recorded
1700s Early 1700s influenza occurs in Winter; later 1700s occurs all seasons. Note the generational flare up of epidemics throughout the 1700s
1700 Smallpox = 2000 deaths per year (London); 25% of all those infected; city disease most fatalities in children; basically a city disease therefore spread limited
1705 Measles epidemic (London)
1706 Measles epidemic (London)
1708 Exceptionally cold winter; crops affected throughout that year
1710 Smallpox
1717 Smallpox epidemic (Manchester - 8000)
1718 Measles epidemic (London); smallpox (London); influenza epidemic
1719 Measles epidemic (London); smallpox epidemic (London) followed by severe influenza
1721 Measles epidemic (York); general smallpox epidemic severe in Halifax, Ripon, York
1722 General smallpox epidemic severe in Halifax, Ripon, York
1723 Smallpox. Inoculation developed & gaining acceptance
1726 Measles (Ripon) followed by whooping cough & scarlatina /diphtheria (Ripon)
1727 Scarlatina /diphtheria epidemic (Ripon)
1728 Scarlatina /diphtheria epidemic (York & Plymouth)
1730 Whooping cough especially in London; measles epidemic
1733 Measles epidemic; smallpox especially severe in York
1734 Scarlatina /diphtheria especially severe Plymouth, Cornwall & Devon
1735 Scarlatina /diphtheria especially severe Plymouth, Cornwall & Devon
1736 Scarlatina /diphtheria especially severe Plymouth, Cornwall & Devon; smallpox
1739 Intensely cold winter; scarlatina (London)
1740 Intensely cold winter; scarlatina (London)
1741 Severe typhus (London)
1742 Severe typhus (London); measles epidemic
1745 Scarlatina (Sheffield)
1746 Scarlatina especially severe in London; smallpox
1747 Scarlatina especially severe in London
1748 Scarlatina especially severe in London & epidemic in Cornwall, Kidderminster, St Albans although present across country; typhus epidemic
1749 Scarlatina especially severe in London & epidemic in Cornwall, Kidderminster, St Albans although present across country; typhus epidemic
1750 Widespread Scarlatina epidemics rife throughout the 1750s Scarlatina (Plymouth, London, Kidderminster epidemic)
1751 Scarlatina (Plymouth, London, Kidderminster epidemic)
1752 Smallpox
1755 Measles epidemic
1757 Smallpox (Manchester 19,839)
1758 Influenza type epidemic
1759 Measles epidemic; scarlatina epidemic (Newcastle, Yorkshire)
1760 Measles epidemic; Influenza type epidemic recorded in horses
1763 Smallpox
1766 Paving Act improved health in some cities
1768 Measles epidemic (London)
1770 Scarlatina epidemic (London)
1773 Typhus epidemic in Chester; smallpox epidemic (Manchester 27,246)
1777 Scarlatina epidemic (Worcestershire)
1778 Scarlatina epidemic (Worcestershire); typhus epidemic
1779 Typhus epidemic; scarlatina epidemic; measles epidemic; smallpox epidemic (London)
1781 ‘Plague ague’ along the River Severn Valley; smallpox
1782 ‘Plague ague’ along the River Severn Valley
1783 Laki volcano erupts (Indonesia) volcanic winter follows; Typhus epidemic; dysentery; ‘Plague ague’ along the River Severn Valley
1784 ‘Plague ague’ along the River Severn Valley
1785 Measles epidemic; dysentery; scarlatina & ‘the sore throat’ disease (London)
1786 Measles epidemic; typhus epidemic; scarlatina & ‘the sore throat’ disease (London)
1787 Measles epidemic; typhus epidemic; scarlatina & ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); typhus 3124 deaths a year
1788 Extremely hot summer; scarlet fever; ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); scarlatina epidemic; typhus 3124 deaths a year
1789 Scarlet fever; ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); typhus 3124 deaths a year
1790 ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); typhus epidemic (Liverpool 160 cases per month); typhus 3124 deaths a year
1791 ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); typhus among the well to do across England; typhus 3124 deaths a year
1792 ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); typhus 3124 deaths a year
1793 ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); typhus 3124 deaths a year; croup/dipheria epidemic (London); scarlatina & diphtheria epidemic (Buckinghamshire)
1794 ‘the sore throat’ disease (London); typhus 3124 deaths a year
1795 Typhus 3124 deaths a year
1796 Measles epidemics more frequent & becoming more severe; typhus 3124 deaths a year; smallpox epidemic; measles followed & recorded as becoming more severe in its effects
1797 Influenza like epidemic amongst cats
1798 Influenza like epidemic amongst cats
1799 Typhus epidemic; scarlatina epidemic spreads from London to rest of country
1800 Typhus epidemic; scarlatina epidemic
1801 Severe measles epidemic (Middlesex); scarlatina epidemic (Middlesex) then rest of country (Suffolk, Northampton)
1802 Severe measles epidemic (Middlesex)
1803 Influenza (London, British troops in Ireland, Bath, Chester) – spreads along coach roads; scarlatina (Yorkshire Quaker schools especially hit)
1804 Scarlatina epidemic (south west, Manchester)
1805 Scarlatina epidemic (south west, Manchester)
1807 Scarlatina severe outbreaks
1808 Severe measles epidemic (London) exceeds smallpox as killer of children, adult deaths also significant especially London; Scarlatina severe outbreaks
1810 Typhus epidemic; scarlatina (Nottingham, Suffolk)
1811 Measles epidemic
1812 Measles epidemic
1814 Severe winter; measles epidemic; scarlatina epidemic
1815 Measles epidemic
1816 ‘Year Without A Summer’ Very poor harvest; famine, food riots, Welsh leave to to beg for food in England; general smallpox epidemic; 100,000 Irish dead
1817 ‘the Irish disease’ (probably typhus) London 1 in 14 died; severe in Halifax, Leeds, Ripon, Huudersfield, Wakefield, Atley, Carlisle 1 in 10 died, Newcastle, it was milder but longer lasting, particularly affected servants to the well to do
1818 ‘the Irish disease’ (probably typhus) London 1 in 14 died; severe in Halifax, Leeds, Ripon, Huudersfield, Wakefield, Atley, Carlisle 1 in 10 died, Newcastle, it was milder but longer lasting, particularly affected servants to the well to do; Measles epidemic in eastern counties
1819 ‘the Irish disease’ (probably typhus) London 1 in 14 died; severe in Halifax; smallpox epidemic (Norwich)
1824 Measles epidemic south especially Exeter
1826 Excessively high temperatures also excessive rains followed by the Great Drought; general ‘fevers’ epidemic; typhus (Manchester over 31,474)
1827 High temperatures also excessive rains followed by drought
1828 High temperatures also excessive rains followed by drought
1830 Highly virulent strain of typhus (spotted typhus) epidemic
1831 First record of cholera – Asiatic cholera (Sunderland, Newcastle on Tyne, Newburn) spread throughout Britain attacking all classes; epidemic (30,000); ‘malignant scarlatina’ countrywide (Plymouth, Staffordshire); Highly virulent strain of typhus (spotted typhus) epidemic
1832 Highly virulent strain of typhus (spotted typhus) epidemic
1833 Highly virulent strain of typhus (spotted typhus) epidemic
1834 Highly virulent strain of typhus (spotted typhus) epidemic
1836 Excessively wet winter
1837 Measles epidemic; typhus epidemic (London, Manchester, Liverpool) deaths in north 18,775; smallpox epidemic (south west England & Wales extremely high mortality rate)
1838 Smallpox epidemic (south west England & Wales extremely high mortality rate); typhus epidemic (London, Manchester, Liverpool) deaths in north 15,666; in London 18,775
1839 Smallpox epidemic (south west England & Wales extremely high mortality rate); scarlatina epidemic; typhus epidemic (Manchester, Liverpool) deaths in north 17,177; in London 15,666
1840 Smallpox epidemic (south west England & Wales extremely high mortality rate, Lancashire); scarlet fever outbreak continued for next 30-40 years in severe proportions; cholera epidemic (Dorset, Lancashire); typhus kills 17,177 in London
1841 Typhus epidemic (London 14,846)
1842 Typhus epidemic (London 16,201)
1844 The Great Scarlatina epidemic
1846 Excessively hot summer, drought – all diseases flare up across the country; ‘famine fever’/Irish fever (typhus) 500,000 to 1 million died between 1846 & 1848 Lancashire & Cheshire very badly hit, floating hospital ships o the Mersey Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Leeds, Hull, York, Sunderland all systematically saw dramatically increased death rates
1847 Famine; typhus epidemic (30,320);
1848 Good harvest, fall in food prices, employment rises; Typhus epidemic 21,406 epidemic ended with increase in employment & drop in food prices; cholera epidemic 62,000; scarlatina epidemic
1853 Cholera epidemic (north, Newcastle 26,000, London 10,000); vaccination against smallpox made compulsory but not always done (see death rate for 1870)
1854 Cholera epidemic (north, Newcastle 26,000, London 10,000)
1856 Typhus epidemic (London) followed returning soldiers from Crimean War; diphtheria epidemic
1857 Diphtheria epidemic
1858 Diphtheria epidemic; scarlatina epidemic
1859 Scarlatina epidemic
1861 American cotton crop fails Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1862 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1863 Scarlatina epidemic (South West) followed by chronic measles epidemic; Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1864 Scarlatina epidemic (South West) followed by chronic measles epidemic; Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1865 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1866 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns; whooping cough epidemic; cholera epidemic 14,000
1867 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns; cholera epidemic 14,000
1868 Scarlatina epidemic; ‘relapsing fever/typhus (London)
1869 Scarlatina epidemic; ‘relapsing fever/typhus (London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford)
1870 Scarlatina epidemic; ‘relapsing fever/typhus (London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford,); smallpox 23,100; decline of tuberculosis also decline in typhus
1871 Smallpox 19,000
1872 Smallpox
1873 Smallpox
1874 Severe scarlatina epidemic; smallpox
1875 Smallpox
1878 Whooping cough epidemic
1879 Severe measles epidemic; scarlatina epidemic
1880 Severe measles epidemic; scarlatina epidemic
1881 Smallpox epidemic; hospital ships moored in Thames
1883 Krackatoa eruption; Measles epidemic
1885 Measles epidemic
1887 Measles epidemic
1888 Severe measles epidemic in Staffordshire
1889 Measles epidemic; influenza pandemic between a third & a half of population ill. Medical opinion that this strain the same mutation that returned in the 1918 pandemic
1890 Influenza pandemic between a third & a half of population ill.
1891 Influenza pandemic between a third & a half of population ill.
1892 Influenza pandemic between a third & a half of population ill.
1894 Severe measles epidemic amongst infants (London)
1918 Influenza pandemic 50 million die world wide
1919 Influenza pandemic 50 million die world wide – London 23,000 deaths
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Re: List of Epidemics and Disease outbreaks

Postby Antie Em » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:17 pm

Thank goodness for vaccinations Eh ...
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Re: List of Epidemics and Disease outbreaks

Postby Northern Lass » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:36 pm

This is good

going to move it to some sort of sticky

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