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The third cholera pandemic (1846–1860) was the third major outbreak of cholera originating in India in the 19th century that reached far beyond its borders, which researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) believe may have started as early as 1837 and lasted until 1863. [1]
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. [1]
The disease killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans annually during the 19th century and one-third of all the blindness of that time was caused by smallpox. 20 to 60% of all the people that were infected died and 80% of all the children with the infection also died. It caused also many deaths in the 20th century, over 300–500 million.
Textile workers, many of whom were children of Irish descent, launched the 1835 Paterson textile strike in the silk mills in Paterson, New Jersey fighting for the 11-hour day, 6 days a week. [6] 1836 (United States) National Cooperative Association of Cordwainers formed in New York City. This association was the first national union for a ...
Workers associated with the company and their families were most affected, and 119 died. [53] In 1867, Italy lost 113,000 lives; and 80,000 died of the disease in Algeria. [48] Outbreaks in North America in the 1870s killed some 50,000 Americans as cholera spread from New Orleans to other ports along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
About 1000 men were confined in a pine board prison surrounded by a 6-foot barbed wire fence patrolled by armed soldiers. Most were released within a week, but more than a hundred remained for months, and some were held until December 1899. Three workers died in the primitive conditions. [30] [31] June 10, 1900 St. Louis, MO Streetcar Strike 3 ...
It originated in India (in Lower Bengal), spreading along many shipping routes in 1846. [72] Over 15,000 people died of cholera in Mecca in 1846. [74] In Russia, between 1847 and 1851, more than one million people died in the country's epidemic. [75] A two-year outbreak began in England and Wales in 1848, and claimed 52,000 lives. [76]
A broad and common measure of the health of a population is its life expectancy. According to "Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Slavery," by Robert Fogel, the life expectancy in 1850 of a White person in the United States was forty; for a slave, it was thirty-six. [1]