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Measles and influenza – a lesson from history…

Epidemics in Eastville Workhouse 1895-1914

By Roger Ball
Finding epidemics During the collation of Eastville Workhouse death register data for the years 1895 to 1914, the researchers noted some unusual clusters of deaths, particularly amongst the young. In a similar manner to our survey in the Victorian period (1851-1895) a simple method was developed for determining possible epidemics of fatal diseases amongst the inmates. In order to remove the effect of seasonal variations in death data and the increasing numbers of inmates in the workhouse over […]
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Bristol docks and cholera

M Shed 10th anniversary series

Miscellaneous 2021
Cholera reached Bristol on the 11 July 1832. The London Quarterly Review described the new disease sweeping the world in November 1831: ‘It has mastered every variety of climate, surmounted every natural barrier, conquered every people.’ This disease had been prevalent in the Indian sub-continent for centuries, thriving in crowded and impoverished conditions. The disease caused severe diarrhoea, dehydration, collapse and often death. However, on 12 July 1832, the newspapers reported that they […]
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