EPIDEMIC YEARS

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YEARS

LOCATIONS

1794

PHILADELPHIA - YELLOW FEVER

1796-1797

PHILADELPHIA - YELLOW FEVER

1798

PHILADELPHIA - YELLOW FEVER

1803

NEW YORK - YELLOW FEVER

1820-1823

NATIONWIDE - FEVER STARTS ON SCHUYKILL RIVER, PA & SPREADS

1831-1832

NATIONWIDE - ASIATIC CHOLERA BROUGHT BY ENGLISH EMIGRANTS

1832

NEW YORK & OTHER MAJOR CITIES - CHOLERA

1837

PHILADELPHIA - TYPHUS

1841

NATIONWIDE - YELLOW FEVER ESPECIALLY SEVERE IN SOUTH

1847

NEW ORLEANS - YELLOW FEVER

1847-1848

WORLDWIDE - INFLUENZA

1850

NATIONWIDE - YELLOW FEVER

1850-1851

NORTH AMERICA - YELLOW FEVER

1852

NATIONWIDE - YELLOW FEVER NEW ORLEANS 8,000 DIE IN SUMMER

1855

NATIONWIDE - YELLOW FEVER

1857-1859

WORLDWIDE - INFLUENZA

1860 - 1861

PENNSYLVANIA - SMALLPOX

1865-1873

PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, NEW ORLEANS, BALTIMORE, MEMPHIS, & WASHINGTON, DC - SERIES OF SMALLPOX, CHOLERA, TYPHUS, TYPHOID, SCARLET FEVER AND YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMICS

1873-1875

NORTH AMERICA & EUROPE - INFLUENZA

1878

NEW ORLEANS - YELLOW FEVER

1885

PLYMOUTH, PA. - TYPHOID

1886

JACKSONVILLE, FL - YELLOW FEVER

1918

WORLDWIDE - INFLUENZA