Cholera in the large towns of the West and East Ridings, 1848-1893

This study discusses the three cholera epidemics in 1848-49, 1853-54 and 1865-66, focussing on how the disease was experienced and acted upon, as well as its impact in the four large towns of the West and East Riding of Yorkshire (Bradford, Hull, Leeds and Sheffield). It does this comparatively and...

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Main Author: Sigsworth, Michael
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 1991
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305540