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Cholera! Public health in mid-19th century Britain

The National Archives Podcast Series by The National Archives

Feb 2, 202100:40:27Government & Organizations

The 1848-1849 cholera epidemic in England and Wales was described by a government report as if a ‘foreign army’ had ‘held possession of the country, and slain 53,293 men, women and children’. In t...