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| Picture No | 10216769 |
| Date | 1892 |
| Description | Cholera in Hamburg |
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Linen being left with customs officers for disinfection. Many precautions were taken in preventing the spread of cholera. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease. In the nineteenth century, cholera spread from North-east India towards the east coast of Africa. It only took a couple of years for the disease to reach Europe.
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| Source | Engraving by J. Schomnberg in The Illustrated London News, 1 October 1892 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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