Picture No | 10216765 |
Date | 1884 |
Description | Cholera quarantine at Marseilles 1884 |
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Quarantine for officers of ships that are in detention, visited by their wives and children. 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 | The Illustrated London News, 12 July 1884 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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