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origin
The epidemic of cholera started in Bengal,India -
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timespan
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Gets carried across the border
The virus is caught by sailors in the summer of 1832 and moves to Canada. -
first documentation of cholera
The first recorded documentation of the disease was in New York,it was recorded when citizens gathered in July at the town hall as the epidemic had reached it's peak, and many were in need of treatment and the streets were bare. -
contaminates water supply
after to going to canada and New York it contaminates the water in the city supply -
Second Outbreak
A second outbreak happened in St. Louis killing an estimated 4.300 -
Health board
the health board was built in New York to deal with this epademic -
Final outbreak
the final outbreak happened Alabama killing 128 people