Epidemics of the US 1702 Yellow Fever US*NY 1702 Scarlet Fever US Boston 1706 Yellow Fever US SC 1713 Measles US Boston 1721 Smallpox US Boston 1723 Influenza WW 1723 Famine UK*7 years poor harvests & epidemics 1728 Yellow Fever US SC 1729 MeaslesUSBoston 1732 Yellow FeverUSSC 1732 Influenza WW* 1735 Diphtheria/scarlet fever US*4 yrs -New England 1738 Smallpox US S.Carolina 1739 Measles US*Boston 1743 Yellow FeverUS*NY 1747 MeaslesUSCT, NY, PA, SC 1759 MeaslesUSNorth America 1761 InfluenzaUS& West Indies 1763 SmallpoxUS*Boston 1772 MeaslesUS 1775 InfluenzaWW* 1783 Bilious disorderUSFatal 1788 MeaslesUSPA, NY 1789 InfluenzaUS 1792 Yellow FeverUS*7 yrs 1793 UnknownUSPA 1793 InfluenzaUSVermont, Virginia 1802 SmallpoxUSNebraska 1803 Yellow FeverUSNY 1820 "Fever"US* 1826 CholeraWW*1826-37 1826 Dengue FeverUS* and West Indies 1829 MalariaUS* 1831 CholeraUKStarted WW 1826 1831 CholeraUS* 1832 InfluenzaUS 1833 CholeraUSOhio 1834 CholeraUSNY 1837 TyphusUSPA 1837 SmallpoxUSIndians 1841 Yellow FeverUS 1847 MeaslesUSIndians 1847 Yellow FeverUSNO 1847InfluenzaWW* 1848CholeraWW* 1850Yellow FeverUS 1850InfluenzaUS* 1850Dengue FeverUS* 1851CholeraUSIL 1852Yellow FeverUSNO 1853CholeraBirmingham?This came from a UK report with the ? 1855Yellow FeverUS 1857InfluenzaWW* 1860SmallpoxUS*Pennsylvania 1861EpidemicsUS*Civil war numerous infectious diseases 1865SmallpoxUS* 1865CholeraUS 1865TyphusUS* 1868SmallpoxUS*7 yrs 1873InfluenzaUK*N. America & Europe 1873CholeraUS 1878Yellow FeverUSNO 1885TyphoidUSPA 1886Yellow FeverUSFL 1889InfluenzaWW* 1893PolioUS1st known outbreak 1900PlagueUS* 1901SmallpoxUS* 1907PolioUS*9 yrs. 1917InfluenzaWW*Worst ever 1931PolioUS 1942PolioUS11 yrs * - means the epidemic is spread over more than one year.