Saw this on another post ans thoought it would be nice to have. BJ > > YEAR(S) REGION, AREA, CITY or STATE DISEASE > > 1657 Boston Measles > > 1687 Boston Measles > > 1690 New York Yellow Fever > > 1713 Boston Measles > > 1729 Boston Measles > > 1732-1733 Worldwide Influenza > > 1738 South Carolina Smallpox > > 1739-1740 Boston Measles > > 1747 Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina Smallpox > > 1759 North America Measles > > 1761 North America and West Indies Influenza > > 1772 North America Measles > > 1775 North America (especially in North East) Unknown > > 1775-1776 Worldwide Influenza > > 1783 Dover, Delaware (was extremely fatal) Bilious Disorder > > 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles > > 1793 Vermont (a "putrid" fever) and Influenza > > 1793 Virginia (killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks) Influenza > > 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever > > 1793 Harrisburg, PA (many unexplained deaths) Unknown > > 1793 Middletown, Pennsylvania (many mysterious deaths) Unknown > > 1794 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yellow Fever > > 1796-1797 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yellow Fever > > 1798 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (one of the worst) Yellow Fever > > 1803 New York Yellow Fever > > 1820-1823 Nationwide (started at Schuylkill River & spread) "Fever" > > 1831-1832 Nationwide (brought in by English Immigrants) Asiatic Cholera > > 1832 New York and other major cities Cholera > > 1833 Columbus, Ohio Cholera > > 1833-34 Kentucky Cholera > > 1834 New York City, New York Cholera > > 1837 Philadelphia Typhus > > 1841 Nationwide (especially severe in the South) Yellow Fever > > 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever > > 1847-1848 Worldwide Influenza > > 1848-1849 North America Cholera > > 1849 New York Cholera > > 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever > > 1850-1851 North America Influenza > > 1851 Coles County, Illinois, The Great Plains, and Missouri Cholera > > 1852 Nationwide (New Orleans 8,000 died that summer) Yellow Fever > > 1855 Nationwide Yellow Fever > > 1857-1859 Worldwide (one of the largest epidemics) Influenza > > 1860-1861 Pennsylvania Smallpox > > 1865-1873 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, > > Washington D.C > > A series of recurring epidemics of: > > Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, > > Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, > > Yellow Fever, and Influenza > > 1873-1875 North America & Europe Influenza > > 1878 New Orleans (last great epidemic) Yellow Fever > > 1885 Plymouth, Pennsylvania Typhoid > > 1886 Jacksonville, Florida Yellow Fever > > 1918 Worldwide (high point year) more people were hospitalized in WWI from > > this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with > > 80% death rate in some camps. Influenza or Spanish Flu > > > > > > Sometimes, if you can look through your family tree > > > and note that a lot of people (especially children and > > > the elderly) died in the same year within a short time > > > of each other, and the year is listed as one for an > > > epidemic, they may have died from the epidemic. > > > > > > V.... > > > > > > Year Ailment Place Extra info > > > 1350Bubonic plagueWW* > > > 1499Bubonic plagueUKLondon > > > 1507"Fever"UK*1507-51 > > > 1551InfluenzaUK > > > 1555FamineUKRains brought famine & weakness > > > 1556Bubonic plagueUK*1556-63 Extreme > > > 1578Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1586Bubonic plagueUK*Chesterfield. Harvest failed > > > 1591Acute distressUK > > > 1593Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1596FamineUK*Harvests failed & epidemics > > > 1603Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1612Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1617SmallpoxUS*Native Indians > > > 1623Bad yearsUK2 years > > > 1625Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1626Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1630Very bad yearUKMany died > > > 1631Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1633SmallpoxUS*Native Indians > > > 1636Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1637Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1647Yellow FeverWest Indies > > > 1648SmallpoxUS > > > 1648Whooping coughUS > > > 1654Bubonic plagueUK > > > 1657MeaslesUSBoston > > > 1662SmallpoxUSNY > > > 1665Bubonic plagueUKExtreme > > > 1666Bubonic plagueUKEyam > > > 1668Yellow FeverUSNY > > > 1677SmallpoxUS*Boston > > > 1687MeaslesUSBoston > > > 1690Yellow FeverUSNY > > > 1699Yellow FeverUSSC > > > > > > 1702Yellow FeverUS*NY > > > 1702Scarlet FeverUSBoston > > > 1706Yellow FeverUSSC > > > 1713MeaslesUSBoston > > > 1721SmallpoxUSBoston > > > 1723InfluenzaWW > > > 1723FamineUK*7 years poor harvests & epidemics > > > 1728Yellow FeverUSSC > > > 1729MeaslesUSBoston > > > 1732Yellow FeverUSSC > > > 1732InfluenzaWW* > > > 1735Diphtheria/scarlet feverUS*4 yrs -New England > > > 1738SmallpoxUSS.Carolina > > > 1739MeaslesUS*Boston > > > 1743Yellow FeverUS*NY > > > 1747MeaslesUSCT, NY, PA, SC > > > 1759MeaslesUSNorth America > > > 1761InfluenzaUS& West Indies > > > 1763SmallpoxUS*Boston > > > 1772MeaslesUS > > > 1775InfluenzaWW* > > > 1783Bilious disorderUSFatal > > > 1788MeaslesUSPA, NY > > > 1789InfluenzaUS > > > 1792Yellow FeverUS*7 yrs > > > 1793UnknownUSPA > > > 1793InfluenzaUSVermont, Virginia > > > > > > 1802SmallpoxUSNebraska > > > 1803Yellow FeverUSNY > > > 1820"Fever"US* > > > 1826CholeraWW*1826-37 > > > 1826Dengue FeverUS* and West Indies > > > 1829MalariaUS* > > > 1831CholeraUKStarted WW 1826 > > > 1831CholeraUS* > > > 1832InfluenzaUS > > > 1833CholeraUSOhio > > > 1834CholeraUSNY > > > 1837TyphusUSPA > > > 1837SmallpoxUSIndians > > > 1841Yellow FeverUS > > > 1847MeaslesUSIndians > > > 1847Yellow 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. > > > 1917SpanishInfluenzaWWIWorst ever > > > 1931PolioUS > > > 1942PolioUS11 yrs > > > 1950'sPolio > > > > > > > >* - means the epidemic is spread over more than one year. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NYC-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > NYC-ROOTS list website - > http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/NYC-ROOTS.htm >