I am surprised no one has mentioned the polio epidemic in Ipswich c1960. I remember it well being at school in the town at the time Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Partridge" <r.partridge@ukonline.co.uk> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Epidemics Additional Info. - 2. > Hi Listers ! Further to this information I append an answer which > was sent to the > Essex List in July 2009 - Nothing specific to Suffolk in 1835, but > you may want > to keep it on file ? > Best Wishes ! Roger. > -------------------- > On 5 Nov 2010, at 11:56, Colin Fenn wrote: >> David <d.bill@ntlworld.com> writes >>> Can anybody tell me which epidemic was threatening Suffolk >>> villages in 1835? >>> Was it perhaps cholera?? I have whole families dying at the same >>> time! >>> Valerie Bill >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------------- > > I saved this some years ago, not sure where it came from ! > > Diseases through History > > YEAR AILMENT PLACE > 1350* Bubonic Plague World wide > 1499 Bubonic Plague London (UK) > 1507* "Fever" UK (lasted from 1507 - 1550) > 1551 Influenza UK > 1555 Famine UK (rains bought famine and weakness) > 1556* Bubonic Plague UK (this was an extreme event and > lasted until 1563) > 1578 Bubonic Plague UK > 1586 Bubonic Plague Chesterfield UK (all Harvests failed) > 1591 Acute Distress UK (as a result of above) > 1593 Bubonic Plague UK > 1596* Famine UK (harvests failed and epidemics began) > 1603 Bubonic Plague UK > 1612 Bubonic Plague UK > 1617* Smallpox US (amongst the Native Indians) > 1623 Bad Harvest UK (lasted 2 years) > 1625* Bubonic Plague UK > 1630 Plague at worst UK (many thousands died) > 1631 Bubonic Plague UK > 1633 Smallpox US (Native Indians) > 1636* Bubonic Plague UK > 1647 Yellow Fever West Indies > 1648 Smallpox US > 1648 Whooping Cough US > 1654 Bubonic Plague UK > 1657 Measles Boston, US > 1662 Smallpox New York, US > 1665* Bubonic Plague UK (extreme) > 1668 Yellow Fever New York, US > 1677* Smallpox Boston, US > 1687 Measles Boston, US > 1690 Yellow Fever NY US > 1699 Yellow Fever SC US > > 1702* Yellow Fever NY US > 1702 Scarlet Fever Boston US > 1706 Yellow Fever SC US > 1713 Measles Boston US > 1721 Smallpox US > 1723 Influenza World wide > 1723* Famine UK (lasted seven years - poor harvests > and resultant epidemics) > 1728 Yellow Fever SC US > 1729 Measles Boston US > 1732 Yellow Fever SC US > 1732 Influenza SC US > 1735* Diphtheria US > 1735* Scarlet Fever New England US (4 years) > 1738 Smallpox Carolina US > 1739* Measles Boston US > 1743* Yellow Fever NY US > 1747 Measles CT, NY, PA, SC, US > 1759 Measles North America > 1761 Influenza US and West Indies > 1763* Smallpox Boston, US > 1772 Measles US > 1775* Influenza World Wide > 1783 Bilious Disorder US ( this was fatal and thought > to be similar to Dysentery) > 1788 Measles PA, NY, US > 1789 Influenza US > 1792* Yellow Fever US (lasted 7 years) > 1793 Unknown Fever PA, US > 1793 Influenza Vermont, Virginia, US > > 1802 Smallpox Nebraska, US > 1803 Yellow Fever NY US > 1820* Fever US > 1826* Cholera World Wide (this lasted until 1837) > 1826* Dengue Fever US and West Indies > 1829* Malaria US > 1831* Cholera UK ( began world wide in 1826) > 1831* Cholera US > 1832 Influenza US > 1833 Cholera Ohio US > 1834 Cholera NY US > 1837 Typhus PA US > 1837 Smallpox US (Native Indians) > 1841 Yellow Fever NO US > 1847 Measles US (Native Indians) > 1847 Yellow Fever NO US > 1848* Cholera World Wide > 1850 Yellow Fever US > 1850* Dengue Fever US > 1851 Cholera IL US > 1852 Yellow Fever NO US > 1853 Cholera UK (began in Birmingham) > 1855 Yellow Fever US > 1857* Influenza World Wide > 1860 Smallpox Pennsylvania US > 1861 Epidemics US (Civil War - numerous infectious > diseases) > 1865 Smallpox US > 1865 Cholera US > 1865 Typhus US > 1868* Smallpox US ( lasted 7 years) > 1873 Cholera US > 1878 Yellow Fever FL US > 1885 Typhoid PA US > 1886 Yellow Fever FL US > 1889* Influenza World Wide > 1893 Polio US (first known outbreak) > > 1900* Plague US > 1901* Smallpox US > 1907* Polio US (lasted 9 years) > 1917 Spanish Influenza World Wide (worst ever outbreak) > 1931 Polio US > 1942* Polio US (lasted 11 years) > 1947* Smallpox UK (lasted 2 years) > 1950 Polio World Wide. > > 2000+ Bird Flu (especially in S.E. Asia) > 2009 Swine Flu (started in Mexico >> USA > World. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

and in Bury St Edmunds too. Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "k.finch" <k.finch@ntlworld.com> >I am surprised no one has mentioned the polio epidemic in Ipswich c1960. I > remember it well being at school in the town at the time > > Ken