View RSS Feed

Liverpool Picturebook

A site dedicated to photographs and History of old Liverpool

  1. The Asiatic cholera Outbreak of 1849

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Edwards View Post
    The Asiatic cholera Outbreak of 1849


    19th Century Irish Imigrants
    Throughout the 1840s large numbers of Irish refugees arrived in Liverpool, fleeing from the potato famine caused by blight. By the end of June 1847 approximately 300,000 had landed in Liverpool. There was already severe overcrowded in homes in the city and insufficient lodging- house
    ...
    Tags: asiatic, cholera Add / Edit Tags
    Categories
    Uncategorized