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Originally Posted by Bob Edwards 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 ...