Influenza and some other Pandemics in History

[MaryA]

•1831-1833 Influenza and the first appearances of cholera
•1831 First outbreak of Asiatic cholera
•1836-1842 Influenza, typhus, typhoid and cholera
•1837-1838 one of the worst Smallpox contagions
•1838-1840 High incidence of measles, whooping cough and tuberculosis
•1840 20,000 deaths of Scarlet Fever (Scarletina)
•1854 Cholera
•1865-1866 Cholera
•1918 Spanish Influenza
•1957 Asian Flu
•1968 Hong Kong Flu
•1976 Swine Flu
•1977 Russian Flu
•2009 Swine Flu

Thanks to Dickiesam for the following link
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/ ... istory.htm
Watch out for the pop ups.

Thanks to Tina more dates came from this site http://www.victorianweb.org/science/hea ... lth10.html

[Tina]

Tks to Mary & D.S

I knew there was a flu in 1957 as discussed in philrobs post.
So, it was Asian flu.

Cheers
Tina