3.5 | Cholera Outbreaks
From 1826, cholera started in
cities in North America and Europe. After that, it spread globally, with
each outbreak killing
thousands. Children and the
impoverished were disproportionately hit by cholera. Table 4 presents
estimates of worldwide death due to cholera pandemic during 1817-1920.
Over the period, cholera killed more than 19 million people, 8 million
within India itself and, over 11 million worldwide. Millions of lives
were lost in Russia owing to the disease. As a percentage of its
population, Egypt may have suffered the most from cholera.