Cholera epidemic
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There were two major outbreaks of Cholera in Guernsey in the 19th Century - one in 1832, and another in 1849.
1832 Outbreak
103 deaths
Date | Name | Age | Date | Name | Age | Date | Name | Age | Date | Name | Age | |||
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17 Oct | Jean Martin | 34 | 20 Oct | Joseph Williams | 44 | 22 Oct | William Turner | infant | 26 Oct | Mrs Williams | 68 | |||
18 Oct | Anne Nichols | 67 | Jean Knight | 34 | Mrs Lambs | 54 | Anne Fitton | 12 | ||||||
Daniel Le Ray | 32 | 21 Oct | Leonard Courtil | ? | James Druce | 45 | Julie De Putron | 12 | ||||||
19 Oct | Mrs Robert | 64 | Jean Henry | 69 | Mrs Charlotte O'Neal | 36 | William Dayne | 23 | ||||||
20 Oct | Martha Hanna | 30 | Eliz. Torode | 5.5 | -- Paine | -- | Thomas Allen | 23 | ||||||
Prudence Le Ray | 18m | Capt. James | 47 | Helier de Jersey | 51 | Louise Fougere | 2.5 | |||||||
Laurence Vaudin | 50 | Mme Vionnee | 50 | William Torode | 53 | 27 Oct | Eliza Henry | 6.5 | ||||||
Mrs Dight | 62 | Eliz. Thomas | 6 | Lavinia Winter Torode | 8 | Marie White | 46 | |||||||
James Cochrane | 20 | Louise M Thomas | 4 | Hannibal Shepherd | 40 | Albert Sheppard | -- | |||||||
M Bonjean | 26 | Jean Le Huray | 4 | Nicolas Priaulx | 19 | Marie Gullick | 44 | |||||||
Charlotte Simons | 12 | Mrs Walker | 53 | 23 Oct | William Graves | 30 | 28 Oct | Marie Riley | 54 | |||||
Chas Gladstaines | 44 | Edith Davis | 5 | Marie Desperques | 65 | George Carr | 16 | |||||||
Miss Nicholas | 43 | Matthew J De Putron | 9 | Marie M Marquand | 3.25 | 29 Oct | Jean Priaulx | 40 | ||||||
Jean Herivel | 9 | Louise De Putron | 9 | Sara M Moore | 8 | 30 Oct | Thomas Gallier | 27 | ||||||
H James | 2.5 | Henriette Le Cheminant | 26 | Henriette James | 7 | Henri Gailliard | 61 | |||||||
Will. Matthews | 50 | Sophie Lowe | 20 | Sophie Sarre | 11 | Robert Hanna | 56 | |||||||
Robert Wood | 60 | Marguerite McKenzie | 26 | Thomas Lihou | 11 | Mrs Henry Kaines | 32 | |||||||
Henri Erp | 36 | George Rice | 22 | 24 Oct | Mrs Henry | 64 | Mrs Gladstaines | 40 | ||||||
M Agnesse | 40 | -- Tregone | 2 | Eliz Torode | 4 | 31 Oct | Mrs Sarah Browne | 42 | ||||||
Pierre Le Geyt | 15 | Pierre Du Four | 6 | Pierre Machon | 61 | William Searle | 48 | |||||||
Marguerite Dayne | 50 | Mrs Flight | 67 | Maire-Louise Torode | 10 | 1 Nov | Mrs Hailey | 40 | ||||||
Catherine Browne | 5 | Henry Coker | 52 | Marie Sharp | 51 | 6 Nov | Charles Rork | 15 | ||||||
Elizabeth Moullin | 11 | Jemima Marquand | 15m | 25 Oct | Henri Sandry | 45 | 8 Nov | Thomas Coles | 60 | |||||
William Burnet | 43 | Sophie Vaudin | 2 | Pierre Perchard | 40 | Mrs du Puy | -- | |||||||
Archibald Hutchinson | 16 | James Guilliard | 33 | F G Hunt | 3 | 9 Nov | Samuel Moon | 32 | ||||||
Pierre Oliver | 56 | 22 Oct | Jean Fitton | 7 | William Ransom | 40 |
1849 Outbreak
The first authenticated case was identified in the barracks at Fort Richmond near Vazon on 10 June, in a sailor who had accompanied the corpse of a cholera victim on a voyage from Rotterdam. By 1 August, it started spreading around St Peter Port: the Town Hospital, Manor Street and Smith Street.