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1854 cholera epidemic

Vilafranca del Penedès, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

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1854 cholera epidemic

Historical milestone · Vilafranca del Penedès, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

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The outbreak of cholera morbus of 1854 caused some eight hundred deaths in a population of around twelve thousand inhabitants. The mortality obliged emergency burials to be arranged and accelerated the works of sanitation and water supply.

1854

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