In 1793.
1793 is when yellow fever was in philadelphia.
The yellow fever started December 20,1879. It never ended
twards the end of the year 1793.
Joshua Cresson has written: 'Meditations written during the prevalence of the yellow fever in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793' -- subject(s): Yellow fever
Each year you have over 200,000 people affected by yellow fever. Almost 30,000 people die due to yellow fever each year. It is common in tropical Africa and South America.
It never ended. It is still a fever today.
The main theme of the book is to "survive". Because of the yellow fever epidemic in 1793 in Philadelphia its hard for Maddie (14 year old girl and main character) to survive and live through it.
1793
yellow fever is responsible for 200,000 illnesses and 30,000 deaths annually in unvaccinated regions. in the well known philedelphia epidemic 2,000 or so died. in New Orleans epidemic over 7,000. in Memphis over 5,000.
about 7%
Yes. It's a booster shot. Yellow fever was one of the major causes of death for those working on the Panama Canal.
There was a yellow fever epidemic there that year.