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.
over four thousand people died from yellow fever in philadelphia
40% of the wolrd
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more than four thousand people died of yellow fever
Many people specially children
There were normal dangers of construction. They had heavy machinery moving about, the danger of large mud and dirt slides caving in on them. One big difficulty was malaria. Many workers died of yellow fever.
how did yellow fever play a role in the Panama Canal
anyone who isn't immune to yellow fever or hasn't received a vaccination is susceptible to yellow fever if bitten by a mosquito that has bitten a monkey or person carrying the virus. there was a massive yellow fever epidemic in 1793 in Philadelphia where over 5,000 people died and were thrown into ditches so that it wouldn't be spread around. Then another one in Memphis in 1878 though not limited to those two cities. it is found all over the world and is responsible for 30,000 deaths annually in unvaccinated regions.
1793: Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic
The reason so many died is because they had no immunity, it was a completly new thing for them.
In "The Woman in Black," the woman's children died: her son drowned in a carriage accident in a marsh, and her twin daughters died of a fever.
There are not many places to get the Yellow Fever vaccination in India. You must go to the most prestigious hospitals to find the vaccination.