The supply of fresh water was extremely poor in Merthyr Tydfil. Although the River Taff ran through the town, the ironmasters diverted the water to supply their steam-engines and cooling plant. The Taff became an open sewer and the contaminated water supply resulted in several outbreaks of cholera and typhoid. By 1848 Merthyr Tydfil's mortality rate was the highest in Wales and the third highest in Great Britain. Sadly, the young children were particularly vulnerable to disease caused by unhealthy living conditions. In the first half of the 19th century, over 60% of all burials in Merthyr Tydfil were of children under the age of five. Despite this high mortality rate, the population reached 40,000 in 1845.
Daniel Webster
Infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and genetic diseases are the main types of diseases. The fourth type of disease, which is not among the three main types, is environmental diseases.
mass starvation
the main diseases caused by pollution are such as lung and skin cancers
Pioneers mostly used animals as their main means of travel on the Oregon Trail. They stopped to rest at Fort Walla Walla in the 1840s.
Brecon is neither considered mid nor south wales. It is situated on the main road through wales, the a470, approx 20 miles north of merthyr tydfil. In the county (or whatever they are called these days) of Powys. South West of Hereford England (approx 40mins driving time) East of Llandovery (approx 25mins driving time) Latitude = 51.9324, Longitude = -3.3893 Lat = 51 degrees, 55.9 minutes North Long = 3 degress, 23.4 minutes West
During the times of Irish deprivation around the time of the great potato famine circa 1740 many Irish families crossed to the UK mainland to the nearest points Pembroke and Holyhead in particular. Many made their way to The Welsh Vallies to work in the coal mines that fed the Iron works in Merthyr Tydfil (Dowlais Iron Works) and to work at the docks in Cardiff and Swansea. Cardiff was the main transition area for coal, steel and iron leaving the industrial areas of South Wales.
main types of noncommunicable diseases are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes.
Main diseases in the cardiovascular system: myocardial infarction= heart attack, congestive heart failure, arterioscerosis, anemia, hemophilia, leukemia
diseases
Typhoid was the main killer
Botulism is the main one.