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Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by a bacteria - and is often linked to contaminated supplies of drinking water. It causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting, and patients, particularly children and the elderly, are vulnerable to dangerous dehydration as a result. The first incidence of cholera in England occurred in Sunderland in October 1831 when a ship, carrying sailors who had the disease, docked at the port.

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