Plagues In The 19th Century

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days were examined because with each day the number of deaths was higher the previous day. Approximately 60% of the fatalities were women and with the exception of the elderly, the number of fatalities rises with the age of the infected (see figure 2) . It is suggested that women may have made up a greater percentage because they were usually at home and more prone to the risk of infection. There were other common diseases roaming, but the plague was one of the few diseases that could land devastating hits on communities and turn them into ghost towns within a matter of weeks. It might have been a particular point in time where there was a high number of plague deaths but not as much as the 1575 epidemic but there was enough environmental or