Research Topic

Epidemics

Cholera and other epidemics and health concerns in and around Harpers Ferry and Jefferson County, WV, chronicling the region’s public health history.

This topic appears in 80 indexed records between 1821 and 1919.
80 Indexed Records
1821 Earliest Record
1919 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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June 11, 2026

One Case of Cholera in CTown; Editors Refute Harpers Ferry Cholera counts.

After our last paper was put to press, a case of Cholera occurred in town, which proved fatal.– The subject was an intemperate old woman who had formerly been in the poor-house, and who by her […]
June 10, 2026

Mortality Among Freedmen

The Richmond Enquirer says.“We are informed by physicians that the mortality among negroes is terrible, far exceeding the proportion that prevailed during the existence of slavery, and that the producing causes are filth, neglect and over […]
December 15, 2025

Another Wave of Cholera

December 15, 2025

An Ominous Disease

November 18, 2025

Harpers Fery Cholera

HARPER’S FERRY, Aug. 9. — The sun is very oppressive. Six cases of cholera were reported in town to-day, and three at Bolivar Mill, but no deaths have occurred. Business has been suspended, and more than […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 34 records
1850s 13 records
1910s 12 records
1820s 6 records
1890s 4 records
1880s 3 records