Victims of Chicago Epidemics: a Virtual Cemetery

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Victims of Chicago Epidemics

Chicago suffered several devastating epidemics in the 19th and early 20th century. In some cases, the diseases wiped out entire families. Most of the victims were children. List of major epidemics: Cholera (1852-1854): 1,424, Dysentery (1854-1860): 1,600, Scarlet fever (1858-1863): over 1,200, Smallpox (1864): 283, Cholera (1873): 116, Scarlet fever (1877): over 10% of deaths that year, Diphtheria (1876-1881): thousands, Smallpox (1881-1882): 2,472, Bronchitis/pneumonia (1891): 4,300, Typhoid fever (1891): 2,000, Influenza (1918-1919): 20,000 Source: "Epidemics", Encyclopedia of Chicago, encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org

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Joseph Arquette (Arquitt) Flowers have been left.

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