Rush County, Indiana
Genealogy
and History
EPIDEMICS - Deaths of more than one person over a short time period (but not necessarily on the same day), especially when children are involved, might indicate an epidemic caused by the flu, typhoid, yellow fever, or any other contagious disease.
| YEAR | PLACE | DISEASE |
| 1657 | Boston | Measles |
| 1687 | Boston | Measles |
| 1690 | New York | Yellow Fever |
| 1713 | Boston | Measles |
| 1729 | Boston | Measles |
| 1732-3 | Worldwide | Influenza |
| 1738 | South Carolina | Smallpox |
| 1739-40 | Boston | Measles |
| 1747 | CT, NY, PA, SC | Measles |
| 1759 | N. America (areas inhabited by white settlers) |
Measles |
| 1761 | N. America and West Indies | Influenza |
| 1772 | N. America | Measles |
| 1775 | N. America | Unknown |
| 1775-6 | Worldwide (pandemic) |
Influenza |
| 1783 | Dover, DE (High death rate) |
Bilious Disorder |
| 1788 | Philadelphia & New York | Measles |
| 1793 | Vermont & Virginia | Influenza |
| 1793 | Virginia (High Death Rate. 500 die in 5 counties in 4 weeks) |
Influenza |
| 1793 | Philadelphia (one of the worst epidemics) |
Yellow Fever |
| 1793 | Harrisburg, PA (many unexplained deaths) |
Unknown |
| 1793 | Middletown, PA (many mysteriours deaths) |
Unknown |
| 1794 | Philadelphia, PA | Yellow Fever |
| 1796-8 | Philadelphia, PA | Yellow Fever |
| 1803 | New York | Yellow Fever |
| 1820-23 | Nationwide (starts at Schuykill River and spreads) |
"Fever" |
| 1831-32 | Nationwide (brought by emigrants) |
Asiatic Cholera |
| 1832 | New York City and other major cities | Cholera |
| 1833 | Columbus, Ohio | Influenza |
| 1834 | New York City | Influenza |
| 1837 | Philadelphia | Typhus |
| 1841 | Nationwide (especially severe in the south) |
Yellow Fever |
| 1847 | New Orleans | Yellow Fever |
| 1847-48 | Worldwide | Influenza |
| 1848-49 | North America | Cholera |
| 1849 | New York | Influenza |
| 1850 | Nationwide | Yellow Fever |
| 1850-51 | North America | Influenza |
| 1851 | Coles County, Illinois; The Great Plains: and Missouri | Influenza |
| 1852 | Nationwide (New Orleans - 8,000 die in summer) |
Yellow Fever |
| 1855 | Nationwide | Yellow Fever |
| 1857-59 | Worldwide (one of the biggest epidemics) |
Influenza |
| 1860-61 | Pennsylvania | Smallpox |
| 1865-73 | Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans | Smallpox |
| 1865-73 | Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC | Cholera Also a series of recurring epidemics of: Thyphus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever |
| 1873-75 | North America (also Europe) | Influenza |
| 1878 | New Orleans | Yellow Fever |
| 1885 | Plymouth, PA | Typhoid |
| 1886 | Jacksonville, FL | Yellow Fever |
| 1918 | Worldwide (worst year) More people hospitalized during WWI from influenza than from wounds. US Army training camps had high death rates. |
Influenza |