I have just come across an Epidemics Timeline which other people might find of interest. The Timeline was compiled in 2011 by the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies (AIGS) and reproduced with permission by the Keighley & District Family History Society (KDFHS):
http://kdfhs.org.uk/index.php?option=co ... &Itemid=30It shows epidemics in Britain from the 1600s to 1918. Of particular local interest are entries for the 1860s:
1861 American cotton crop fails Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1862 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1863 Scarlatina epidemic (South West) followed by chronic measles epidemic; Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1864 Scarlatina epidemic (South West) followed by chronic measles epidemic; Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1865 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns
1866 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns; whooping cough epidemic; cholera epidemic 14,000
1867 Typhus epidemic Lancashire towns; cholera epidemic 14,000
Ruth