Sentence examples for there were epidemics from inspiring English sources

There were epidemics of cholera, dysentery and typhoid.

After cholera arrived from India, there were epidemics in London in 1832, 1848, 1849, 1854 and 1866, in which thousands died.

A scare over safety in the 1970s led to a drop in vaccination to only 30% and there were epidemics in the late 70s and early 80s and 100 deaths.

There were epidemics of poliomyelitis that were only controlled following the development of a vaccine in the 1950s.

In London between 1950 and 1968 there were epidemics every two years, but in Liverpool, which had a higher birth rate, there was an annual cycle of epidemics.

From a literature search and data on case notifications, we determined in which years there were epidemics of Ross River virus in southern Australia between 1928 and 1998.

"We always showed West Africa as a gap in a place where there were epidemic threats but little capacity to respond.

Outbreak data began in 2004, and there were epidemic waves during four periods in China: January February 2004, October 2005 June 2006, January June 2005, and December 2008 February 2009.

There are epidemic levels of domestic violence on tribal lands.

There are epidemic levels of malaria in 31 of 79 counties,5 with demand for malaria drugs outpacing supply.

There have been epidemics of contagious pustular dermatitis.