Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. Artist: John Tenniel

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Britannia holding back Cholera at British ports, 1892. In an outbreak of the water-borne disease in 1892 about 260,000 died in Russia and 7600 in Hamburg. An epidemic was prevented in Britain. From Punch, or the London Charivari, London, 10 September 1892.

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