Typhoid

Typhoid

Typhoid was another bacterial infection that spread through contaminated food and water. It was caused by poor sanitation and lack of cleanliness, eg not washing hands and clothes.

It developed more slowly than cholera, but could also be fatal. Between the 1830s and 1860s typhoid claimed many lives across England and Wales, particularly among the poor. In 1879, an outbreak in Swansea killed 100 people.

In 1882, 42 people died in Bangor. The clothes and…