[Epidemic cholera in the province of Lublin in the year 1866].

In the year 1866 an epidemic of cholera broke out in the province of Lublin. Expecting the cholera, the authorities governing then issued quite a number of anti-choleric orders, particularly concerning preventive measures. Although the cholera was then supposed not to be a contagious disease, some of the undertaken preventive measures brought a beneficial effect, and mainly the isolation of sick persons, disinfection or interdiction to eat raw food, brought a beneficial effect. The number of persons affected by cholera reached 4836, thereof 3128 (64%) were Jews. 1686 patients, thereof 1039 (61.1%) Jews died. The Jewish population in that time amounted to 14% of the inhabitants of the province. In the group of sick Jews, 49.9% were children, while among Christian patients the proportion of children was 7.5%. The most seriously affected by the cholera was the district of Radzyń. The losses due to the cholera were 10 times smaller than these during the precedent epidemic in the year 1855.