Cholera & Civic Belfast

Stories of Disease, Public Health and Everyday Life in Nineteenth-Century Belfast

Public Health

Public Health Timeline

A detailed timeline tracing the development of public health in Belfast from 1800 to 1878, covering fever epidemics, cholera outbreaks, sanitary reform, and legislative change.

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Cleaning Up Belfast

An exploration of the sanitary condition of nineteenth-century Belfast, the challenges of urban waste, and the slow development of civic cleansing and public health infrastructure.

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This section will expand as research progresses, focusing on sanitation reform, civic administration, and the development of public health infrastructure in nineteenth-century Belfast.

Additional case studies will be added over time.

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