Cholera & Civic Belfast

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

Stories Archive

This section contains research-based case studies and narrative explorations of nineteenth-century Belfast and its cholera epidemics. Each article is available as an HTML webpage and as a downloadable PDF.

Cholera in Belfast in 1832 and 1848-49

The story of Belfast's cholera epidemics in 1832 and 1849, examining disease transmission, mortality, urban environment, and early municipal public health responses.

Cholera in Nineteenth-Century Belfast

A comprehensive historical overview of cholera and the evolving public health response in nineteenth-century Belfast, covering the epidemics of 1832, 1848-49, 1854, and 1866.