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  The London Plague 1665
London was decimated by the virulent plague that struck it in the year 1665.
Despite the precautions, the early spring of 1665 brought a sudden rise in the death rate in the poorer sections of London.
The villagers, led by their courageous clergyman, realized that the only way to stop the spread of the plague to surrounding villages was to voluntarily quarantine the village, refusing to leave until the plague had run its course.
www.britainexpress.com /History/plague.htm   (740 words)

  
 Great Plague
Bubonic plague is transferred through blood; the flea-infested populace and accompanying population of flea-infested rats transferred the disease from these refugees to their new neighbors in France, Africa, Prussia, Britain, Norway, Italy and Russia.
The Plague resurged for one last major European epidemic in London in 1665, an outbreak that gets a lot of attention in the history books, partly because it killed a lot of white people, but also partly because it was extraordinarily well-documented.
The Great Plague of London ended when the fleas started dying as was their seasonal habit, in the fall and winter.
www.rotten.com /library/history/plague   (1089 words)

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