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    A cholera pit was a burial place used in a time of emergency when the disease was prevalent. Such mass graves were often unmarked and were placed in remote...
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    Cholera (/ˈkɒlərə/) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to...
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  • to be on the property during a 19th-century cholera outbreak and whose bodies were buried together in a pit. Although they can go upstairs if they wish...
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    in reserve." It is said locally that a group of trees mark one of the cholera pits. A passageway within the cave system A passageway showing erosion features...
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    the Ashenyards farmstead at the intersection of hedgerows. An unmarked Cholera pit is situated at the end of the Long Ride Plantation in an area marked...
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    buried in the parish churchyard, but others were buried in a field, in a cholera pit close to what became Spier's School, on the little common south-west...
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    youths died from cholera within a week of visiting a Gipsy encampment to have their fortunes told and were buried in a triangular Cholera pit plot at the base...
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    Cholera toxin (also known as choleragen and sometimes abbreviated to CTX, Ctx or CT) is an AB5 multimeric protein complex secreted by the bacterium Vibrio...
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  • primitive scene:- A Rye Water ford still exists to this day (2008). A Cholera pit is located in a field near the Caaf Bridge on the town side of the Caaf...
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  • The 1832 Sligo cholera outbreak was a severe outbreak of cholera in the port town of Sligo in northwestern Ireland. The outbreak resulted in an official...
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