| Year |
Type and area affected |
Source of information |
| 1591 |
Bubonic plague recorded at Redruth |
Cornwall
in Focus |
| 1625 |
Plague in London |
Cornish Weather and Cornish People, Dr. James
Whetter |
| 1626 |
Plague in Cornwall -
Falmouth and other parts of the West Country |
Cornish Weather and Cornish People, Dr. James
Whetter |
| 1647 |
Plague in St Ives |
Cornish Weather and Cornish People, Dr. James
Whetter |
| 1665 |
Plague in London |
Cornish Weather and Cornish People, Dr. James
Whetter |
| 1667 |
Great Plague reaches West Cornwall |
Cornwall
in Focus |
| 1698 |
Smallpox in Helston |
Cornish Weather and Cornish People, Dr. James
Whetter |
| 1708-09 |
Small Pox epidemic |
Cornwall
in Focus |
| 1780-82 |
Smallpox pandemic |
Evidence that the disease reached Cornwall - Parish Registers |
| 1832 |
Cholera, Penzance & surrounds |
Parish Register entries |
| 1849 |
Cholera in West Cornwall and worldwide |
Cornwall
in Focus |
| 1863-64 |
Scarlet Fever, Cornwall and Nationwide |
Parish Register entries and online sources |
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Contributed by Pat Balmer and other OPCs
Further information about countrywide epidemics can be found on
Rick Parson's West Penwith website.
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