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1875–1876 Australia scarlet fever epidemic

The 1875–1876 Australia scarlet fever epidemic was a severe outbreak of scarlet fever in the British colonies of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia. Part of a series of measles and scarlet fever epidemics in Victoria as a result of poor sanitation in the post-gold rush era, the epidemic claimed in both colonies the lives of over 8,000 people, mainly children. The epidemic became Australia's third deadliest disease outbreak and disaster by terms of death toll, and Victoria's worst, but also last major outbreak of scarlet fever.

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