Which disease caused the death of 43 people in Croydon in 1937?
Disease in colonial America beriberi is in its wet form the patient can expect swelling of the extremities and face along with an effusion of fluid into their joints, pleural cavity, and pericardial cavity. Beriberi in this form can lead to sudden death. New England fishermen first discovered the disease in Colonial America in the 19th century. There have been accounts that beriberi was seen in Jamestown with people experiencing swellings and fluxes and high fevers as well as soldiers in the American Civil War who experienced the same symptoms as the disease beriberi. Acute Bacillary dysentery has a shorter duration than Typhoid but
South Croydon rail crash which prevented him from allowing another train into the section until the preceding one had left it. However, he believed that the elderly apparatus was faulty and used a release key. This allowed a train from Tattenham Corner to London Bridge into the same section, and they collided near South Croydon Junction. The trains were crowded in the rush hour, carrying 800 and 1000 people respectively, hence the heavy death toll. Similar crashes occurred at Battersea Park in 1937, Barnes in 1955 and Crayford railway station in 1959. South Croydon rail crash The South Croydon rail crash on the British