What the records say
- When
- 1924
- Kind
- Epidemic
- Coordinates
- 34.05° N, 118.24° W
- Description
- disease outbreak in Los Angeles, California
- Cause
- Yersinia pestis, plague
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak
Disease outbreak in Los Angeles, California
The 1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak was an outbreak of the pneumonic plague in Los Angeles, California that began on September 28, 1924, and was declared fully contained on November 13, 1924. It represented the first time that the plague had emerged in Southern California since plague outbreaks had previously surfaced in San Francisco and Oakland.
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