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Table 4 Summary of epidemic wave features for each diffusion system.

From: Geographical structures and the cholera epidemic in modern Japan: Fukushima prefecture in 1882 and 1895

Diffusion System

Numbers of Infected Villages/Cholera Cases

Diffusion Time Period

Date of Epidemic Wave Peak

Date of Arrival in Major Town/Village

Accumulation Curve Type

Miyagi

33/195

8/16~10/7 (52 days)

8/22, 9/21

8/23

short and rapid

Ibaraki

37/301

6/25~11/12 (140 days)

8/19

8/21

diverged into three stages

Tochigi

18/86

7/24~11/8 (107 days)

9/16, 10/5, 10/11

8/20

continued growth