More reasons to avoid Rochdale

ODintomadness research monkeys are trained in finding information that really, is that important, no-one else cares about.

Meet Nat Friedman. He does lots of geeky things, likes linux, and gives away cameras to kids in Rio.

He also tried, using a team of people, to complete the King William's college general knowledge quiz in 2001.

They produced this. And there's lots of funny stuff about Rochdale.

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Rochdale appears to have been afflicted, at one time or another, with every single infectious disease known to man.

Polio

Two cases of Polio in 1976

Black Plague

A pestilence called the 'Black Plague' raged in the parish of Rochdale 'The whole district being filled with dismay, none dared from the country to approach the town for fear of catching the contagious disease.

Typhus

James Kay was born in Rochdale on 20th July, 1824. At the age of twenty-one he entered Edinburgh University to study medicine. While he student he worked with local doctors during a typhus epidemic.

Cholera

Rochdale was also hit by the 1849 Cholera outbreak, but the outbreak started in Westfield.

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Furthermore, Rochdale is occasionally associated with asbestosis due to the cloth industry.

Additionally, it appears that there was a parliamentary report on an outbreak of "lunacy" in Rochdale.

Finally, Rochdale appears to be the name of a particular type of bacterium.

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Some of our readers may be wondering why we'd devote an entire post to list diseases related to an obscure town near Manchester. Here are some reasons:

1. We just hate Rochdale.
2. No really, we do just hate the place.