Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-05
THE CHOLERA


sion that the Cholera abating i'm the city On
tuesday, opinions were very much divided The
List OF lnterments near the Poor House was Ger
family worse-being for the "a hours ending on Tues
day noon, whites and 81 colored-tota 23-for all
The UdyIeties Of dSedSes-but to these we must add
the interments at other burying grounds, of which
no register has been receivedyet estimated by some
as averaging at least a-day. The following are
the official accounts for the three last tlavs
intermenfs near the Poor House for the "a hours end
ing Tuesday at IL o'clock:
White, 2; Colored, 2I-To,a %.
GEORGE WooDFIN.
PENITENTIARY, October 2 1882
Report OF cases from o'clock yesterday to l. to-day:
New cases of Cholera
Death by Cholera,
death by Bilious Fever,
EGs' sp s Of Of css ss %Tss,
HOSPITAL No. /.
Only cases Tor the last 81 hours to yesterday noon
one old woman coorcd aged 75brought in in state of
colapse-and since dead Tho other, sailor doing ceH
HOSPITAL No
Patients received since last report TO the Board G.
Deaths since q white and blacks 3-Remainng in
Hospital, g. - "
Lnterments near the Poor House for the "a hours end
ing Wednesday noon:
Whites, 81 Coored 23-Total %
Pentfenhdry ReP0rt,-l4 new cases and . deaths
among the deaths, occasioned nv this fatal pcs
thence ton Vednesday,) which have produced the
deepest sympathy, is that of Mr.. Anderson NJ Wad-
dill, an extensive merchant and tobacco dealer i'm
Lynchburg. lie had been i'm this city two or three
weeks, and had experienced some arrangement of
the aiimentary cannl-but he had taken medicine
and had hoped to remove all complaint. On Tues
day morning, he had received u letter from his IA
nly, earnestly pressing him TO return homeland
IN the course of the day he going about the
streets, making arrangements for his DEPARTURE
But he had taken n heavy dose of caomel before
he left his room at the Columbian Hotel, and the
day being damp he might have sustained some in
jury from his exposure and his fatigue About 6
O'Clock in the evening he was taken with the Chole-
Il L,c~ -
had breathed his last His death has been the cause
OF much concern among the citizens of our town.
lie was highly respectable and respected man."
We may now hope for some abatement in the
Choera as the weather has broken up, the two last
days are delicious in their temperature and the air
is bracng.
POSTSCRIPT.
We fiattered ourselves that we should have had
IT IN our power this morning, congratulate our
friends on the rapid abatement of the Cholera-but
the Reports of the Board of Health for the last three
days admonish us not TO be too precipitate The
weather is now mild and temperate and it is the
opinion OF several physicians with whom we have
conversed, that very few netc cases have occurred
within the last "a hours-and that they are of n
much milder character, and yield more readily to
medicine The deaths which have taken place du-
ring tins time, are principally confined to those who
contracted the disease during tho I,oavy, damp days
of the EquinoX-and we hope and expect that i'm our
next paper we shall be enabled to announce its ra-
pid decrease 1t is with ordinary feelings of re-
Sic' uiat we uhhouhce the deatn, yesterday morning
by the prevailing epidemic, of Mr.. A. r. Shepherd,
young gentleman of great moral worth esteemed
and beloved by all who knew him. The following
is the Report of the Board of Health, for the last
"A hours, ending yesterday at IL o'clock
BOARD OF HEALTH,
Thursday, 4th Oct. 1882.
Hospital No. l-No new case for the last AS hours
no deaihs-remainng white, black-both doing well.
HoSP"df NO Whites, no new casc-colored l.
dead 2-cured and discharged L. Remaining in Hospi-
tai, whites and blacks JOSEPH TATE Pre'st
lnterments the Poor House for "a hours ending
this day, IL O'clock 4th Oct 1892 White 4-coorcd Ii
total lS. GEO. WOODFIN.
Interncnts at the old Church. Richmond Hin for the
week ending Sd Oct. 1926
-"'" G. N NJ, cAR MiSHTG H,arde"'.
From Petersburg, learn by the Inteigencer Of the
I'd, that he Board OF Health had made their report
that there have been few of Cholera since the last
report of the Board"
EL1zABErH CITY, IN Give were indulging the
oee That the cholera had subsidized entirely in Elizabeth
CITY, when TO surprise and regret the following inlor
mauon was communicated TO by a letter from that
place dated Friday, and received by the mail of the
same evening:
''The cholera still continues with us. the deatbs ,.
week VIII probably be greater than any preceding week
oil the number is Doctor John T.. KrOfzer WHO died
last night, being, believe the first death by cholera
any while inhabiiant. The disease is spreading in the
country, and has appeared at Edenton."
The Elizabeth City Star Of Saturday contains tire col
lowing;
:. Friday Morning, Sept. %.
| CHoLERA.-Four deaths in our town last night b,
cholera-thrce whites and one colored.
From the Sth To the 10Th inst, the deaths ,y choler;
IN Elzabeth CITY containing population, believe o
nearly 1901 was between 20 and 25.-.Yorfok lie
raid.
! We believe the epidemic has not vet appeared il
any decided character, South of Elizabeth Civ il
N. e., and Hest, except among the troops at Chca
go, Rock River, &c.