Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-08-21
CHOLERA INTELLIGENCE.
From the Norfolk Beacon of Thursday Evening.
THE CHOLERA.

1t gives painful concern To say that there is |
no moderation ia the health of our town since |
our last number The cases contfnuc numerous,
especially among our colored servants, and with
these, mortality quickly cnsues, that we have
little to hope from professional skill, as. from
their wanton neglect of the premoni,ory symp.
toms OF tho disease. the physician is seldom call
ed until is second and most dangerous state col
lapse, has taken place. To this il almost entirely
to DO ascrihcd the great disparity observable be.
tween the number of deaths in our white and CO.
lored population. The humidity of tho atmos.
phcrc, and ally the frequent showers Of rain
observed greatly to increase the number of
cares, and TO nggravne the cond ton of the sick
il is difficult TO say with precision, in which
quarter of town, the cases are most numcr-
aus. though, to speak from our own observation
and the remarks of others, incline to think the
Northern extremity is much less favored than the
Southern. We have head It remarked by manv
among them some of our Physicians that those
parts Of town which were most severely vi.
sitod by the Yellow Fever in pa { years, have
been most exempt from ihcChoora, and pice rersa
We very much regret the arrangement of .hc
plan first adopted by the Board of Health, and it's
discontinuance in consequence Of the failure of
some of tho Physicians to report in season, IL
leaves us no means of discriminating between the
deaths by Cholera, and those bv ordinary com.
plants This we think should be corrccted-,he
aggregate OF iniermen's not beng prope- critori-
ON of the ravagcs of the Cholera.
Report of Infr,ments for the % hours ending
This Day, Aug. 18th. al mon,
IL PorrER's FIELD.
White males 9
do. females q
Colorcd males 9
do. females 10
OTHER BusYIso GROUNDS.
White males ,
do. females 3
| whites, and 10 colored persons. &c
JOHN n. GIBBONS, Inspector.
IN PORTSMOUTH,
The rain and warm sun Tuesday, much ag-
gravated the mortality of the subsequent "a hours
| from that day ut 10 O'Clock, until Wednesday
same hour, the new were 10, deaths 4; from
yesterday to this morning 10 o'clock Z new cases,
of which 2 have died. OF the C ,ses reported pre-
vlous to Wednesday morning have ded.--Total
new cases last 4S hours, l7-deaths Same time 8.
We deplore the ohstin cy and fnllv of many per.
sons IN eating melons and her fruit after 80 ma
ny cases of death have ensucd from il; the last He
raid has report OF case in the person Of James
Bailey white journcyman of Mr. Jos. A. Barron,
at the Morocco Factory. AftoT beng warned
against the pernicious effects of all fruit and TIA
king some camphor. he went home. ate a musk
| mellon, aud was buried in twenty-four hours after
FROM ELIZABETH CITY.
| a friend has handed us the following extract of
| letter, received by last evenings stage.
ELIZABETH CRY, IN. c.; Aug. 49,.
"Wo have had III ali three cases Of Cholera, two
have died, and one recovering-all coloured per-
sons; the two VINO died man and wife, very
| dssipated. There few cases of indisposi,ion
III town, but not of serious character. OF tine
nine taken sick on Thursday last, only two remain
IndsPnsed, and these getting better; the others
are well and attending to their usual concerns
This is true state of the he lth of our Town u 10
his morning. We do not expect this state of
things to be of long continuance, every day antci
paing serious visit Of the Cholera"
PHILADELPHIA.-Th report for the 81 hours
ending on Wednesday at noon is more favourable