Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-15

any particular local cause In the exception mentioned
three individuals died in hour but the attendant cir
cumstances the habits, ccupaiion, and situation OF the
sufferers were such as to either surprise aam
at the result.
No evidence has yet come TO the knowledge of this
body that the disease has by
association No interruption OF the general health Of
the residents In the street neghborhood, has
IN consequence OF the deaths referred The Board
therefore feel justified in assuming the fact that the type
OF The disease IN these instances exhibits neither the cpl
demic nor the malignant character which cons i,ued o
ginaiiy The great terror OF cholera.
Ina community numbering about two hundred and fifty
thousand souls at season oil the year. When the ordinary
cholera nobus usually prevails 1t ought be a mat
ter oil surprise that should occur which present synp
toms oil malgnancy The large quantities nfipe and
uasound fruit, and 81 crude and decdyed regefabLes
rhieh are daily brought TO The markets and become The
food Of the inhatitans furnish continual and aefipe
Indictment TO the disease IF this character.
The board Of il.slth having maiureiy weighed all the
circumstances connected with this subject aud ling
strongly soicous To inmate only facts and Just utter
ehees III what they state have to the conclusion that
there Is weiiiounded for in re. ard
:" INC general nea'h oil tho community They announce
TO their fellow citizens the deliberate conviction of their
judgments, that no disease OF contagious epidemic
character exists in this city.
The most assiduous attention of this Board will be di.
rected 10 every OF disease of spacious character
which comes the knowledge Of the members II is
er determination at all times 10 communicate with their
constituents III the spirit OF truth aud candour aud When
ever hey shall see cause 10 chnge their ophon
public heal b, however deeply they may regret the exist.
ehce oil such necessity they will nevertheless unhesi-
tahngiy avow The fact They therefore ask with couii-
dence that their fellow ciiizens will place full reliance
uton Tie otilcial COMMUNICATIONS OF ibis body.
lie board oil Health respectfully but earnestly recon.
mend 10 The citizens, aDd all other inhabitants TO exercise
prudence aud discretion their diet general conduct
10 abstain from the OF ardent sprts and from exces-
ses OF every kind, practice hsiuai in their
PERSONS TO cleanse their premises aud all impuri
ues by frequent and Tree OF The well known dsnleci-
ing agents
With these precautions, and by the blessing of Proyi.
dence, we may confidently expect that our coinInupy
WI" DE spared from the affections which stteud the
lence. G. ". LAWRENCE, 4
President Of the Board of Health.
J. MoRToN, Secretary
Ldtest!-The N. Y. Board of Health met ON Monday,
al H. They report, from .oon on Saturday TO moon on
Sunday, ihrse deaths lrom Cholera; aud from noon on
Sunday to noon Oh Monday, tive They occurred
In uerent parts oi The city, aud present circumstances
to require any variation FROM the views expressed by the
Board In their report on Saturday.
The Cholera at .Montreot-The Correspondent of the
New York Daily Advertiser, dated the Is inst states
that several OF the the rchants had fan
en- Among the victims he named Mr. Perdie, Mr. Kerr
Mr. Montgomery and Mr.. Doyle, merchants. with two
clerks, and Mr. Holmes, architect Mr.. Hswker baker
Eyian, hat merchant, Lieut.. Waters r NJ. aud Mr.
Charles Cummings The deaths Tor the five days proceed.
lng averaged 4S per day, in population Of less than
2sooo Among Europeans and Americans, il is nearly as
fatal as in 1892 but among the French Canadians il is not
so destructive as heretofore"
MONTREAL, August p Our r, aders will find in mir
pages THIS day. statements OF the mortality i'm this CITY
since The appearance OF the choea among u.s. ogehsr
with comparative statement Of the mortality during the
monh OF July, Tor the last five years.
appears by these returns, that from the 18th 10 the
ol' 1niy Inclusive period OF twenty days. 40 deaths
are attributed TO cholera alone This is Certainly fear
iu' amount but nothing when compared To the mortality
oil 1857 during similar period, after the first appearance
oil The maady among Ia that year. the first case &C.
Cured on the 10Th June and the ooh of month";
an equal period Of twenty days the buras 1887 by
cholera alone.
The number OF deaths among children thi. year. sta
ted by all 10 be unusually grea-he proportion of emf
grants within the city at the period of its breaking out was
much larger than at similar period i'm IS32-snd when
1t 10 also borne in mind that the cholera had ahard con.
sldrraoy in July, 1882 during the period which the
statements have been drawn up, it will be admitted by
hat The
not 90 nnavorable as they may at first glance appear
The mortality by the disease has been steadily on the
decline since Saturday last Having experienced but lit
lie extraordinary warm weather OF late, the virueDce Of
the aIady seems 10 be much checked aud to weld more
readily to medical heamen than at its first appe srance
we have heard from several Of medical friends that
mere appears TO lie great tendency with many of those
recovering 10 fall Into yPhus fever II narrowly watch
ed. - $3.50
At Crosse Isle, the disease is said 10 be
owing, no doubt 20 the number OF emigrants who
are there almost destitute shelter and OF the comforts of
life. "
- AT Kingston, IT, c. the accounts are aI.o very unf.
vourable The following is distracted from the official re