Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-12-14
lie CHOLERA.

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Foi Mar .uHi, having been rel aud adopted .
tEhr fsca'iy. is BOW, inpar.uauee Of a RS
oa'iea by said boly, rrese ltei to The author .
I.r, Teach city. ,own ani village in Mary /
land.
ln 'hr opinion of The committee. 50 clear
Us los IL been escrriaiued that humidity with
ImQurify OF the atmosphere. pow erully pre-.
i'+p. -e 90 tie ,Xteusilnu the poison OF the
t.H era th4t it Is almost needless TO adducc
iacis 10 prove IT,
The COMMITTEE. have concluded. however.
ihat 30 Voub not be altogether inappropriate
to mention lew circumstances CONNECTED
"iih the subject, and have selected for their
purpose sDIur OF the conclusions arrived al by
I the sanitary Committee OF London.
Aiet au investigation of the facts connec-
/ tel WIKI the mToducllon aud srresd OF Ash
|auc Ua.en over Europe. IA S32. they make
the following state ment:
Tint uud,r pr'pef circumstances Of clean
lurss sod ventilation, Ibis disease seldom
sproad- iu smiHes. and rarely passes 20 those
about The sick uader such favorable circuu-
stances, unless 'hcy happen TO be particularly
/ pTedisposed. IL will NOT Therefore be neces-
.ary, " here there Is space. and where due at.
! ituuon Is paid 30 Cleau.iHe,, and purity OF
gir. tn separate members oil ilmiies actually
effected by ila disease
After tn. statement the Commissioners
proceed 10 say That iheif lnyesl igallons have
conducted them u certain important conolu-
sious. some OF which bear directly upon the
matter 10 Consideration, and will therefore be
emoudi,d in this report,
The FIRST conclusion is, that the mode OF
invasion OF Cholera IA The various cities of
Eurofe has ben stnkiUgiy uniform. 1t has
almost slways made It's frs; ou break in the
lowest and ddmPest port III oil the city al
! lacked.
They verify this statement by references 10
81. Petershargh, Dan'zlc Berlin. Moscow,
Breslau. Warsaw, Paris. sunderland Garlic.
Manchester, London aud England general
".
The commissioners remark. that ii is the
combination Of humidity With inquiry OF
the ait, which 50 powerfully predlsposes to
Cholera; cleanliness seems to be capable of
coJnleraciiug The fleet OF mere humidity; the
scWmIous cirdnness OF the inhabitants OF Hol
ifnd, Was probably the cause OF the compare
i've exemption from Cholera, that country
enjoyed,
These sla'emenis are sustained bf our OBJ
srrvations OF the introduction and spread OF
Cholrfd in our own city. and the cities gene
rally Of the Uuilcd States
In Boston where very extraordinary santa
/ - measures were adopted, the disease did not
spread 20 the same extent, nor was ANYTHING
/ like 50 fatal. as 10 the other cities OF our
country. where no such precautionary steps
We're laken.
/ Il has also been well established, that
wherever tta Cholera finds the conditions OF
increase, yers small portion OF the poison is
sufficient To rau.e is rapid extension. M
I better example OF this iact eau be presented
San that oi certoin regiments in lidia, which
attacked certeln place, continued 10 b. at.
Tackled during heir march through an unal-
/ iecIed dist "a, aud ut period OF ime TO re-
mote, to et,uw %, 10 attribute il merely to
10 az invubaiSe period unusually, prolong-
cd
An abe writer gives the following expla.
nation OF these circumstances.
Wherever The poison OF cholera meets with
5ts conditions, Il vii propagate itself these
conditions seem to be furnished in high de-
gre, by ihr cttlu,Ia and emanlians ct camps
OF bodies OF men; the poison once introduced
amongst such a bJdy, finds IN the moving
tesmp the necessary conditions, as easily aud
t IS abandauly as IA the stationary CITY.
Ia lhi, latter statement the committee can
not altogether agree with the author il may
be tue when applied to some cities, but il
certainly cannot be true OF many others, aud
rs eoJaiiy q our own al his particular
! Ime
Ihe Sanitary Commissioners further remark
( chat certain peosical physical conditions pro
mote both The extension aud the intensity Of
! Cholera
These conditions may be comprised in i'm
/ pure snl humid air, lnnutuous food, ex
cess IA adrnt spirl!s, tobacco, and iermrnied
liquors. uusuihciency OF clothing, sometimes
! d. coIltvrd houses aud detective appliances
Tor the reguiatou OF warmth o. protection a.
riust Che cold.
la aun lhcr ieport the Commissioners make
Z Ihe following stotemrnG
The Chulea districts, the typhus districts
and lnA1euzl districts are the same ani the
local coalitions hteh favour the 5 read and
increase the intensity. OF these and al, kin
\ bred uaiadirs, are everywhere similar
/ The proof vt tbi> is found ia the tact that
1 10 the districts We have already shown tho
I Cboier prevailed, aud from which typhus is
4 raEly IL ever absent, Influenza was twice and
I lu some instances four times as fatal as in he
more saluhuous pants of London
Without troubling the aulhoulies any long
20 VITA these details, the committee would
especially suggest the following, as the
mos eteciuh sanitary measures, which can, |
Ia llIetr 0fIuiOu, he instituted, TO mitigate |
The violence OF Cholera, IN the cities and |
towus.
They would Recommend hat steps be i'm
meJld'riy taken, by the proper authorizes Of
every Cily, oWH, and village ia the Slate OF
Moryi4ul, 10 cleanse. and keep dean, every
street, lane, alley, yard, prlyy, cellar, or other
place Where iiith may be accumulated, in
Avlr respective jurisdiction.
he more ellcciually 10 accomplish these
ends they would suggest TO such authorities,
ihe adoption ul measures similar to rose in
STUFFED "a Boston, on the approach Of Chol-
"a % tins country IN 1882. >iz'-lIhe divi-
an2 Of the city or town INTO wards, or dis
lnc =, and 10 appoint, os board OF sanltsry
commissioners, ) Or respousih,e individuals
lfoui each ward or dislrl-t, whose duty it
SHALL be- go visit every hous-, yard, privy, cell
Tar and &, IA their respective districts, at
least once 40 t0o weeks
should they al any lime OF in any place
hud imputiUts OF any description, which eau
oe removed or corrected, they shalt irnme-
iitleiy on.er such ccmovdl or core ction, aud
up9u failure 10 comply Within - hours after
S lc5 order his breu given. thes shalt proceed
fuunWith Go haNe the imp0dty removed or
corrected al tte expense Of the property or the ,
expense 81 the oNn ct the property. The
COMMITTEES Would recommend also the az.
painlment OF number OF PHYSICIANS to all
TIE phlsiclsu, OF the dispeu,ariys, ia stten-
tl. i utlu tha t0og OF tie CIV when the