The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-08-19

mere boys. Our absent citizens can BE from
the above sta temsn, what they have 10 ex.
pect svtn our City Fathers"
TAe Della publishes daily the repo.ts of the
Charity Hospital and the other papers will
probably follow their example. You no
doubt think il strange that the papers do not
report the number Of deaths in the city daily.
They would do it ifthey we're half as enter
prising as the New-York papers. The Sections
OF the various burial grounds have TO demand
aud receive a certificate of the cause OF death
before they can permit body to be buried
aud any newspaper reporter could in one
hour ascertain the number Of burials during
the day. We have a Board Of Health, or
should say a Secretary Of an old Board, who
reports the number of deaths once week.
The report ismade up to Saturday and on the
next Tuesday is published in The Crescent.
We have no Board of Health at the present
time, which can exercise any power, and
probably will not have any during the summer
unless the citizens take the matter in their
own hands and hold mass meeting. The
Howard Association have been obliged to ap-
peal 10 private charity for funds, having failed
to get anything from the city. A Committee
have been making applications to-day.
Twenty-six Of our. physicians have kindly
offered their gratuitous services to the Howard
Association, and no doubt the balance Of our
city physicians will do likewise. Twenty
seven apothecaries have been selected where
the poor can obtain medicines.
The report from the Hospital in this
evenings Della shows some improvement in
the health, provided the number of the deaths
can be considered fair criterion; there
being only 81 deaths to-day. In private
practice the fever is increasing, and they die
SO fast tha: hearses cannot be had for all
and they have to take cabs to convey some
Of the dead to the burial grounds. Those
who die in the Charity Hospital are put in
rough pine boxes made at the Work-House
and are taken to Potter's Field in carts, sever
being load for one horse and cart. yesterda,
saw seven loads 90 out of the Hospital.
Most of those who die in the Hospital hav
no friends and are buried by the city.
Mr.. Brennan of The Delta, is getting alon,
very well, but his vile is now down with th
fever. ! will add to this any additional new
in the morning. Yours, &c. CRESCENT.
SUNDAY MORNING. July "a, 1851
twas my intention to have given you
detailed statement of the reports of the Boar
OF Health in l847, but as The Della Of th
morning has a leading editorial admitting tn
existence of an epidemic, and giving tn
details, therefore refer you 20 it, and as tb
newspaper most frequently fails when letter
go through, | inclose slip from The Delta
hope you will publish the editorial of IN
Della in full. In lSl7 an epidemic wa
declared to exist on the 25th July, at whic
time there were only seyen deaths of yellow
feyer-the 7th of Sept, of that year was tn
height Of the epidemic, on which day ther
were 6i deaths in the city, but only u o
those were in the Hospital, and at no tint
during lSi7 were there more than 10 death
day in the Hospital--this season we ha
43 day. Our Mayor has called an extr
meeting of the Council for tomorrow morning
at O'Clock, and the force of public opinion
will probably prompt them to form Board O
Health.
The ship Queen Victoria is coming up tn
River loaded with poor immigrants and
they are permitted to land, every one will b,
dead 10 weeks time. Our population nov
is very SMALL and the Fever has not man,
subjects to feed upon, and will soon run ou
unless new food is given it. When we TAX
into consideration the small number of per
sons liable to the Fever, the present sicknes
isunparalleled. The number of deaths o.
Yellow Fever in the Hospital for the weel
ending Friday night, was 1870. AS the daily
reports are made up to IL o'clock at night
none of the morning papers have the report
] shall visit the Hospital before the mai
closes, and will send youa report in aP s.
CRESCENT.