The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-10-06
[From the New Orleans Bulletin.l
Yellew FeEeF-ItS Consequences, &c.
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have been adduced of the contagious
ness and traasmissibihty of yellow fe-
yer, it will not be deemed necessary to
bulden your columns with the addition
al evidence of those facts which al
most every year since 1889 has 10
greateror lesser extent afforded. Suf-
Zee to say. that the more prominent in
stance .of such visitation here, for the
last I3 years, are traceable to West
Indian or. Mexican erigin: and that
their spread to neighboring towns and
cities as high up as Memphis, devel-
oped no fact at variance with those
ekcited on former occa si0ns of the kind,
norganythiug irrecenci!able with the
deductions we have drawn from them.
This branch of the subject will there
fore close with few remarks regarding
the initiation here Of yellow fever in
1s47, and of cholera in lS4S; and a
glance al the prominent instances Of
the transmission of yellow fever to Eu-
rope. 4 ....
prevailed at Havana. Vera Cruz, and
other West Indian and Mexican ports
Between the lst of May and the 3lst of
July there arrived here from these ports
about $50 vessels. Of these, about 200
were from Vera Cruz, some 40 or so
from Havana, and the remainder from
ether intertropieaI ports. Of those from
Vera Cruz, about 100 arrived in May.
and abou, so each in June and July
Of those from Havana, some 90 ar
rived in May, and about l5 each in
June and. July. The progress of our
arms in Mexico had opened the port Of
Vera Cruz TO our commerce. Hun
sdreds of sick soldiers were sent thence
to this city, which was the depot of
their discharge.
These vessels from Vera Cruz origi-
mated the epidemic of 1s47. Among
their passengers were many sick with
the fever. They discharged exclusive
ly at the wharves of the Third NUM-
cipality and of Lafayette. The dis
ease frsi appeared among our citizens
of these parts of the city, where it was
considered epidemic for two weeks be-
fore it prevailed generally in the heart
of the town.
feel perfectly sure that very many
cases of yellow fever were bronght
from Vera Cruz 10 this city that year as
early as the latter par, of May. Not
anticipating that the proofs Of this staie-
ment would be worth preserving. made
no record of such cases al the time, and
however well convinced am of lis cor
rectness, I do not press it on the reader.
But the first case of that year of
which ] have authentic information,
was that of man named John Strider,
whpMrriged here on the U. S steamer
Massachusetts, on the 10th OF June,
1e47, and who died with all the symp-
toms of yellow fever strongly deveI-
oped, aud with hemorfhage and black
go.nit.
ssaDuring the summer of 1S4S, accounts
from Europe spoke of the existence of
cholera there 1t existed at that time
IN different parts of England. On the
nth of December there arrived at this
port the British ship Qneen of the
West, 45 days from Liverpool, with $50
tsteetage passengers. and the ship
Swanton. 80 days from Havre, with
$50 steerage passengers. Scarcely had
the ship rnoored al the whatyes the
Queen of the West in the lower part of
the city, and the Swanton above, when
the rnmor spread from mouth 10 mouth
irhat the cholera was raging on board of
these vessels: that from this cause they
had lost large number of their pas
sengers on the passage, and that sever
al were still sick on board. On the13ih
-of December the Board of Health an
thoriZed the statement that The disease
on board of these vessels was not chole-
IA, and that " there was no cause for
the slightest alarm" On the same day
MIR. Richard Rust, the Inspector of the
Customs assigned 10 the Swanion the
day previous, was taken sick with the
cholera AID had narrow escape for
his. life, A special meeting of the
Board OF Health, held on the 18th de-
clared that the cases of sickness were
merely cholera morbus, and the pub
lie had nniaing to fear from these
cases. On the 18th one of the papers
stated that the iacul,y were not agreed
as to whether there had been single
ease of yeritable ,Asiaiic cholera in the
,ctey.n On the 20th,s about 80 having
died the day previous of the disease,
The Board Of Health by publishing re-
aSQAutiUus =stCpOS HlsCOT i StiO 6AiStcHC0 Vi |
cholera in the scity, and recommended |
That lime be thrown in The yards and !
cutters, The disease having increased |
mil .lhe mortality was about 100 a
idayaitswas declared, By the. faculty to
be. of tHIocal origin.n Tothis decision
the Bee, refused TO assent. Heaven
knows" observes that pa per of the 30th /
of December (" the climate of New Or
leans is in sufficiently bad repute with
ont casing upon il such an additional
,rspFoach.1H - 81 .#s.s..s.Iss So
- The pestilence Tins introduced spread
suntil il peryaded the whole city, and
5contnned in its fearful mission of suf-
tefing and death during the whole win
ter and until the opening OF the sum
meri of 1849, aas I'D seas
= The visitation of cholera, when con-
sidered in connection with the appear