The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-07-20
LOCAL MATTERS.
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HEALTH or The CIrY.-That our read
ers may have facts to use D cuntroverting the cry
~ alarfrlists that the cholera has resumed 40 Pt-
Ienic form in the city we propose 20 give mem :
IL W more figures from the record we ra'eiy pass
nhysciau without making enquiries concerning
the nrocrnss and spread Of the disease, ana thero
re take great pleasure in sayiog that we nave yet
met with the first one, who considers the cnoiera
ON the increase, or that 1t has become epiuehie'
In the Enquirer of Tuesday last mn article ID rs
ference to the cholera appeared, based upon TUE
statement of "a physician OF high standing, WHICH
was we'll calculated to alarm the timd, and create
an incorrect impression as to the health Oh tne
m shout the State From the article alluded 10,
I'VE make the following extract, merely to show that
even an eminent physician" may mistake ms ra'
nidly increasing practice for the spread o disease
and That he should not have used bis own practice
AZ a criterion of the entire profession Inc eA'
tract reads thus: go -.
"a pbyscian of high standing familiar with the
authorizes US to say that the cholera exists
here to an alarming extent, and that too In an cpl
demic form Several cases occurred yesterday ;
and the disease, instead OF being on the decline
seems to be on the increase Nor Is 1t, we are In
formed. confined to 'imprudent negroes 1t at
ali classes, without reference to their diet or
habits OF lie. ar
that he committed an in stating THAT the cho-
jera exists here to an alarming extent that in
sead of being the decline 1t seems to be on the
and that sit attacks all classes, without
reference to their diet habits OF life, we propose
| o wing few facts and figures, which speak tor
themselves On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes
day-the 10TH 18th and 18th July-there were toen'
tu.sersn intermepts at the Shockoe Hill Burying
| Ground OF this number eight were white persons,
and nineteen negroes. Of the whites three are re.
ported to have died of cholera. OF the negroes,
secenteen are said to have died OF cholera. Show
ing that in the three days above alluded to, there
| were twenty cholera interments white and black.
Now let us see how the record tallies with the de
claration of "a Physician" in the Enquirer" of
| the 18th inst. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday,
the 16th 18th and 18th inst there were tTentytour
interments-three less than on the 10.h. 18th and
| 18th inst as shown by the record. OF this mum.
ber eight were white persons, and sixteen negroes
OF the whites fire arereported to have died of cho
lera Of the negroes twelre are recorded cholera,
showing decrease of fUe 10 the three days of this
| week, compared with those of the last. With this
| record before US, " A Physician" will excuse Us
for saying that he must have been mistaken In sup
posing that the cholera was on the increase last
Monday and that it had assumed an epidemic form.
With regard to its attacking all classes, without
reference to their diet habits of life, we sat
listed that the doctor is again in error the fgures
| already given by US abundantly prove.
That there may be no mistake In the comparison
already made, give the figures as taken from the
| register