New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-13
BARBADOS.
FEARFUL MORTALITY BY CHOLERA.
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We stated in our last the authority OF captain
Smith, Of the schooner Neiors, that cholera had made
is spresunce at Barbados, and that the des,hs had
amounted to upward Of 100 per day by that disease Since
,h,u We have received !es OF 81, rhomas pape to hs
s,, ard barbados 20 the 18th ume, lhe former by the
R.nd,er Capt Higgs and the latter by the Phens Capt.
p,r.conAel too FULLY confrmingihe melancholy udings
borcLt by Captain Smith and proving further that the
mortality had been on the increase I'LL the number OF
deaths by hs, fell disease in the new City eara ground
of Bridgetown, amounted iE one asy 70 'e ~ hn-
her Of ga human beings The total number OF deaths IN
,ls c;,v had reached ON the 18th to lO1 In the Car
rsou of ST. Ammo there had been % deaths .izi ~ MIN
,ary laborers Of the frst and OF the second West
Irds ReSiwsnts OF the Thty-sxth and Of the SIXTY
seventh Regiment and Of the Royal Artillery.
I'm the suburbs OF Brgeown there had been ~ doi'hs
Just beyond Black Rock, in little village called tanes
Raw there had been ss deaihs-there were 7 deaths Ia
other parts of the Parish making in all c3 for the whole
Parish <,,
shehn and Crab Hole where the disease had sc'zed with
great violence upon the class oi poor whi'ss many Of
whom reside in the vicinity There had been 100 case'
up the morning cI the lSth ~ cioch an" 'o oo,
of which "a whites
Church l6 deaths were reported
r,nte but the re was accurate report OF the number
deaths. -. ;.., -, H.
90 voars sole editor of The Bar6dsian. has de Of tho
disease Mr. Drinsn the editor OF me GLOBE was "tary
sonvaescent after attack OF choera unsurpassed
oyerty by ANYTHING OF the kind that has ever been e.
"neriencedh The sub.editor of TIE Lsbral was down
with the disease half sheet only OF The LStsrs' was
Issued on the lih. In alang to the disease anu the e
eunsarce of the reduced size OF hrs paper the eiios
sevs Yndsrtbese circumstances we know not how soon
I'VE may be obliged to suspend our issue altogether.
There but single hand IN our office oeses the lore
"man.' .
Of the $50 prisoners confined in the jail - vved
whence the Governor very humanely ordered Their re-
leasc.
rer ancer colored.
SIS to the origin progress and treatment of the disease
We find the following in The Barbados Itst Indian OF tbs
9Th: -
For the information Of our readers Ia England anl the
rochtorng Colonies give an account OF the spread
the cholera and OF tie steps taken To relieve the sulerngs
~ Moor and 10 check is fatal effects. IL first appeared
or tie lth of last mont in wooden hovel III stree.
running into Bayst. rot far from tie Hospital black
woman died there rom il aher few hours inne.s, and
two a her deaths within three days. In the next house
but one another person seized soon ater with tho
same eymtoms And then White young woman, Miss
N.wsam and aftoiward her sister. fell victims IL has
b, snid that it brOu ght tn BaIbadoes from Jamaei
VII. re it Is prevailing, the Dcrwent; that some sesmen
On board of her died of the passage aud the clothes
Of them belonging 70 this place brought here
ard riy,n TO the person be washed, IN whose house i
FIST broke out Bat the Truth OF the statement has not
Lo,n accrtaned. On the occurrence OF the hrat cases
t svp,ptoms we're not considered by the medical men "
he those Asa.ic Cholera. IL was thought u beoayn
aggravated oIm of common dlarhta-a disease frequent
in Bari aaos. However, the Hcalth Commissioners lost
no time in cuutonng the inhabitants against anything
lk,y to bring on complaints Of the bowels and recon-
rerded the adoption of for the prevention Of the
spread ,f the disease Jast before the alarm was given
by the sudden deaths Cf those people IN this part OF the
city may observe, large qaanates OF hyins sh were
CONNOLLY Sold in Il half puirid state IN the mornings
brought into the CeIeenAe by the boats the evening be-
fole aud hot getting sa.o whon isesh they were got I'd
OF ten twelve for penny ia the morning 40 mat Tue
caution against the usc oil any hhWholesoule ues "s
mich required.
which soon however showed that II was epd me- In tho
of nd fbs tnsrp
aud they mostly found among the black people ani
in the test and closcst parts OF the town From tho
lay be disease epread into the close lanes in White Pak
and about St. Marys meeting Of the Board Of Health
was again held and the arfu truth could no longer be
disgrfcd denied, thst Asotc, or at any rate most
fearful ,pe of cholera prevailed in Bridge'own. Per
sons were fzcG sudGen in the streets and nj their bs
ness and after few hours stupcr attended with cramps
in the and legs, sometimes with vertigo, died. ofisa
without any signs of pain The remedy found ncs en-
oscious was camphor, which administered to person
when fret seized, two drops on bt o. sugar ~ hi-
sIaOr fu Of p0ier recommended by he hoineopahs,
very often sufficient 10 arrest the disease AT later
stage il was more obstinrc and remedies were ~
sorted to- but by no means with the success We
ignorant indeed OF the treatment OF the dsease IN
its ful development, as Of the origin and naturs
In Tie meantime tho authorities have used every ex-
eron provide against the effects of this dreaifal
amiy. The Governor had not spared himself neither
has any officer in the humbest grade. The members
oi the Board of Health, the Health Commissioners, tho
clergy Of the town and various individuals have devoted
Themselves with the admir- courage 10 relieve the
u.ergs Of iho,e attacked with the disease and 10
move the .anic which sezes upon Others for many have
ell the symptoms merely from OF fright and de-
preston Of spirits and many desert their and
even their relatives when attacked, and leave them to
their fate to the benevolent attention Of strangers,
through fts Of themse!ves falling victims to it,
The shipping ct Barbadoos was healthy. large
gel had left there for DemeIars but returned to port
few days the cholera having appeared board aud
or three deaths ensued.
Atst Vincent quarantine Of 81 days fixed on vessels
arriving there from Barbadoes aud tlO0 per month
voted for cholera purposes and very strict quarantine
regulations have been adopted
At Trinidad, the Governor does not 10 have the
same dread of infection for he dead against
gon and steps appear to be taken TO enforce
tine upon vessels from Barbados.