The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-06
OF o)n IN the city Of New York, at the three visi
sations Of the malady, viz in 1882, 1884 and 1s40,

Deaths In 1882 by cholera 1913
1879 1879 " .........,.-.,..-. Wn
io4S ............. 6,l0l
Total ..............,.. .0,645
The population Of the city in 1882 was about
10000, in 1884 about 265oOO, In Isl9 about SO0.-
600. 1t was computed that about one.third Of the
inhabitants left the city in 1882, but much fewer
number left in 1884 and ls49. Therefore the NOR
talty by cholera ninch greater the first year OF
its appearance here than in the subsequent years.
1t Is also to be observed that much larger proper
ton of the cases proved fatal In 1882 than In the
other years. The mortality was then stated ct
about fifty per cent Of the cases reported, being
greater than in Europe. In the city Of Paris, in
1882, the number Of deaths was about one.third Of
the whole number Of cases reported. The deaths
exceeded $4,000, and the number Of cases was over
So, 900 in 1882.
On Long Island, the cholera appeared in 1S49, at
Brooklyn, on the 26th Of May In williamsburg on
the 29th in Jamaica, on the 4th of June and about
the same time at Bergen and Newark, In New Jer.
sey. In 1s49, also, it prevailed at Albany, Troy,
and on the line Of the Erie Canal It was peculiarly
Malignant at Buffalo, likewise at Chicago in Illinois.
In Quebec the deaths up to the 2Sd Of August were
943 in Montreal, 4S9; and in Toronto, to tho 9th
Of August, $780, At Boston, the deaths from 29th Of
June to the 18th Of October, were Coz. In few
other cities and villages of New England there were
and deaths by the disease but that section Of
the United States has escaped with lighter vista
tions from the Asiatic cholera than any other part
Of this country.
In Philadelphia, eight cases were announced on
the ed Of May, ls4s. The number Of deaths re-
ported from the I'd of June to the 22d Of September
was O22 In 1882 to LIST Of September, it was TAO.
In Baltimore, it appeared on the 22d Of May; Ia
Norfolk, Virginia, on the 29th, and in Richmond
the legislature adjourned to Fauquier Springs on the
SOth Of May.
At New Orleans, the cholera appeared in Dc.
cember, l84S, from emigrant ships II soon spread
through the city, and from the 18th Of December,
ls4s, to the It'll Of February, 1s49, the number Of
deaths was nearly twelve hundred. After that time
the Board Of Health ceased to report, and declared
the epidemic at an end.
The disease, early in 1s49, visited vicksburgs
Cincinnati, Memphis, st. Louis and other places in
the valley Of the Mississippi 1t also appeared in
Mobile, and in severe form at Texas. At Fort
Lawson forty deaths occurred in one night among
the United States troops.
Subsequently the malady resumed it's fearful ra
wages in New Orleans and in Cincinnati and CONT
the valley of the Mississippi, with sad havoc ON the
nois. At st. Louis its duration and violence WAS
unsurpassed this continent, and in Texas it ragged
with undated and destructive fury.
We are indebted to the authentic sketch Of Dr..
A. F. vache, now he ath Off ,er Of this port, made
to legislative committee in February, 1850, for
some of the facts in the foregoing summary. We
M "a nRk
number of cases and deaths by cholera in the Uni
ted States, from its first appearance, in 1882, to
l849; but the preceding statement, in which we
have included many facts collected by ourselves,
viii serve for general chronology Of this disease,
and in the West Indies.
It remains to give few statements with regard
to the progress Of the cholera ON the other side of
the Atlantic. In England, cholera, having ceased
in November, 1882, reappeared partially in the
summer Of the following year, and again partially in
the summer Of 1884. But subsequently it was not
epidemic In Great Britain, until October, l84s, al
though two completely isolated outbreaks of Q
similar disease occurred In hospitals Ia 1887 and
1888. After the cessation of cholera 10 lS49 it did
not reappear in Great Britain In the following
years.
The most remarkable fact, perhaps, in the history
Of the epidemic cholera, is its progressive march.
This is obvious in the dates Of its first outbreaks in
the different countries lying between the Delta Of
the Ganges, where it originated, and the western
parts Of Europe. Having spread over the valley Of
the Ganges In 1877 it crosse the peninsula In lSls
and reached Bombay in August or September Of thst
year.
1t was not till July 1921 that It appeared at Mus.
cat, on The Persian Gulf but in September Il was at
Bagdad, and extended through parts Of Persia and
Turkey In Asia, in 1922. It passed the Caspian Sea
IN 1928, and in the month Of September appeared ct
Astracan. 1t made no further progress in Europe
until the year 1880. In that year, having again ap-
peased at Astracan, in July, It extended rapidly
through the eastern part Of Europe, reaching Mos
COW in September. In the following year (ls3l) It
extended to Riga and Dantzic in May, to st. Peters.
burg in June, to Berlin in August, and to Sunder.
land, in England, in November. 30 again, in the
later invasion Of Europe starting ~ before from
Astra:an, where 1t appeared in June 1S47, IL Was
felt at Moscow, in September Of the same year, At
Berlin, in June le4s, at Hamburg, In August, in
London at the end of September, and ct Belfast in
December, 1s48.
With regard to the introduction Of the disease
into the American continent, high medical autnori.
ties attribute it to immigrant ships from Great Br
tain and the continent but opinions are still divided
on the subject.
The Late Honduras Minister.
The funeral ceremonies over the body of Don,
Jose Barrundia, late Minister from Honduras 70 the
United States, were celebrated yesterday in st. !
Peters church, Barclay street, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ
Only few friends of the deceased were present
the funeral being lFiyate and unostentatious. :