The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-15
un "a TH1 sIJFFERERS.

Private contdbsliont We understand con.
tinue to be liberally made BY our tsens e
the sufferers In portsmouth and Norfolk -
We would Ssne1 ouf Recommendation for 3
public meeting. Our sister city. Petersburg
with her accustomed energy, has held . pub
lie rneesing and subscribed $1,000. Its ex-
nsotsd $4,000 will be raised. Let Richmond
put forth her characteristic liberality, pup.
liely as well rs privately. siI
.vIsITATIoNs OF YELLOW FEVER IN
NEW YORK. =
In historical sketch of the city OF New
York, published in 1927, we find some inter
esting facts concerning the visitstions OF yel-
low fever to that city. Since its foundation,
the yellow fever has appeared in New YORK
no less than ten times. ITS first visitation
was il, the summer Of l7o2. The mortality
was dreadful, and almost every one wno was
seized with the fever died. The period was
DISTINGUISHED as the slime Of the great sick
ness, It appeared a second and tnird Tune III
in the summer and autumn OF l74l and ia4S.
An interesting account of the disease was
drawn mp at the time by DIR. Golden an emu.
nent physician, who pointed out the local
circumstances which existed in dIfferen'
parts of hecity, as evident causes OF addng
to the violence Of the distemper, ana recon-
mended meansfor their removal and measures u
for the general health, which were adopted,
and followed by the most sslutary eftecss'.
In 1871 the fever again broke outin the VI
cinity of Burling Slip, where it was probably
introduced by vessels from the West lnues'
In 17s3, Philadelphia suffered terribly 1roH
the yellow fever, 4,0l persons having oaeo
in that city, from the commencement TO tne
termination of the disease. The New I ORE
ers being greatly alarmed, proclamation
was issued prohibiting the, fugitives rom
Philadelphia to land in New York till AFTER
an absence from Philadelphia OF certain
number of days. The prohibition could rot
be enforced Many of the Philadelphians
entered New York, and some Of them s'c6en-
ed and died there, but the city remained tutfy
as healthy as usual during the achole season
In 1898, the fever again appeared IN ne"
York, carrying off 2,0s6, out of a popuiatien
of $1,000, more than one.third of whom had
left the city. 1t appeared again, though NOT
in SO malignant form, in 1899, 1900, 1885,
1905, and 1922, which was its last visitation
In 1904 the disease appeared in Brooklyn,
between which and New York there is only
the East river, about three quarters OF a
mile in width. Several Of the Inhabitants OF
Brooklyn fled to New York, and died an TIC
houses of their friends; but the NeT YORK.
Board of Health knep Of no instance an
a0hich ii proved contagious. The caty re-
manned exempt from pestilemce during that
season. - .4
1 In the disease of 1885, one-third of the
whole population fed, and in the first four
wards, two thirds of the inhabitants fed
In the 9Th and 9th wards the citizens remain
ed, pursuing their usual avocations, well
knowing from thespurity of the air, that they
were as safe from the5dsnger of the pesti-
lence, which prevailed in the other wards, by
following their business at home, as if they
had resided in the Western wilderness.
1t viii thus be seen that New York, not
withstanding its latitude, has been often Wis
tied by this scourge, but it prevailed only in
certain portions of the city, which were then,
we believe, subject to malarious diseases,
which was also the case in Philadelphia
Since the swamps have been drained and
filled up, and thorough system of drainage
established, New York has escaped for thin.
ty-three years from the pestilence, notwith.
standing its commercial communications
with West India ports have been increased
q thousand fold.