Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-30
Yellow Fever on Staten Island

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| The yellow fever exists toa considerable ex
tent an Staten lslnmi. Tho Medical Society of
! Richmond on the 10Th instant, appointed a com
milton 10 ascertain the number VI cases Of vel
! low fever which have occurred the island and
/ il possible. H. ascertain the cause and origin Of
each case, and report to the Society ut its next
meeting.
| The committee have reported. and il aprears
that the first case occurred about the middle Of Ju
ly Since then eighteen others are reported rs lul-
lows:
That the first of epidemic yellow fever oc-
CURED about the middle Of the month Of july
A man named Kramer who had been empllyod
in burning the infected bedding. etc. on the iron
scow ID. Rockwell sickcned at his residence IN the
village Of Tompkinsyile. but was subsequently, re-
moved TO the quarantine hospital where he iicl
Ii has been stated to tho committee, and l., The
best OF its belief is true that kramer had been
in the habit Of bringing to his wife articles Of
| clothing intended for the flames, and that they
were washed on his premises On the 18th Of
July Ms. Kramer wasattaekcI with yellow fever
and died at her residence.
Opposite the house 81 Kramer. in the same ware,
and ONLY n few feet from the door Of incrr,s Is
the catrtnce Ia "A small tenement. occupied by n
stevcJorc employed on the Quarantine named
Neil; between the wife Of this man and Mrs Kr,.-
mcr, u close intimacy existed; and she took the
fever about the same period and died on the 10Th
Of July.
The next case was that of Mr.. Halliday, who
owned the house occupied by Nell, aud whose own
residence the same lot, fronting ON Griffin
street; he was seized the I'D Of July, and died
n, the o-th A Inv IN III. sam. hon.. ,onL H..
disease .uh.couently. lint hns recovcred
a, th. al 81, A,,oa, NJ you,,, aud J,,.h,ox
Tv;ny nm l;rrn street and Tho rcor 81 ,yhnso H.,
ioiucd that of Kramer. also sick,nc1. thcv worn
well m,rk.d c,scs nr vrIlnw fever and b.y. race
cred subsequently a German tailor, living i'm
Of MintIorne street and not more 100 Erct fran,
III, bousc of Kramer .irkeneJ with vcllnw fever
and has Ind j, teJinns c,nynlcsencc A son e
th. alloy. mentioned notieni sirkencJ nm tho 81 -
or .Jnlv and il .,ilI Under treatment Mr.. Mn
merry. living in the same block, was seized with
the lover on the "a of August, and has recovered
On the 18th of August tho disease made its OPP
pearance in the house of Miles, in the same block
and only few steps from the last mentioned place
The first case occurred on the 18TH in the person
of his daughter: ON tho 10Th another ,la,, ghter
was attacked on the list he was seizcd, and
hs''y' ms wiic On the -od INST; these cases are
now under treatment, and one OF them Is in dy-
ing condition. ia IN adjoining house Nlr. ll"l-
ANA resides ai'd VT NrIl after the death ct ms
wlc' TOOK up ms quarters here. TN the sd OF
august Mr.. H. was se'h'd with the yellow lever,
and ms death has lust been reported
+" 'n' o''' a'' ',n Jays u august TWO cases
" '',r' ~ '''t '''', hoou' one ana
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M o. us Nr"ss ,''''' n:r se,.uh' erl' 'n '''
sends Jncp nnd ,h, ,as ,ynrt. ,,,. .,+,a al ,r,,
vellow fever and wifi nrnh,hly d;o larora ,,;s pa.
', , =, .n " iN''. 0 '''o ''''' ~
The residence Of the las,-mentioned patent i,
moi more than half mile from the house IN which
Miss Cross and servant resided
Two cases of yellow fever occurred ut New
Hriuh n mn tho 1,th \ut,,st n, , bn;lI;nc ,,,r
the landng ono of these, u distinctly marked
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