New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-04

change For the last three or four years fever In some
form other has been the predominant disorder pu'
fever has now given way To diarrhea. linen III IL I'M
possible not IL recognize In the cattle plague some signs
Of atmosphere Infection for murrains have 0en DeeD
the precursors of epidemics among men. we may 60
cape but may also suffer and prudence drects us
put houses in order. Happily, the necessary pre-
cautions perfectly well known. .
Though cholera is actually new disease. prouuceft
and disseminated within the memory of living men, II
o5eys the laws of all other diseases with implicit exact
ness Where fever strikes or small pox strikes cholera
will strike also. AS far as prophylaetcs or resev@
The narratives which We have published from Calro
and Constantinople might be narratives OF the
toned plague 1t is not Of itself that either plague OF
cholera is SO formidable To be triumphant IN their
dcstructvcness they require allies and these aes are
want filth. Ignorance andlfear II slew but so many.
fear slew the the saying placed IN the mouth OF
an mpersonation of pestence The description OF the
victims in the towns Of the East removes al SURPRISE al
the havoc inflicted. A. -,
Probably the worst parts Of London are better than
the best parts Of these devastated cities and yet the
statement read the Conference last week shows what
may in this metropolis: PracticaIly pnDnc
notifications are universally read or attended TO-
even by those VINO read and whom they most CON
Germ but the severest attacks are on persons OF neg
eced education, in the densest ignorance by lar the
greater proportion of whom cannot read and VINO can
only be warned and moved for the preservation oil their
wives and children themselves by direct personal
and verbal communication and influence as by the
clergy and missionary other visitors" Who AFTER
applying these remarks 10 the conditions OF life In the
East can wonder at the mortality IN Constantinope or
Smyrnai
We we're told the other day not to rely too much on
our late sanitary improvements. and, doubtless any
such confidence would beget tenerlty is strongly 10
be deprecated But London is not IN better condi'
ton ~ resist epidemic than II eleven years ago
We must have been erpending vast amount OF money
| aud pains 10 terribly little purpose That much re-
mains do cersin enough but much also has surely
been done Nobody, should hope. could venture TO
maintain that not the better for the works OF
drainage executed with such extraordinary per
severance Air and water must have been purified
1 lv hv Vigilance
tion must do the rest for We have now got wbat
We had in 1854 medical officers and local Boards oil
Health in every Metropolitan District, and these
authorities have had little practice IN the recent
epidemics of small pox and scarlatna.
Temporary hospitals have been constructed parochal
in6rmares have been visited and the foundations OF
good organization have been laid. IL is upon this
gan ization that in Of need we must mainly rely
All experience teaches Us that certain classes OF the
population and those the most exposed TO the violence
Of epdemcs only 10 be- reached AT home. For this
purpose want multiplication Of agencies between
the Government and tie public. PROBABLY one OF Tue
chief Of popular helpessness IN tie East Lat
there is nothing between the supreme authority and the
subject Government does what IL can by prOcama-
ton pecuniary subvention, and summary interference
but there are no local or intermediate organizations
for bringing knowledge and relicfto every mans door
| Nothing rs remarkable on such occasions than
the extent which this agency is required. II the
people are not personally visited house by house per
sonaly warned and personally assisted. they are IN
danger Of pershng in their heedessness or ignorance
They viii seek advice. scarcely even medicine un'
less il is gTatuitousy supplied: IN fact. they often live
too hardly all heir days to be much impressed with an
accession Of evil These however are the classes 10
whom our assistance IL due and do possible
harm, but rather much aud certain good, by such
timely organization will surely be useful against or
binary vsitatons even If be not required 10y an cpl
demic Of cholera
THE CHOLERA IN ITALY AND SPAIN.
From The London Times, Avg n. lat5
The last bulletin from AncOna gives "a cases
Of choera and - deaths from the lh TO noon on the
18th and the total since the disease first appeared
sgg eases and s43 Oeaths There was cholera at san
Severe (Captanats) especially among the poorly TED
lower cases. and people were running away Al
Bologna up the 18Th the sanitary state Of TIE popua
laton was satisfactory. The King bad sent O.Wui
from his private purse TO the Syndc Of Anoonh 20 assist
poor sick persons and needy survivors. There j. no
account Of cholera having Shown ;tsef 10 the other
Italian cities letter from IigusrBs IN Catalonia.
saws that the town crowded with fugitves from Bar
celona where there AT that date Q5th insi) per
feet panic account Of the appearance oil some cases
| Of cholera
In one day &C. 600 railway tickets had been issued at
,he Barcelona station Nevertheless there seems 10
have been very few the llth and 18th lew oil
sporadic cholera every Summer these occur at Bar
celons) which happened TO carry OIL wei known per
sons and this made great effect on the people. A
violent storm the night Of the 2th freshened the AR
and the 18Th there was no case The average daily
mortality at this at Barcelona Is 30 there were
only 50 deaths the 18th 10 of them children only -
on The 18th and 50 the 18th, including ii children.
The emigration had nearly ceased. and II looks alto
gether the Barcelonese had been more frightened
From The London Times. Aug "a.
The AppeniHo, a new daily paper, published
at Florence says thst San Severe from the ltth TO
the 18th there ~ cases Of cholera and II deaths.
and from the 18th 20 the 10th IL and 81 deaths IS
Of the latter being from that bad shown themselves
on previous days At San Nicandro. small town IN
the CapitaBata, there had been eight cases and hyo
deaths ON the 18th At Anc0na the maady seems d.
minishing. but such diminuton must partly be set
down TO the decrease In the population caused by eI
tensiye emigration The French Consul at Ancona NJ.
de Castelane thinking that any joyful manifestation AT
a. ho Of Ia he
the city, saying that he should not have the usual lie
Deum celebrated Oh the Emperor's iete aud inclosing
jDOi for the orphans the cholera has made. The
dppsHao announces that the municipality of Florence
has voted 5,OOOE for tho sufferers at AneOna.
From The London Times Aug -.
The AppeninO states the cholera at Ancona
from the 10Th the 18th TO have given q and
eight deaths plus "A deaths from previous days AT
san Severe the day. 20 cases and 81 deaths
IS Of the latter from previous days At San Ncandro.
Apficena and San Marco in Lanis there were few
cases; on the nth to leth AncOna 80 cases and 81
deaths. and San Severe % cases and 81 deaths.