Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-11-10
IN AND ABOUT rowN.
NO. XIII.
THE HEALTH OF WILMNeroE-THE First
APoTHEcARY SHOP.
THE HEALTH OF WILMINGTON

THE HEALTH OF WILMINGTON.
In the Philadelphia Press of Monday, we
notice an article in reference to the Cholera.
in which the editor romances considerably
in speaking of this city during the preva-
lence of the Cholera in 1S49. Every state
ment made relative to Wilmington during
the existence of the dreadful maladv. il
entirely groundless He states that the
papers of this city denied that "Cholera was
among the people" So far from this being
true, every paper in the city published an
official statement Of the number Of cases oc.
curing each day, and the number Of deaths
resulting from il, and it was from this source
that the Philadelphia papers obtained their
information. The circulation of the Phila-
delphia Sun and Ledger in this city was never
interfered with in the least and this is the
first time we ever heard such a thing
intimated On the contrary, the Mayor
never issued line or word in reference TO
the disease. The first case made its appear
ance here on the goth of June, and on the
oath of August the Board of Health reported
that no new cases had occurred for several
days. During its prevalence, out of popu.
lation OF about Is, 600, there were III cases
and 20 deaths. Most of them were paupers
at the Aims House Again, the editor re-
marks that the people "placed no confidence
in the authorities or newspapers of that
doomed city, and the result was that large
numbers of the residents fed to Philadel-
pha." Our recollection of the matter is
that the boot was on the other leg, and our
city was filled with Philadelphians, who
came here to escape the cholera. There was
little alarm among our citizens, and we do
not believe that a single person left Will
mington from fear of the pestilence.
Wilmington has always been considered
iavorably located for health The ground
on which it stands gradually rises from tide
water to an elevation of upwards of hun
dred and twenty feet. The streets are laid
out with a view TO allow the inhabitants
ample opportunity to procure plenty of fresh
air, SO necessary to promote good health
The houses of the working classes are not
up little courts and alleys where the sun
never shines upon them, as in PHILADELPHIA
"uN tiS iai6o SltiSsi nut are tnree or four
families crowded into house too small for
one to live comfortably in. They have good
dwellings, with ample room to breathe.
In the year 1894, says a observation-disclosures
min Ferris-when Wilmington was supposed
to contain about 8, 900 inhabitants, two citi-
zens made a list of all persons they could
find, who had arrived at the age Of sixty
years, intending to record their deaths as
they took place, in order to ascertain how
fur the situation was favorable to longevity
One hundred and thirty-three names were
enrolled. Two of them died at more than
one hundred years old, sixteen at ninety
and under one hundred; ffy-two at more
than eighty and under ninety; fifty at more
than seventy and less than eighty, and thir.
teen upwards of sixty and less than seventy.
We have now population of about thirty
thousand, and the deaths do not average