, 1866-10-22
THE CHOLERA,
Tic Public Health and the Storna-Tl,c
Public SchooIh-Casc~.

The number Of cases Of cholera has continued
daily to decrease II a very satisfactory rnuo hsy-
fHE graduated down TO the very short 1I.t which
follows The nrmber O: deaths still average about
onc-third the number Of ATTACKS, as ut hrst,
showing one Of two thfnss-ithcr that The phy-
sicars do not better know how to t1car II Than al
than weeks aEo IN taking time BY the f5FciocI.
whrn they have reason to believe thcmseisct
stuck with the cholera.
20 low degree Of numerical fo:ce that wc msy
nitoost 5ecaid It as nothing. since the total num-
the average thereby. The ftsss OF a few Of 3nr
country Cousins thai they will take the cholera II
thes come here, are at least now without fount1a,
ton, aud they may come here and uansart their
little business without damage, as indeed thcy
could always do; out Of the thousands who came
e9 esd daas o on wo s Pss .ca spas h as no
stit1 less ofoue to whom It proved hlai
There is rood ground to believe that the efi-
ssD s. tas os VI nc p
July. amounting to little moro tlan the av age
rain al Of eight mouths. The vast amount Of
wate. fatursted the Garth. and continuous damp
weekf, de9ttiat1ng the constitution aud rendering
pecnliatly sns1ep1tble e attack. and powerlcss
a g e. III IGssss Il ssas; sssa oa5 !;
manner tend to bring on tie cholera asain, but
Il is sea1ee1y probable that such Will be tic
Ses fan ec eSi% w3s S;rb ATTENDED ass By
eomitant thunder, would be to pnrify the atmos.
rhsre. still f not probable that the disease
will entirely disappesr from our mids. tnl the
tnu1n come. Ono Of the CHIEF causes Of a,tack-
fcas-has been banished, aud there Is reaaon 10
believe that The great mass Of the people hayt
ordinary III their hablta-au Improvement which
n TuE rc111: SCHOOLS.
<fNff fAAf f<Gf
tn some eases prevailed among residents
0S 0se ,se,i :, s,say IA
pase se9s
little alarm 3. Interruption has appeared, and tho
large as ever. Out Of the fourteen thousand
children Who attend the schools It Is thought By
The snrerintenaenl that rot more than three Or
epcAts we'll for the cleanliness Of the school.
rooms, which arc indeed more heal:htul places Of
heb q bee s' cene Children asn .ss
Of one death To three or fouF Thousand IS cests1i
y not alarming: Two Of The lady teachers have
been afflicted within fcw weeks BY the loss Of
IN TIE CHOLERA noerrrAl
Some Of the nuEsea and attendants in the hos
Of cloiLirg and bedding wblch had befopged to
tks;n deceased na,en!s apd apprGPris!,ns thsm 70
at once arrested and tried before the Police Conrt
for larceny. They hove also ordered that a~ttcles
Of no great value shall b. burned, and that
and thoroughly purified shall be- appropriated
10 The nse Of The hospital. Money found upon the
dead. for which proper claimants DO rot appear, Is
persons employed IN The disasreeabe and painful
duty Of cnrfng for the unfortunate victims OF tho
they arc. and should mol attempt 10 make person
al gain out Of the work Of the destroyer.
cAsAt nkroETxD ON SATURDAY..
Tho following cAses were reported At the Health
Office on Saturday, from ml6nlgh. 10 midnight:
Mary O'Connor, American. aged 6. Residence
9th Or sixth house east Of Union street On Bar