Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-04-30
THE OH0LER A.

The endemic at the threshold OF New York
has excited the active attention OF he Health
authorities of that city. At the regular semi
weekly meetiug OF the Metropolitan Board OF
Health held ON Tuesday, a long report was
presented signed by Drs. Parker, Crane aud
Stone, from which it will be observed that
there were well marked cases of cholera on
Wards Island last December. DIR. Crane says
that some weeks ago when the Sanitary Com
mittee made its report upon which The Cover.
nor was requested To issue his proclam4tio Of
Peril the statement was used that twenty-four
deaths from cholera had occurred at Wards
Island between the 22nd OF November and the
20th of Decem 1er, 1865. In coamunc ton
to the Board of Health, which had been pre-
viously published in some of the daily papers,
DR., Sayre, last resident. ysician OF the city
saw Ct to deny this statement, and to say that
he had examined every cage OF reported cholera
that took place upou the Island and that the
peculiar sympto ns of that disease were invari-
ably absent. TIE Committee would perhaps
have taken no notice of this letter but for the
fact that its character for yeracity had been
called in question and it was deemed OF some
Importance that the statements upon which the
Proclamation ia based should be strictly true
Dr.. Sayre had furtherm ote Ia his Official capa-
city made the Ccmm issoners oil Emigration
| and Tor the purpose OF setting the question al
rest the sanitary Committee examined the
death book" of the hospital at Wards Island
| aud trinscr bed therefrom the report of III
cases III which the symptoms were detailed,
every ono of which was strongly marked by all
| characteristics OF cholera. They found also
| that there were dnring the time specified 81
ases, 27 Of which were fatal and the gent
meu agreed with Dr.. Ford that they were
| genuine Asiatc cholera, although tue patient
| had N no instance communicated with the
| passengers on the Atlanta
"A report in relation 10 the disease on the
! steamer Virginia gave rise to considerable de-
bate in which il was asserted that th ere had
l'een gross neglect and inhumanity in the treat
m ent and mode Of transfer Of the patients from
the steamer to the hospital ship There were
20OO persons in quarantine, but 1000 OF whom
| could be properly accommodated uuder the
| ptesent arrangements. The Others must re-
1 main exposed TO disease and death. DR..
| Parker stated that n young man living at
'Rockland Lake h day or two ago ate heartily
OF fresh pork and drank largely Of Ice water
fer dinner and the next morning at five O'Clock
1 was in a collapsed condition, after having suf-
fered through all the preoeeing symptoms OF
! Asatic cholera. There is disease abroad
which takes this form, and the lesson is one Of
caution 10 all Our litizens.
| Several points in the foregoing proceedings
OF the New York Health Board are deserving
of earnest attention. IL appears that there was
cholera 10 one OF the suburbs OF New y ork last
year distinct from any brouga. there by for
/ eign vessels; and further that po.withstanding
lse Ioug warning the authorities had OF the
, approach OF the disease it found them at las
, unprepared to meet it. 1t appears also thai
disease akin to cholera, aud quite as fatal, II
brought on by imprudence in eating aud drink
, log and want of cleanliness. All OF these mat,
tiers should bs observed by our people and
authorities AS 10 many lessons BY which theli
conduct should be reguiated.-Ledgsr.