Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1866-02-23
The Cholera Coming.

Next Summer we are TO have the chOl
era. Its course 20 far has been just the
same a. its course in previous visiiations.
aud next Summer it will be due in this
country Thousands of the inhabitants Of
New York will bc in the full vigo@ Of
health one day. aud the next will be has
tily borne TO their final resting place. A
universal panic will seize upon our people;
oil who get away will fec from the pcsti-
lcnce; business will be prostaled; and
general gloom aud singnation will take the
place Of our present prosperity.
And yet, all this can be pre-, enie1--
There is no necessity for the prevalence Of
tho cholera in this city ucx summer
While tic caustS of diseases are hidden
iiom knowledge, tho cause of cholera HIS
been positively asccriained. Ii is filth.
The proof Of this is conclusive. The pro-
gross Of the disease in its several cpidem-
les has been carefully watched and faith.
fully recorded; It's history is remarkably
full aud minute and without exception,
il has attacked filthy cities only, and il has
prevailed only in the filthy portions Of the
ciiics which it has attacked.
We have before us a report made TO the
Citizens Association of New York, by the
Council Of Hygiene and Public Health, on
the subject Of the cholera This council
is composed OF tho Leasing physicians Of
the city, men Of The very highcs, position
for learning aud characler--anl ilcir re-
por, iieats the subject with the maslerly
ability which was 10 bo expected. IL ira.
ees the progress Of the cholera in each Of
it, vsitalous, aud shows that in all places
the one cause OF It's prevalence was want
Of cleanliness.
The following arc few among the MI.
morors facts cited in proof Of this:
"ln the city Of Buffalo, where there was
fearful mortality from the epidemic of
lsI9, its principal ravugcs were Witnessed
in the filthy and uudralued sections of the
city, and in the purlicus Of poverty, vice,
aud fevers along the canal In Sandnsky,
where nearly one third of the resident pop
uation died in single month. DR.. Ack-
leg states that n stencil pervadcd the
streets. At Louisville, Ky, the cenicrs of
the epidemic were associated with filth,
malaria and crowding In Cincinnati,
where the epidemic killed 5,3l4 persons,
ous Of population Of ~, los, il was first
associated with local filth and crowding
La II. Louis. 4,J57 inhabilants persisted
ont Of 10000. DR. McPheetcrs reported
that the epidemic elected as its chief cen
tiers the crowded tenant buildings, the
streets aud dwellings, alongside the stag
nant ponds and open bitches that then
aboundcd in that city; also that seven
tenths OF the mortality was among the
German and Irish population. In New
Orleans, when the epidemic appeared the
streets and cutters were filed with fllh so
that even the Board of Health declared
that '.the clements e putrclaction had ac-
eumulaicd ieatfully in every direction, un-
tll the atmosphere was polluted by poison
Gus exhalations in which u sickly acid
smell prcdomiualedi
The report then cites numerous proofs
mat 10y proper attention TO cleanliness. the
reslilcnce may be avoided We select two
Of these:
"ln ,atious towns and cities Of Eng.
lapdi the actual benefits of preventive
measures, the sanitary works of cleansing,
drainage mud ecntilaiion have been fully
tested. For example, the city Of WOrces.
ter, on the river Scscrn, having been twice
scourRcd b. cholera. undertook 10 avert
the latter cpldemics by means of ciIcctual
cleansing aud efficient sanitary regulations.
The result was, that while tho pcstilenco
swept through the noighboring cities aud
yillages, tho populous city of Worcester
escaped, aud the destroyer of uncloany
cltlos mndo . passover with the people Of
Worcester, for on every Intel aud door.
post was written cleanliness, cleanliness.
Not house was enierod, aud the town was
saved Ia the midst OF iho most lfigblful
dcrolallon.'
I'm Philadelphia the cholera broke ont
and madc some progress in tho districts Of
Moyamcn.ing aud Souhsnrk, whero tho