American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-08-11
The Cholera. -

The Cholera -
II is a remarkable fact that the Con-
venlon, the Riot, and III Cholera all
three made their appearance SWong us
about the same lime. w eniion
and the Riot have both BEE en- POSED OF ;
! The Cholera remains. but as is cons
fined to but few cases. Since the LIST OF
August there have been eleven deaths in
the Charity Hospital by this disease, and
DR.. Stone and other physicians pronounce
it of malignant type, aSutAese eleven
have died out Of fifteen, Il Rmher oil
Eases admitted. Bul.he de Aer not
among our old resideniSni b vied
having but recenilWa M rom
Red river; one 'front.' b lore
man one from Osykaa city
workhouse; one was ng'
an TX policeman one ON
Tigervi!e. Miss; the seis
to our city. In these two
died in five hours ane lack
others in six hours, VIII these
that died lived over tive teri
ceplion of the disease. I
We are informed tina OF
colored regiment WHO w.
ed no more tha% rre1 pc
died, The other wiH,4A,
There are but fy ~
Hospital, ard z qiFF
cases are, as yeth,or.t
is far from EPIDEMIC
We are in -
cases in the CmA Hos ~ pres
ent intermittent. malarml, aud congesIive
fevers. The patients are for the greater
part, recent arrivals in the city.
OFFICE OF TIE BOARD q HEALTH,
New Or ssp s. Aug. 8. 1866
To THE EDIt6k er THE N. o. Times
Although your eOn Change" writer is
Imposed to be unjust to the Board of
Health, he makes m inquiry of it this
morning, an answer to which the public
is fairly entitled, viz "In your wisdom
and Information, gentlemen, which way,
how, where from, did she disease, cholera,
enter into our city ?" l will answer this
question by statement oil my obse'va'
lions upon it.
On the l4'h of July, | heard Of case
at 42O Hercules street, attended to by DR..
rLierr7. | addressed him a note, and,
in answer, received graphic description
Of cholera in the algid stage, which prov>
ed fatal This person, previously sick,
had eaten imprudenty. | learned after
wards, from Dr.. Ball, that another suspl'
cious case occurred at the same house, at
the same lime, which recovered.
On the 18Th, in detachment OF troops,
occupy ing Holiness foundry, in the same
neighborhood, recruit from Texas, was
taken, and died then a. recruit from Red
river was taken, and died. During the
following week, sixteen cases occurred in
his detachment, five Of whom died. This
information was derived from Surgeon
McParin, Medical Director Of the De-
partment Of Louisiana.
On the 93l, the steamer Mcrrimack mr.
rived from New .YoIk with troops on
board She was reported clean and
healthy from the Quarantine Station.
The same night, g. 5 A N, soldier
was seized while on guard, and died at !
r. NJ.
On the 25lh, negro man, at 118 fe.
Iicity street, was taken in the morning,
and died the same nj ht. On the S3!h,
bis wife was taken at 5 P M-died at 4
A. NJ the 29,h. On the 3lst, baker, al
l16 Felicity street, was taken half-past 7
A. M.-died 7p.M NJ,
On the 3ist, DR.. Henderson SUNNI oned
me 10 observe case Of negress at %
Race street, who was taken the previous
night at II O'Clock. She was hopeless,
and died at P. NJ.
On the first Of August, DR.. Ball came
for me to visit with him Miss Finnin, on
White street, between Erato and Thhlia.
She went to bed well, was taker at 4
o'clock and died at g.
This was Enthusiastically Asialic cholera,
and the Board have authorized me TO re-
port the existence Of the disease 10 the
Mayor.
On the 81 Of August tie House Suro
geon Of the Charity Hospital reported
cholera there or that evening the first
case reported from below Canal street
came to the Hospital.
The same evening naval oticer re
ported TO the Board that the disease ex-
listed among lis employees in Algiers.
It will be well to remember that this
Board has no power or means to take
measures for the prevention or control of
disease. 1t was simply a Quarantine
Board, until a health ordinance, passed
by it, was published by the City Council
as city ordinance In view Of the prob
able advent Of cholera, this Board passed,
some two months ago. health ordinance
prepared by joint committee Ct the City
Council and tie Board.
The Council, for reasons sufficient TO
itself, postponed the publication of it as
city ordinance until few days since.
All the Board could DO was to make it
the duty of its President TO investigate all
cases OF an epidemic or infectious charac
ter which might come to his knowledge.
as occurring in the city. This he has
done TO The best Of his ability, and the re-
suit you have before yous
All il could do was to report 10 the au