The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-07

cholera--does not, as many suppose, confne his
wanderings and ravages to warm weather, but
eagerly accepts any and every passing invita-.
tiOn TO stalk into the midst Of the crowds that
render easy his approach, and does not leave
them before giving some substantial tokens of
The ship Lord Brougham, from Hamburg, ar
rived at quarantine yesterday morning, after a
passage of forty-eight days, with some twenty OF
the passengers sick with genuine Asiatie
DR.. Reed boarded the Vessel. and. after a a
thorough examination, ordered her TO be an
chored in the lower bay, and the sick passen-
nois. The ship Lord Brougham left Hamburg
with crew OF eighteen and a passenger
three passengers all in the steerage.
When but two days at sea symptoms
of the cholera became manifest among
the passengers, and from that time until within
eight days of the arrival of the vessel at this
rying of no less than seventy-tive persons, in
some cases entire families, and prostrattng q
score or more, who still lie in q precarious con.
reports that the weather during the voyage, and
especially during the early part, was remark
rated the spread of the disease. The ship sailed
without physician, so that when the Infection
became known the efforts made to check its
progress were crude and Ineffective aud the
mortality increased from day to day until the
weather became colder.
The health officers Of the port state that this
is the worst case that has come under their
notice, or, in fact. the worst that has ever oc-
Cured. The steamer England, in the summer
of 1866, when the cholera excitement was SO
great, had on board q crew of one hundred and
twenty-five and nine hundred and twelve pas
sengers, and yet, in warm weather and among
so many. there were but forty-eght deaths
previous to the arrival of the vessel at Halifax,
although great many died while the vessel
remained at that port. On the Virginia, in the
same season, with passenger list OF one
hundred and ten, there were but thirty-eight
deaths
All this tends to show that the disease which
prevailed on board of the Lord Brougham must
have been fearfully malignant and this sup.
position is supported by the fact that many of
those who were attacked lived only couple of
hours after the first symptoms were manifested
Had q competent physician been attached to
the vessel there can be no doubt that the NOR
taltty would have been much less, although,
perhaps, the breaking out of the disease could
not be avoided. The snip is clean and roomy;
the passengers were by no means crowded, and
the origin of the disease must, therefore, have
been among the passengers themselves, or must
have been conveyed in their clothing and bag
gage.
Those who are at present suffering 1t is sup
posed will recover, and no further mortality
may be looked for. We give a list of those who
died during the voyage, from which it will be
seen that the mortality principally was among
children and persons beyond the middle period
of life. 1t will also be seen that several fami.
lies have been carried of. Husbands, wives
and children in two or three cases, mothers
dren in others The entire affair suggests that
there is a fearful lack of care and disregard for
proper precautionary measures somewhere,
and the matter being thus forcibly brought to
public notice, should be fully investigated
n. Y Herald.