The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-02-16
What has been Learned about Cholera
In New York.

" Conclusions Of the Board of Healt
II Concerning the Visitation /
. 1S60-lts Lessons.
d.. Harris. the Registrar sf vis,l S,ssi,
: tics for the New York Board Of Health. Il
bis frst annual report. sums up briefly un
der the hesding Was cholera eeoersIl
epidemic in 1866 7" eli the imporssnt feat
sres OF the visitation Of that yesr. Thes,
conclusions. Il may be assumed. form IN,
R'st Of the Information that was published
during the whole season. and al that ~,
learned By the Board Of Health:
i" Firsi-That true Asistie cholera an,
peared in various pisces in the cities OF
New York and Brooklyn. in scattered asi
widely distant localities. for some time pre-.
sious 10 July 10; and thar. % early Is June
g. u manifested tendency 10 occur in
groups and ss 'house epidemic,' even
where there existed no other discoversble
Cause than the saturated clo,hing and the
undisinfected excrements OF the cholers
sick s"e that q early period in July there
existed in New York and BROOKLYN ceusinl
we'll marked cholera feIds, in which The
virus Of The epidemic appears TO have be-
come. in some manner, fixed in the soil, o,
10 the lcesl atmosphere ,of those nsighbor.
hoods.
Seeond-That neither the house epi.
denies nor the cholera fields were invariablv
those in which septic Or common ssunmerI
cholera was most likely TO occur, and that
the grouping Of cases. and the particular
pisces Of outbreak. could not invariably be
sccounted for upon the hypothesis OF locals
origin and cell produced or domestic causes.
hough the presence Of recognized coIIa,sr.
y or Iocslizing conditions that fsvored the
propagation Of the msIady had few excep-
ions those exceptions vsers significant
ind important.
Thisd-Thst N houses and Iocali,iesIs
shere wels marked 6sss cases Of cholersl
vere not promptly treated BY local cIesns. r
ng sod specific disinfection. cholera sosn !,
aimed . foothold 10 local epidemic, end }
hs' We hsve found no large group Of fs,sIIf,
ases 10 which this wss not true while inll,
great nuober Of instances. where the die ltI
'iec'ion was prompt and adequate. the o.. A
'ss ot cholera 10 the very worst loo li,ies. =.
% The worst houses end populations, wasgir
nmediste and 6nal. ~.
Fourth Thst.in three hund,ed and sir. IB
two houses where individual persons o. 81
miles we're smitten By cholera, but which
ere promptly brought under full sani,ay bi
n'rol BY disinfec,ion and local pnrfics- Ie
70. The pestiIence did not extend bey ond tx
family 10 which the first case occurred. llit
Fi'sh-Thst overerowding. bad ventila pr
%. dsnpness end filth Of apartments, "a
'e'l'ng houses and bIecks, together With 70
elected wster.ciosets. common privies VI
nestle neglect. street filth. and defective
~ 80 -. -. .h;.f,a.,'-.- ma
n. epidemic .h.r.,ss !. 80. .I".'.O"' 'n, gi'
remained obstinssely. -
os4ss- nat soout one hsH OF ell thel
Tins Of the cholers who reached the cold ~
&c, died, snd that no method Of medical ~
asnent seemed 10 have any positively - -
ssive effect upon cholera in collapse. ID
Seventh-Thst every important out. ~
sk o. the epidemic sGscting more than fou
Persoa or one family seems to hsveItre
% preceded some days. or mors thsnlof
'niy-four hours. by frsi case Or 1 small me-
up Of cases Of choIe'a, or cholssic .diar. ow
=. 10 the bouss o. immediate lossiIsy !. Iday
Eiehth-Thss in most instances ~herel
rs' case o. cholera ~ss. from sny cause, +
70 con'sminste foul common privy. ain
%. porous o. 6!,hy soil. or : crowded nef
hlihy house. Without thorough ent
n'eet'on soon applied. other esses fol-pic
!" Inf