New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-14
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

YEARLY RECORD OF DISEASES AND DEATHS.
At no period in the history of this country
has the progress Of yellow fever been destructive and
widespread as during the past year. In other yellow
fever epdemic although many of our seaport cities and
towns have suffered severely the disease has never pen
etrated into the country districts Last year, however
IL oversepped all former boundaries and. carried by
papietricken fgtives it spread far into the inte
ror From New-Orleans II extended up the Mississippi
River as far Memphis while the whole Cult front OF
Texas, embracing an area OF more than zoo miles IN
length by nearly in breadth has been fearfuy visit
ed. NewOrleans, which has escaped from anything ap
preaching to an epidemic Of yellow fever during the
occupation by the national troops, ana which was un
0uesuonably owing to the enforcement Of strict
quarantine, and the establishment Of o thorough
system OF sanitary REFORM under the superintendent
Of the military authorities, has this year suffered more
severely thanh any former epidemic II We eAcept tat
Of 1885, Galveston, Indianola, Houston. Corpus Christi
and many other in Texas have been almost depoP
ulatcd: Pensacola KeyWes ana Mopl9 nawe aisD S s
fered 80 considerable extent while IN me "Sst lnoes
yellow fever has been unusually pIeyaient. dne P0ss
ton and ST Thomas have been seriously Injected Wne
n has broken out at many other ports although NOT AZ
endemic form E6 ThT ndm s e8sS n % e1% h Of March
last but vigorous quarantine was not enforced nntl
aTved from 6 ports infected with yellow fever OF which
ports nine domestic AS nearly as eoniu De ncer
which 10 proved fatal; All vessels from Infected ana
doubtful ports were detained at lower 9paSn th
cargoes subjected TO proper ventilation ana Iulh,
CATION. During the quarantine season 70 was iounu
necessary to discharge the cargoes OF vessels ana se
number of others either granted stream permits OF
we're sent TO some Of the Isolated or the brooklyn
docks Seventy-ve vessels had cases OF yellow FEVER
either in port passage after arrival; ana 81 p
with this disease have been treated on the nos'' 70
OF these died. The total number OF a. ais lo,
eced ports were One-thlrd greater tn al any pTeNos
slv injected is somewhat less than IN 1856 1889 OF ii
NOtmI,L-...4s: the lsage numbers OF vessels Wnich
have discharged cargo in quarantine tut one oehl rom
yellow fever occurred among the Quarantine empo!os,
and there has been single on the eastern q,
western shores of tho Bay, which formerly cOnllDut
largely the number Of yellow fever cases ana III most
furnished tho majority of the patients treated IN
be ascrbed to the precautions taken 10 prevent
Infection All vessels, before being allowed TO come TO
the Upper Bay, were thoroughly ventilated and
fumigated, and only limited number were
permitted TO discharge cargo at one time. or
the several deaths in the Metropolitan District, which
were said 20 have been occasODed by yellow fever but
four cases really be aseribed to that disease Inc
first OF these the agent OF sugar ware house ln
Brooklyn who unnecessarily exposed himself Dy goin
pratioue The second was steyedore who had been en-
rioved at Quarantine and who five days after MS us
charge was attacked with the disease Oh the Two
cases one was sailor who after remaining on pohu us
vessel during the time she disohargng caSo' io al
annarent health but took the disease Few aye aItI
wand and the other q man who employed III teON.
ing cotton at Red Hook. The following tabe VIII shVM
the number OF arriving from injected ports WIN
and without yellow fever the total number OF case oi
sickness and deaths in pVrt ana on passage ana III "t
antine: e.. Nil To,,l