Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-09-09
THE APPROACH OF CHOLERA.
HOW IT REACHES NEW YoRK-Irs FORMER ROUTES
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.

Cnoierai III Is clearly DroNeui mas never peeu
brought to America except in ships. Early in
1882 the brig Carrck, with emigrants from Eng
land, arrived from Quebec. Forty-two of the
passengers had died on the voyage, and the dis
ease broke out in severe epidemic form at Que
bee on the 9th Of June. By the 10th it had tray-
eled up the st. Lawrence to Montreal, and soon
reached Detroit. In the latter part of June the
ship Henry w, arrived at New York with choe-
era patients, and the disease appeared in the
city on the 24th. 1t soon spread up the Hudson
river joined the Canada trail, and was quickly
carried to the West.
During the second epidemic in Europe, in
l84S, two vessels sailed from Havre, where chol-
era prevailed one, the New York, for New
York, and the other the Spanton for New Or
leans. Both containing large numbers of Ger
man emigrants. On one the cholera appeared
when l6 days out, with Ii deaths on the other
in 26 days, with L deaths. The New York ar
rived at Staten Island December I'd, 1913 and a
severe epidemic broke out, but was confined to
the Quarantine Grounds. The Swaaton arrived
at New Orleans December Ilth no quarantine
was instituted, and in two days patients were
taken into the Charity Hospital. This was the
beginning of severe epidemic, which increased
in power all Winter, till in june lS49, $500
died of it in New Orleans. December 30th, 1913,
! it reached Memphis by steamboat from New Or
leans, where for 25 days it was confined to the
landing places, but then spread IN the Spring
| it was carried to st. Louis and Cincinnati, and
the whole of the Mississippi Valley. In October
it reached Sacramento by means of overland en-
grants, and almost at the same time by the
United States steamer Northeraer, from Panama.
The Chinese of California suffered most severely.
Whatever after occasion there may have been,
the poison which wrought all this ruin was di-
rectly traced to infected clothes on those two
ships. In the of the ship Ne,c York. it was
proved that one of the passengers had chest of
clothing that belonged to a person who had died
of the cholera A peculiar feature of the chol-
era of $40 was the violence with which it ragged
at the foot of Reed street, Philadelphia. The
dwellings were well built, but few yards off
the sewer emptied its contents upon a morass
covering many acres. From 1913 to 1854 the
effects of the Scranton epidemic were regularly
carried to Forts Laramie and Leavenworth by
troops and emigrants, the last named place be-
ing then a rendezvous Of all troops going further
West.
In the latter part of 1853 cholera was brought
to Liverpool, and prevailed during that Winter
all through England In the following Fall
cholera ships came in great numbers to New
York. In October alone, twenty-three infected
ships arrived with ,l4l cases, and the disease
became epidemic at Staten Island Quarantine
but seemed to die out during the Winter In
the Spring other vessels gave it start, and it
spread to the large cities, the epidemic actually
breaking out in Detroit and Chicago before it
did in New York, where the immigrants landed
In October, 1865, the steamer Atlanta brought
cholera from Hayre to New York 1t was also
brought by the steamers EagiQad and Frgtaja
The outbreak of the disease on Wards Harts,
Governor 5 and Tybee Islands began with Aila,.-
ID passengers.
There has been fourteen epidemics of cholera
at Staten Island, but only four have reached New
York. There has been gradual improvement
in English and American quarantine and santa
ry regulations, In 1892 only % cases of cholera
at our quarantine, yet there were 1872 deaths in
the city in 1919, 230 cases at quarantine, and
5,07l deaths in the city in 1854, 4l5 cases at
quarantine and $500 deaths in the city in 1866,
6o8 cases in the Lower Bay and only l,2l0
deaths in the city of New York, Brooklyn and vi
cinity. The same decrease is shown in London
where the deaths were in 1919, I4I37, in 1854,
1878 in 1906, 5,548 of which 1900 were in
the Eastern District.
The leading physicians of this city seem to fol-
low their " hoeks' into the country as faithfully
as the leading clergymen. Among ten Of the
chief doctors who were visited in search of
'ylews" concerning the cholera prospects, only
two were found at home. Those seen had not
given the subject much attention. One said
that we rarely escape the epidemic here when it
prevails in England and France As to sanitary
preparations, he laid great stress upon the com
plete cutting off Of all possibility Of exhalaton
from sewers into dwellings, and that too much
cannot be said about the necessity of keeping
the sources and banks Of the Croton free from
nuisances. To this end the population should
be kept sparse in that region.
The Brooklyn Health Officer says there is not
the least danger of the cholera or yellow fever
reaching that city this year, and that be has
made no preparation to meet these plaques be-
yond keeping the city clean.--New York Tribune.
Nor many miles from Boston certain farmer
owned contrary horse. While driving home
with Load of ha eo,nafinoa s;nca 49, -.