Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-28
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
miscellaneous Information for
Correspond ents.
NO. GIN.


a correspondent in Lee county, Illinois
asks us to give, from the official weather
report of the Signal Service Bureau, the
number of days last winter when the Their.
mometer was below zero. We are glad tc
say to our correspondent that there was not
a day when, according to that report, the
mercury was 6eLo1C zero. The lowest aver.
age for any day of December, 1872, was 16'
dboVc zero, and the lowest average for any
day of January, 1878, was 80 above zero
The lowest at any day was three degrees
above zero. The facts appear more fully
in our article published last week.
We have several inquiries as to the adj.
vantages of this climate for pulmonary
catarrhal and bronchial troubles. Wehave
repeatedly given information on this sub
ject, but as our list of Northern readers is
rapidly increasing, new ones being ahd-
ed every day, we are compelled to repeat
often times facts given in former issues.
On this subject we repeat what we have
heretofore published
OUR CLIMATE AS TO IT'S HEATHFULNEss.
There is no consideration so important
to the immigrant as the heathfulness of
his proposed home. He may find in an
unhealthful locality better chances for ac-
cumulating wealth, but he takes those
chances at the risk of his life. What, af-
ter all, is there more valuable in this world
than good health. Men toll all their lives
for wealth and then travel the world over
TO find skilful physicians and health-giv-
ing waters to relieve their maladies. All
these affections might be spared by Judi
-cious selection of home.
The elevation of East Tennessee give il
a dry, well drained soil and clear free
stone water. Thus miasmatic eXhaIations
breed no fever and chills and among our
native population this dread disease is I'M
known.
We have known many cases of rather
remarkable Improvement in the health of
persons afflicted with bronchial and pull
monary diseases. The figures of the CEN
sus of 1860 show the deaths from consump-
ton in the States as follows In New
York, out of every 473 in Pennsyl-
vania, out of every sos in Massachu-
sets, out of every 256 while in Tennes-
see the proportion is but / out of every
I'll.
There are some very noted cases of cures
of consumption in this city. Some of our
most prominent business men came here
from the North for better health and have
been fortunate enough to find relief. We
can give the names of persons who are
now in East Tennessee, through the infiu-
ence of our articles, who are finding great
relief.
In other diseases the figures compare
favorably for East Tennessee The deaths
by scarlatina, by the census of 1860, were !:
in New York one to every 500 of the pop
ulation; in Pennsylvania, one to every
02O; in Illinois, one to every 900; while
in Tennessee it was about one in every
,264.
THE HEALTHFULNEss OF KNOXVILLE.
We have taken some pains to gather
some figures as to the deaths that have
taken place in the past three years in this
city. We believe it to be one of the most
healthful cities in the United States. We
have clear, bracing atmosphere, good
clear water and are free from ali miasmatic
influences. We have no epidemics and
the general health ofthe people is distress
ingly good"
We have three burying places about the
city-Gray Cemetery, the Catholic Gene
terry and the Eastport Cemetery, for col
ored people.
We have report Of the interments i'm
each of these places, for the years lSG9-7O-
Il:
DEATHS IN KNOXVILLE FOR 1SG0-7O- II