Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-09
CHOLERA AR FOUNTAIN HEAD.
The menl.h of The city isnn ;Exee,Icn,

/ Inc hehtn OF tne lily iStu .ENceiicnf.
During its sitting yesterday, Dr. y.
Frazier read the following important com
munication to the County Court:
July 7, 1873.
Hon. {. W. Jones, Chairman, dc. i.
DEAR SIR-The cholera has made its
| appearance at Fountain Head Camp
| Ground. There was a poor family that
came from Chattanooga about ten days
| ago. One of the children had the disease
when they reached Knoxville. They
made their way out to the camp ground
and went into the camps there with an
other large poor family, all together, about
| fifteen in number. Since the Chattanooga
family came they have four cases in il and
three or four in the other family. Two
have died. Another will die to-day and
there are two more bad with the disease.
Now have done all could for them and
my health is not good. / am too feeble to
| give the cases proper attention. In fact,
| can not do it. There ought to be ply
sician employed to go out and stay in the
vicinity till the disease subsidies. He could
| see the cases as soon as attacked and APP
| ply remedies that might save them. 1t is
very rapid, and an hour is an important
item gained on the disease. A doctor there
could also look to the sanitary arrange
| ments necessary.
ty Court will Immediately take some ac-
ton. There is no time to be lost. The
disease, if not arrested, may spread all
over the country. Yours,
b. FRAZIER.
The court, in response to DIR. Frazier's
representations, authorized himself and
Squire Conner to employ "a physician,
and such other help as may be necessary,
at the expense of the county.
In addition to the above, we learn that
the disease owes its existence to the great
est imprudence and want of sanitary reg
ulations. The land in the vicinity is also
low and flat, to a considerable extent, and
covered with dense growth of timber,
which supplies an abundance of decayed
leaves, logs, etc. The persons attacked are
in n condition of extreme poverty and in
very unwholesome place, it being an old
camp, the effluvia from which is said to
be extremely perceptible and disagreeable.
The child which died on Wednesday night,
just before its attack, ate large guam tatity
OF raw cucumbers on an empty stomach.
The mother who was expected to die yes
terday, previous to her a tack, ate largely
of beans, and the whole family are said to
have eaten imprudently of vegetables from
the fact that they have little else to subsst
upon. Even after two of the parties had
died. the rest ate heartily of cucumbers.
aud two of these have been FRUSTRATED and
were expected to die last night
DIR. Campbell was sent out yesterday
evening. He found sad state of affairs.
The whole family were put under medical
treatment, and it is hoped the ravages of
the disease will be stopped.
The health of our city remains good,
Notwithstanding the reports to the con-
trary. If there has been a single death
from the prevailing or anything SINH
lar, in the past As hours, or if there is any
one sick with it, we have been unable to
hear of it. We are in hope that, if proper
autionary measures are persisted in,
we may escape this dreadful scourge.