New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-12
THE COST OF A GREAT EPIDEMIC.


DIX. LEE OF PHILADELPHIA READS \ REMARKABLE
ESsAY-WGAT PHILADELPHIA LOST By An IN
SUFFICIENT SANITARY SERVICE.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 11.-Dr. Benjamin Lee of
Philadelphia read remarkable paper al the morning
session on Penny Wisdom and Pound Folly, the Cost
Of n Great Epidemic to Great City" Of which the fol-
loving is an ab,tract
The oljcct o. this paper Is 10 furnish an approximate
Delphi dollars and cents, III consequence VI The pres
cncc OF smallpox ~ the winter OF 1872, aud pla ing
slde by eide with This, The decree II when ms i4s-
might have been prevented by indclous aanlary eSisl
ton, sdly enforced 10 convey 10 the public mind
convection vi the Immense economy oi r. ntlna outlay
tor the prevent GA of dseas" and lrary cooperation
IL al uCasuIcs dcslsned 80 proino'" this ojcct
The calculations ot The PAPER are lfei'red by hre.
review the node in Nnirh epidemic Was uiaua-vd
in the intctese OF trade contrasting WIN me ygorons
action OF ho Hoard 81 lteith Z" NeW-1CIk III the mat
ter the Washington Mgret nuisance. The paper lh'n
SHOWS that Tor the years lr7I2 tie sum 81 S16iG4 ~
ue noe he epidemic The loss 10y dInutOn OF tray al
aud traffic 10y reference 10 the reports ana esti
mate- 81 Tie Narous ralroads ana cy passenger rni-
ways one cly passenger raN N ,stiuatts mat IN the
four Winter months II carried lI&G12 persons lee- than
II wOnld have done by Teasoh O 9hall-ioA. me nmnn-
ton Of travel On PASSENGER IitN5h WAS eght per cSnt
outgoing nciSnt four per cent Yho estimated loss
10 railroad companies FI9'9Vi,ii9j Doing NC
Der cent, or S7779ll %, q which one-ienll,
Ss779l IS, Il assigned to ne cl,y directly: The
sis3,936 The loss to Tie FETAL Geaiers OF dIol2
customers, at - II bead, was S30G300
mated: The production OF tue cry in 1870 VAS
$50 100000; iuT the six months IN 1877, estimated,
.sIgs GO BDo duet locomotives 6pa, and non and
slasAwaies, tiiS6G.OJC; deduct portion consumed at
hone SAY 10 IcT cent, amounting - f2S,S93,I5O, and
we naN. L. - HGj. 80 The outgoing rignt sub
ert TO Elimination OF -four per cent ~ consequence Of
The panic throughout tho country. THIS ainOuns To
-SI7JlUOO. The total loss b, diminished uaNcl and
t7br - TIM. Shown 10 bg : ),iZJ,fiD 10.
The IUs- by sickness il ns coInputed Assumed rate
OF mortality is ono n four and half The actual nun.-
br OF deaths WAS H. GJ. Ihc Board of ioaI estimate
al Number OF cscs 900 The average duration OF
fatal cares in the Municipal Hospital was IL days;
average dItoB If cOnyaescrnt eases 20 days tothl
number day husl iL 3aitO ut an e1lense ui
$1,000 rood ana IN aicine, or - GEMS per Jay
results London hospitals, 81 cents per day estimated
conf rur an Glasses throughout tie city 30 cents per day.
Ihg prl auinusf ~ days loot throughout tire city was
iU7 75s cost, $2u3r19
m. I,.s Nv diminished production was: Days labor
r, by II 800 prJudCcf- aruaiy ,icG, HOoO2i ~ care
thor, 2s3siS; total DAP lost 1910. III. X Brlind-
dell Carter London places . weeks wages nj aI,
nraIy ~ a dat IMPORT 81 o." slate D"ard oi
hcIlfn Of MaHaarBusrti-. ri d; Mr.. Ddsiu
A Wsils ~ 10; revised census oI P,.alrlphl, 1871,
81 Sc d. q. Field OF Iowa, ~ late assumed Ia this