Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-10-12
WHOLE NO. 2, ,259.

! done by cOmparisOn-let us, ell
odsSoIlt, cast a glance at the suffer-
ings from this disease In other cities
and countries, not that IL makes
our misfortunes any the less. but it
is consOlatOry to know that other
cities have suffered as much or more
than we have, and are ENJOYING tho
blessings Of health. 1t win be made
probable that we might, by similar
means, do so also, and it Is for that
purpose mainly that / make this
comparison
"In Philadelphia, i'm 1893. the
ration of mortality, to those exposed
or who remained, was ! i'm 10; i'm
1897, it was / in 1876 or / in Sd Of
the entire population in 1898 Il was
in or / in 1880 Of the entire pop
ulation. Thus the three epidemics
| gave an average mortality of the
entire population of in 1920; and
! the mortality Of the cases attacked
in the epidemic years, from 1898
dOwnwards, varied from / in PIP.
In these several attacks of yellow
fever in Philadelphia II was re-
marked that itwas much more fatal
in low, filthy, malignant atmos-
phere of some districts than in those
where they were more elevated and
airy-in those i'm wooden houses
than those of brick. This is found
to be the case everywhere.
In the general mortality to cases
in New York was about i'm 2; I'm
Baltimore, in 2.S7 in Charleston,
about / in 4. In Savannah the
number of persons dying of au-
tumnal diseases to the whole pop
ulation was, in 1917, in 81, and in
1920, in 5.1-10. I'm Natchez, on
an average of number of years,
the mortality to cases was i'm 2.13,
and | l6 of the population. In
Mobile, in 1889 and i'm 1S47, the av-
erage mortality TO cases was esti-
mated mt in Z.
The average in New Orleans in n
series of years to lS49, the mortality
was in 4; this, however, taken
mostly from the hospitals; i'm pri-
vate practice about / i'm or Q, and
the proportion to general population
is / in 55.
During 1904, not less than %
cities and towns were visited by the
fever in Spain; the population
amounted to 427 ,22S, Of which o.
559, or i'm S.l3 persisted. In IA of
these places, at different periods,
the mortality, in in proportion
to the population, was i'm
5.42; the extreme being ! i'm 2.25,
and ! in 1873. In some places, the
proportion of persons affected
to l i'm 2.7S Of the pOpu-
lation the extreme being I'm lis
and ! in 5. In 81, the average pro-
portion of deaths to the number
afflicted was ] 3,0S7, the extreme
being l in l.3, and l in 6.42; while
two hospitals gave a motality Of /
in 2.15 of the number admitted,
with extremes of i'm l 1 and i'm 2.S2.
In the West Indies il Is often
very difficult, as il is here, to obtain
exact records; the public and pri-
vate practice being so different. In
and military hospitals,
in Cuba, the mortality from yellow
fever Is very small, (if the statistics
published can be relied upon two
to five per cent, while i'm the hos
pital for the reception of the poor,
it. is very large, as large as any
In Vera Cruz the mortality I'm
private practice is very small, the
treatment being mild and simple,
while i'm the military hospitals, with
the Mexican soldiers coming from
the "tierras templates Y frias" (up-
per country IL Is frightful some
times nearly the whole dying, and
the whole percentage is that Of cs-
cape, which is very small, the filth
Of the hospital and intemperance OF
the men being very great.
In Rio JaneirO, from the valuable
Information the sanitary commits
sion has received direct through the
United States Consul, Robert G..
Scott, exhibiting "A remarkable proof
IF the protection and assimilative
influence of climates on these diver
;ities, all exposed for the first time
o this (then) new malady--affecting
hem respectively as follows:
On native BraHlians, about per
,ent.
On negroes Of recent importation,
rom p to per cent.
On acclimation Ito that country
to 6 per cent.
On the unacclimated sailors,
mortality of about 30 per cent.