The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-08-29
YELLOW FEVER.
Its Past Ravages.
From a Coming Work by G. Dow.
ell M. d.

As TO the extent of the epidemic in
this country Grcensville Dowell, NJ.
D., of Galveston, states in his forth
coming work on the History of Yell
low Fever Epidcmics, etc, in the
State of Texas, that "yellow fever
has spread to 22S cities and towns
and in 2S States in the United States,
appearing TAI times, and causing 6l,-
81 deaths" The report of the Ma
rinc Hospital service for 1873 gives a
table of localities in the United States
where the fever has spread since
1868, with the duration of each siege
and the number of deaths. BY this
table il is seen that the fever has ap-
pcared in well defined epidcmics in
New Orleans 81 times from 1869 to
1873, and the deaths in all reach the
awful figures 32,872. In 1919 there
were 2, 100 deaths In 1s47, 2,257; In
1858 il reached 1870 in the follow
ing year 2, 423; in the following year,
again, $50; in 1858, 1859; in 1867,
1908. These were years of the heav-
lest death rates. while of the other
years In which the epidemic appear
eel the dcnth rate is all the way from
one 10 five hundred.
In 1873, al the time of the epidem-
IT, in Shreveport, there were 1853
deaths, while the same year Memphis
lost 1924 lives. Galveston has had
more yellow fever than Memphis in
the long run. Memphis is credited
with having the epidemic in '53, '55
and 80 only, besides the year 1873,
and in the first three years named no
mortality figures are given. Calves
Ton. on the other hand, had sicges of
ii in ihe following years: '39, "A,
AZ, '53. "a, SO, 80, "a, &c and 1867.
There were in these epidemical years
never less than 1872 deaths, and in
1867, 1850 persons died. In all Gal
weston has lost 1928 lives by yellow
fever since 1889. Mobile has had a
full share of the dread disease. losing
2l14 lives. most of which since 1889,
when there were $50 deaths. Florida
has suffered onDy TO the extent of
about 700 deaths siIre 1865, when
there were 1875 deaths at Pensacola.
The same place has a mortality list of
62 in 1873. In 1854 there were $50
deaths in Savannah, Ca, which is
about the only year the yellow fc-
YER ever amounted 10 nuIthiny IN
that state. In 1873 there were IL
deaths at Cairo. which is fine opiv
item down oppositc the State of I'M.
nois.
Besides the epidcmics nj New Or
leans and the one year of 1874 ot
Shreveport. Louisiana has Jared casi-
w. Baltimore Md. /, credited will,
the epidemic dozen or fifteen times
since 1894. the last time bpinO In 1858
Inn no mortality LIST is Given I'M
1863 there were $50 deaths nj Nan.
tuckrt. and 1898 there were 300
deaths In Boston. Mass. Natcbez.
Miss. has suffered severely. NOTABLY
In 1S53. Is37 and ls36-tbc years In
which most Of the Southern cities
suffered Her doatb.rate amounts to
over ooO between he years IsI7 and
1910 since ISiO She escancd almost
altogether. Missouri-St' .Iouis is
credited with the fever In 1874 and
Is55, but M deoth.rate Is stated
There are ~ deaths recorded nj New
Dcsi,n % miles helnu, 81 I 'oI,is In
1857. and tLni is all down onpositc
Missouri. In 1855 Portsmouth n
H.. lost 100 lives. This IL the same
yrnr the fever was enidcmjc on The
New England coast.
New Jersey has rot Off very lightly j
In that fatal wear of 1898 New YORK
CITY has dcath-rate Of, $50 persons.
I'm isO2 there were $40 deaths. In
,unos 300 p. =. ,pnr O.n. - n -