The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19
YELLOW FEVER.

YELLOW FEVER.
The following is the official report Of the
condition of the public health throughout
the world, for last week:
OFFICE SURGEoS-GESE
L. s, NJ IL. >, Washington, Sept. Ii, IS.
Abstract of Sanitary Reports received dur
ing the past week under the National Quar-
antine Act:
MISUNDERSTANDING the week ended six
O'Clock Septem Der Il b, there were SIX hum
dred and elghty-seven deaths from yellow
fever. 1t is impossible for the Memphis au-
thorities TO ascertain the number of cases.
BRowSsyILLE, Tenn The first case of
prob lble yellow fever occurred on the 29tD Of
August resulting in death September End,
since which time there have been nine
deaths from yellow fever. There were thirty
cases under treatment last evening. At least
two thirds of the population fled the city be-
tween the lith and iih inst.
HOLLY SPRINGs-OAe hundred and sixteen
new cases OF yellow fever and foriy-two
deaths occurred during the week ended yes
ter.isy evening, making in all two hundred
and sixteen cases and sixty-seven deaths.
All Of the resident physicians are sick.
CANTON, Miss.-One hundred and fifty new
cases of yellow fever and twenty deaths Tor
the week ended yesterday evening. First case
August list. Total cases three hundred and
forty, total deaths fifty.
| PYRT gibson, MisS.-Dr. Wharton, Of Mis-
sisSippi State Health Board, reports abouI
five hundred eases Of yellow fever and pine
ty-four deaths % yesterday noon, and Every
few subjects left 10 takeit.''
w.TER VALLEY. MiSS.-One citizen taken
WIN Nei'o" ieNef 7eP'eiiio'i iS' anu "ie" '''
the 'th' 10 Quiet e'SeS 70 eS's,u"s
Since tiie refugee 'ess ''u IA ->"s">
ocEAN SfhlN"'' MlH''-''iA'sen 'S''eS VI
yei'o" ieEer anu l'uf ueatns ooou 'i' uu,
ing the wee h 'hueu ee'ei""S evening, Hi"
ing thir's-iour {" q anu hi'ie uea''.s III AZ
since commence mem AUGUST WIN
PASS OhhiSiIAN' hio'--fi e'ii A"s''S' sun
to september Sth' mere were Lhe'h cse>
% yei'"w le'eF h''' one uSa'n'
BAY ST. LOUIS AlSS.-oix cas- IS Oh Sello"
fever developed IA fsy 81 h-uis aurihS inc
last seek; two DEANS; DO new Gases SeA'ef-
day.
PAScAG5L.A' miss -oAc oil me cases pre-
NioGsly feEorten' sihee u'ei. No ne" c"seS
NEW oiiLEASs-DIrhs 'ie WEEK en'eu
yesterday noon, there were one lhcusand'
i've Ia undren ara twen'y-elslt cases oi yer
low fever, and hNe LundSea anu 'hirts
deaths, making III all SIX ihou'ahu'ohe nun
dred and thirty-seven cases. "1d one 'iious-
and, nine hundred ana twenty-five uea'ns-
In the last tweniy-iour ho"r', 10 FRIDAY
| noon, there wers two hundred and twenty
eight cases and hiiy-e ght deaths
PLAQUEMINE, lA.-one hundr'u ana
sereniy-hve eases OF yellow lever, ahc
thirty-seven de this had o, CURED up Ia SEP
TENDER Sth.
MORGAN CITY, LA-There have been
TIVE nty-five cases of yellow fever sbd eight
deaths, of which three cases and two deaths
occurred during the past week.
PoRr fADs, LA.-No caSss and no deaths
from yellow fever during last week. There
We're twenty -one cases and two deaths from
August 10th 10 3lst-period not previously re-
ported making in all sixty-s wen cases and
eight deaths.
MoBILE-one death from We low fever oc-
CURED on the 9.h inst. No other cases to last
evening. City healthy.
ST. LoUIs-During the week there were two
cases, of Ioca, origin, said by some to be yell
low fever, disputed by others, one died, the
other was sent TO Quarantine hospital where
nine refugees died of yellow fever during the
same period.
CAIRo-The Editor of the Cairo Bulletin
died of yellow fever on the 18th inst. One
emnrove of The B,,ue.ta office died Yesterday
No other cases. On the ith inst. four mem
beers of a family, residing two miles from
Cairo upon the bank of the Mississippi, were
suddenly stricken with yellow fever Tn the
10th the remaining two members of the
family were attacked, one died. The children
removed It to the house for repair. Three or
four days afterward, all who were around
the boat were stricken with fever in one
day. The Quarantine physician dissents
from the diagnosis OF the attending and con-
sultiny physicians
HICKMAN, KY.-rbe telegraph operator re-
ported dead. No other information obtained.
LoUIsvIrLE-There were nineteen new
| cases of yellow fever and seven death for the
week ended yesterday evening-all refugees,
CINCINNATi-From September 4th TO yes
| terday evening there were seven cases of yell
low frver and four death. All of whom were
recently from infected places South.
GALLIroLIs, O.,-There have been twenty
five cases of yellow fever and nine deaths,
resulting from communication with the
steamboat "John ID. Porter" and her barges
while anchored near Gailipoiis-
This vessel and her infected bargcs ascend
ed the Mississippi and Ohio rivers from New
Orleans TO Gsllipolis with effect much like
a firebrand among explosives. The local au-
thorities could only prevent her landing,
and the law 10: bids this Office interfering in
such cases.
KEY wIsT- One case OF yellow fever and
death during the past week.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September IA fes
cases of yellow fever have occurred at Port