The New York herald., 1879-03-28
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The population in August was about twenty five
thousand resident and almost one hundred thousand
adventtious but this constantly decreasing, not
only from deaths, but because the refugees were
drained off into the villages around. On November
the entire population of the city was probably from
eighty-fve thousand to ninety thousand. and it is
from this that calculate the death rates of
November and December. Moreover the emigsants
either to buryng their dead in the gen.
they often shirkod their duty by making
graves in the dry woods AROUND, or carry
ing corpses out on catamarans and sink
calculate the number of these unrecorded dead but
hardly place it at less than ten per cent of the
whole and possibly 1t may be hye per cent. Still.
my previous calculation of 21000 for the deaths in
December was too highmprobably $4,000 would not
fourth of the population in thirty Mys.
"HEUrE ROTH. MoHGEN ToDr.
Was vas DARK se ioT tns cly ~ the 1i,
not rain; now it was pro qaticumQue tribUiati0se It
seemed for while as il Heaven had forsaken them
people sick OF smallpox and hardly enough men to be
found for the cemetery servce! With the decreased
death rate of January the light hearted people took
up their pleasures again. There has been music in
the park clubs are assembling las indeed they did
all through Docsmberl. TIN there e., are parties
ss it went before. But the epidemic
focus the city las spread in all directions
sheep in a slaughter house. In December It was
pacataba and Bahu; now it is Mccejona, Maranguape
and other places The government has despatched
physicians to these points, but the infection is
universal that nothing can be done to stop the dis
ease except to prevent travel from one point to
other, and that Is too violent measure for these
casygoing rulers Vaccination in infected districts
is dangerous. because, as has been shown here. If
smallpox appears in patient at the same time with
the vaccination sores the almost certain result is
DEATH
vAccINArIoS AND IT'S RESULTS
Besides this the peasant refugees have
countable repugnance 10 vaccination. could un-
derstsnd this they had not before their eyes tho
good effects OF the II shown in all the
hospitals. Thus, in the Hospital do Alto da pi-
menta. out Of 307 smallpox patients III January,
only had been vaccinatcd and all these rcco yered
In the Lazareto Sac Scbastiao. of 151 patients
ceived in thirteen days only had been vaccinated.
In Alagadico out OF l62 patients were vaccinated;
and NO with other hospitals. think that these
figures are conclusive enough.
Vaccination might have saved us from smallpox.
fear? caiied.on President Julio. as remember ON
the 2yth of December. AT that time his wife
suffering with fever, and smallpox was feared though
she had been vaccnated. The vaccination could
guard her from smallpox. but it was powercss be-
fore the other fearful disease. Two days only
the fever lasted; then came the livid black spots,
and then hasty funeral at night. with haring
torches to light the few friends who dared to attend
There had been other cases OF this '.bcxigas pre-
tas. heard them spoken Of pretty often, but the
popular opinion seemed to bc that those viru-
black plague, and those tho ones who feared
most. The plague has been present IN Russia. Could
i
this Continent!
PLAGUE?
1t is question for physicians to decide whether
the plague Is generated here. do not think that it
could have been brought from Europc Russian
ships sometimes to Brazil. but Ut present tho
chances small that they would bring the plaque
III the winter and over 5000 miles OF water. If this
Is the true plague 1t has been generated in Ceari.
You may judge whether this is possible when
you consider that 1900 persons buried
here in two months. The main cemetery,
where the smallpox patients are buried Is
.l.a ut1 tl.rl
war side, but it is constantly visited by tho body
curriers', and IL plague were generated there they
would be the first to receive it. Whether the first
sases were, in fact among them have not bcon able
to nd but IL Is nonsense to suppose that the Logoa
tunda Cemetery could not inject the town. AZ that
place the dead buried In trenches. deep enough
but in loose sand which has no dsinfoctant proper
ties; tho stonch is horrible and growing worse as
the bodies decay. Besides this there is tho Sac
Joao Bahtista Cemetery. almost in tho town. aud
also in loose sand Caskcis are never used; the
dead arc buried IN light pine collins or without any.
fortaloza is high ground, and the streets are
kept commercially clean. but the refugees huts
around around are abon,lnaby hlthy: is it the
good many minds Just now. The government
Is silent on tho subject buta special commission OF
no secret that they TO study this disease with
the view of preventing it's spread. Well informed
people speak of 1t as pte prcta, but that Is between
teSgas,preids, tho black smallpox. The number of
eases ca, T. Is senewha on the increase but i is inposs
government gives no Information.
ADVICE AMERICA.
So long as the mattor rcsts in doubt IL will be well
for tho United States government to take all precau
tons with respect to ships trading with Ceara. ono
.wo American schooners or barks appear hero
every month; they bring provisions and carry on
littlo cotton and sugar just now believe that
the Coara refugees better fed than
those of other provinces. Elsewhere thcrc
have been murnurs of discomfort. From
Mossor6 Provinco of Rio drando do Nortc) we hear
that two thousand refugees. led by one Fran
Morroira dc Carvalho oundcd the barracks
and thrcatned to destroy the commandant and his
little company OF soldiers unless food given to
thom. This tho 2lth of January. The food
was given, but two days afterward the refugees re-
turned In great force-a ragged crowd with the
women in front (propably for protection!). Tho