The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-10-31

becomes q place winch mas experienced 10
attacks Of cholera (sOmo Of them severe)
within the last 30 years, Mecca, upon the
occurrence Of an outbreak, ordinarily takes
precedence among the gravely-suspeCted
sources Of disease. During the whole Of last
summer cholera prevailed to an unusual extent
IN Japan. There was also about the same
time a very destructive epidemic raging in the
SOuloustel and Philippine archipelago.
For the last 100 years or more cholera has
been treated as an institution Of India,
and the mortality bills there are on a large
scale. The last notable outbreak in India
was amongst an assemblage Of pilgrims at
Allahabad in January last year. The first
historical academic, so far as Europe is con
Ceued, commenced towards the close Of lS2g.
Cholera then rGappeared in Persia, and, gain
ing a footing in the Caucasian provinces
bordering upon the Caspian, it entered Russia
in Europe The capitals, old and new, and
other parts of the great empire came under
the scourge. Grave alarm spread over Europe,
whore the dread disease had put itself in
evidence for the first time. 1t passed from
Russia 20 Austria, Hungary, and Germany
the victims IN the latter country alone mum
beTiug more then 1000. Upon the 22ud of
October 1881, it was brought in a ship from
Germany 20 Sunderland; on February g. 1882,
It appeared in Edinburgh, and on February 3
III ANAllEA hHkAt anu AsALNtANAstT anu Oh MATCH
18Th IL was reported from Dublin, and during
the year it prevailed extensively throughout
almost the entire kingdom. The exact num-
bers are unknown, as there was then DO
registration Of deaths, but the deaths Of 81
ji7 person were reported through various
sources TO the Board OF Health. France,
Spain, and Italy afterwards 60. their turn.
Between March and Angus. $4,000 people
died Of the disease in Paris, where, as in
Hungary, the people, being suspicious Of
occult poisoning, were excited TO madness
and murder From France the cholera
crossed the Atlantic, and spread through .
North and Central America. From Germany
it had previously travelled into Turkey. A
little while afterwards it prosecuted itself iu I.
Arabia, Egypt, and the Nile district, and IL .
was general throughout North Africa in s3j. |
10 ISL o great epidemic broke out in India .
and China, and, developing upon the lines of .
the former epidemic, 10 reached Europe In
lsi7 aUd, passing over the Continent, travelled .
90 America and the West Indies, there being
10000 cases IN Jamaica in 1850. It was in
October, ISIS, that the first cases became
known 10 England. On June s. 1919, the
deaths IN Paris numbered 49, On June n
the General Board OF Health DO England re-
ported that since the latter end of March the
disease bad broken out in twelve different
paris OF tue uetIopella, lu = towns Do Eng
lana ana wales, aud IL towns ID Scotland,
To TINS time there had been 10 tins country
about 1000 deaths out of L $500 attacks Dur
ing tho week ending September Is the deaths
10 London were 3ls3, the ordinary average
then being zoos, By order of the Queen. the
following day, Sunday, prayers were offered
mp in OH the churches Tor the removal of the
su1uTEe. The number of deaths from cholera
IRON June ID 70 October : ln London alone
was lS'Igl. Inc sickness disappeared IN the
middle q gg''oeT. out oi a population OF
D ''5't' o'e On tlis country 5a,-v5 died of
l1.leia' aha le,es' oil dlaiIHWa.
England has had experience OF four cpl
lenlls OF Asiailc cHoierl. HE two remain
I1s outbreaks Of which We have 70 speak
were much mlllcr IN character than those
already deserted. On September {, 1858, .
iAe olsoT2eT again broke out with great scveri
y il Newcastle and North shields and other
aal7iaiHg towns suffered greatly. In July
] - % gam made IT, presence ie,t over the
y 'g.e on iNe metropolis. lae epidemic reached
De- height Do the second week of September,
I. ll.2si gH -Lc same day that the epidemic Of
Z 81. og5as.lued The highest mortality. Indeed,
p N.. sutherland reported in the General
'laLa a- Health there was remarkable
Hi.aUiy Throughout DO the progress and
development o. both opiaemics. To- the week
1airr september there were 2Oj0 deaths
from cholera 90 London. The epidemic
reached I's maximum in nine weeks, but the
mortality did Lot tell 60 that OF the first week
mill D weeks after the maximum period
From ile lst Of July Co the 10th OF December q
the total mortality from cholera IN London I
was lu,U75, and from diarrhUa 2GOI: while
IRON typlus, % was 1917. On the north side 6
q tlc Thames there was one death 20 3j3 in
laui1r,s, % The south side the proportion p
was one 90 every los. During the autumn y
.-s terrible disease appeared in many parts Of o.
DE kingdom, and DO some cases the epidemic o.
vls severely felt. Il Eas 10 the September Of 7
.hIs year that Lord PalmOrst0u issued his Z
famous rchuke TO tie ProsbvtCry Of Edn-
l1rgh, which had suggested national fast.
~ ben nan las done his utmost for his own |
safety said the Home Secretary. "thcn is
he time to invoke the blessing Of heaven TO
give eject 90 his eXertions.' In JULY. 1851.
he alarming intelligence reached England
that the cholera had appeared among our
troops DO tie Cumoa. Regiments were reduced
10 800 or 400 sickly men. Il took the Guards
two marches to get over the ten miles of {
ground lying between AIladyu aud Varna. :
During an expedition 90 kusteudi nearly 5000