Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-05
Chniera Probabilities.

"Medicus" in the New York Sun; Il may
be assumed that the dan .er OF III. arrival Of
cholera il this country, from Egypt, or an; =
where else, is comparatively sugH,, for the
present at ieas'. But it ia gr-aIer than 10
1860, when il broke out in Aiexandria in
June and was carried both 10 'Msrseilles snc
South amp, ON in the course of II few weeks
and was let loose from Havre early in OctC-
Der to reach th 5 country at The erd of The
same month. In 1865 the Su,z canal WIS
cot fnishrd, and cholera came up the Red
zes from Niece in steamships aud was Tor.
W irded by railroad from Suez to A lex apdria
This year the cholera b ~ come up lfom Bonn
bay through the K d SEA and Sus z car ii 10
Port Sud, on the Mediterranean. We have
bad b ID no specific accounts Of tpe outbreak At
Port SAID, and now are merely informed tina.
the epidemic is suOsIding there, befUIe
we had been told that it had prevailed
there at al. Tbence IL is possible tnat chol-
sra has been let loose III Europe. Unau-
thenticated dispatches state that the disease
has reached London, especially Essg Lon
don where sailors congreg 4te. This Is POI
sible and probsble, but We need have no
fears that il will not be speedily stamped
ou,, if it is there. The f iglish health
sulhorilies know how TO deal with it VIII IN
hey zee i plainly before their ey,s. To
allow cholera to advance exteusiysIy 10 any
ciyIliz d city must be reg arded sb-olutely
Ipexcusabe. The gniIiy health Euhori les
wonid be forever aud justly disgraGsd.
Great horror aud dIsgu-t ls expressed be-
csnse 10 G. tiTo 1t "has been discovered that a
canal which supplies crowded quarter o.
,he city with drinking water communicates
IN the native cem=tery with a place ueed foI
wa=hing oorp.ss" Instances Of similar
kind we're disopvered ~ the scores III the
cnol.r OF 1878 iu the United States, and "a
places where II would be least expected 10
the reoort OF the Committee On Hygiens of
the Board Of Health of Nashville OF 1866 We
| read:
"rhe mouth OF Browns creek Is about
| three qnarts I'd of mile above, and on the
same side of the river, supplying The city
| reservoir with water. An lmmen-s amount
| OF garbage and filth. Of every description
| finds its way into this creek. TIE meadows
and plains for the dis ance OF mile aud Z
| nall are also srreWn with he carcasses Of
huudred ds of snimas of every descrptiop
| besides beihg the depot for The rubbish and
! garbage OF the south end OF the city. The
| ciesn ugs of tn priVy vduiis OF the CT y
were deposited not only along the banks, bui
actually IN the channel of the stresm. A
large lanyard siso drains into il, aud your
committee would espsc ally invite attention
| W tue ldCt lu AT lOuI dluCN
into this creek, namely, the City Cemetery
| the Catholic Cemetery, tre Federal buryiog
ground and Mount ODvet Cemetery. l.
quires bu, a glance at the topography OF tht
place to Understand that all the escapag'
which drains from these resting aces OF ih
| dead natu ally buds lis way toto this slrean
aDd thence into the city reservoir.
"We would recommend that the city au
thorIGIes take immediate steps 10 change th'
point of water supply ny removing Il e Ell
glnes and pumping appsraua, etc, above 10
mouth of Browns cIe-k Ss he only remed
for GsoWing evil which cannot be ab1te
while the city continues to extend in south
ern direction. A radical reform ig required
Iodeed, the mere recital of the above facts
offensive 10 every refined sentiment Of hu
man nature"
At the opposite of Nashville the dranag
OF the penitentiary with 800 or 400 convic-
goes ino the hsad waters Of Lick creek o
orAncb, which is US d for drinking wsle
! lower down,
In Memphis, 10 1873, cbolerA csms in j
May with the Strawberries, and was al iirs
called the strawberry fsstiv u, from the pre-
vailing diarrhes. But by June Sd the funn
man had ceased his witiicism, and the o y
commenced TO be'appalled at 'the indigenou
cholera" Toe county sexton secured val
ueless spot on Wolf river, just above ih
waterwofks, for De| poIer's field. Th
place soon ank 80 foully from the carele;
burying of bodies dead OF cnolers ami vel
luw.fever that the funny man ventured {
suggest that the man 10 the moon could h
! seen holding his nosa every night as he wei
over it. Tne mortality was great, the buT
, ais were frequent, heavy rain-storms can
and swept away the loose earth and gray
50 tn at some of the corpses were exposed, An
l the washiugs went into the stream that eul
, | piled water to 20 600 people.
B.Ibarous Esyp, is no worse than civiliz'
| America. MEDIcUs