Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-11

local habitat in the Gangetic delta in India
Recently it has made its appearance in
Western Asia and Egypt and is nov wend-
ing its way westward 1t is also coming
eastward. and during the past six weeks has
Travelled 2 900 miles along the Chinese coast
and is now as far north Is Shanghai. The
United States Consul at Hongkong under
date of July 10Th notified the authorities il.
San Francisco that several cases were on
board ship in quarantine at Hongkong. The
Board OF Health Of San Frsncisco, at spe-
cial meeting held Wednesday evening.
adopted resolutions that all Asiatic and Afri-
can ports be declared infected, and that the
Quarantine Officer take all infected ships to
Mission Bay end quarantine them az least
three miles from shore.
Cholera is not contagious, in the strict
sense of the word, for q hsslthy person never
takes cho,era from contact with p person
having taa5 disease. The vehicle Of conta-
glen is not, IS ia smallpox, measles, typhus
and scarleS faveFs, toe exhalatiens from the
skin and lungs, but the excavations Of the
stomach and bowels of cholera pltisuts which
have been emplied into priyy frequsnfed by
Others. TIE recent OBJECTIONS Of caolara
patient do not contain the cholera germ II
the
STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
Necessary to infection. and they oaly be-
come dangerous when placed under circum-
stsnces favorable TO their development by
admixture with decOmposing animal sub
stances It i most dangerous for the persona
in house Il the excavations Of q cholera
patient are amptej inSl p1ivg flied With
exeIeinanf, into q cesypaol, u thr0wn Oh a
dungbill for st such places h5 cholers germ
seems to find circumstances nos favorable
for It's d velopmsGt and Increase. When
cholera mas Deea iGar0Gacsd Into q p. c. II
sometimes happens t0ar Only taosa peIs1ns
are attacked who live in tha saf3e house, or
uss the sarna p ivy. The rarid extension OF
tbe dis ease j. promoted ~ tiis contents OF ig-
fecsed nrivies anA cessp1ols bejEZ SLOWED to
pertneate and soak pnrous soil for a consider
able distance Ground. Next TO tbs soaking
Of the injecting substance through the sell
the disease appears to esd from ons house
TO another, cTiefy through the cutters snd
drains. The poison pafsss from the priv es
20 the houses. and thus tie dwellings are
much more liable than The inhabitants 90 IN
feet. AZ rule
THE CHOLERA POISON
Undoubtedly enters the ncse and mouth with
tbs air, aud ia swallowed with tde saliva.
Using Infected privies is alEsys dangerous,
from the Eases arising which contain dust
Ike particles of the poison, which fad lodg-
ment in the nose and mouth. The same
principle may hold good whero persons on
ships thst have not touched infected ports
have developed cholera thousand mills from
the nearest p lot 7hera thas disease was + e
ing. Atmosphere highly charged with
cholera poison may be taIea up and carried
long distancsg 10 the same nlsnner thai water
is, end deposited in remote regions without
having parted With its infectious quality.
~ 10 Ar=
among the worst fed and most Destitute of
the people; thus
TIE POOR ARE ATTACKED
In much larger proportion than the rich.
AS we prevent the distribution of water
fouled with sewage and remove destitption,
filth, foul air, and the causes of disease gen
orally, we destroy the agencies through which
this firmi6able malad7 operates. Among
the most likely TO die when attacked by this
disease the 6run kssd. according Go sll records
stands first Nor is he less apt to be attacked
than others. Temperance in all things is s.
ssntisl to safety during epidemics Of all kinds.
Crowded tepements. low underground hsbitn-
lions, with moisture and foul air, furnish
the pestilence fortified habigation.
WHAT MUST WE DO TO LIMIT THE DISEASE
Sanitary police includes the sum total of
available mes suFes for the prevention OF
cholera in any plsce. The measures required
are obvious and familiar. Tns thorough and
frequent cleansing of al streets, alley courts,
wharves and vessals, private AMI public
bulldogs and empty lois, daily removal of
off H. efficient sewerage, this cleansing, ven.
tilation AID disinfection of cesspools. pFiVies,
sewers and drains ii short, the abatement
of all nuisauces Among sill signs Of danger
Of the location Of cholera, none is moro sig.
~ 4 h
eve7yyhere annihilatsd. Lime charcoal,
dry earth, chloride of lime, Labarrsque's
chloride of soda, liquid coal tar, caTbolc
acid, peymsng .aats of posassa, chloride Of
zinc and solpnats of iron are the most useful
and most easily obtained. This being done,
poshipg remains but to keep the system at
par by good living and tranquility OF mind.