The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-10

as Europe Is concerned, commenced To-
ward the close of 1929. Cholera then
reappeared in Persia, and gaining
footing in the Caucasian provinces bor-
dering upon the Caspian, it entered
Russia in Europe. The capitals, old and
new, and other parts of the great En-
pire came under the seourge. Grave
alarm spread over Europe. where the
dread disease had put itself in evidence
for the first time. 1t passed from Rus
STA to Austria. Hungaria and Germania.
the victims in the latter country alone
numbering more than 100000. Upon
the 10Th of October, 1881, twas brought
in ship from Germany to Sunderland;
on February 6, 1852, it appeared in
Edinburgh, and on February - in
Rotherhithe and LimehOuse, and on
March Is it was reported from Dublin,
and during the year it prevailed extern
sively throughout almost the entire
kingdom of Great Britain. The exact
numbers are unknown, as there was
then no registration of deaths; but the
deaths of 52,547 persons We're reported
through various sources to the
Board of Health. France, Spain
and Italy afterward got their turn. Be-
tween March and August $4,000 people
died of the disease in Paris, where. As
in Hungary. the people, being SUSPECT
Gus 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.
4 little while afterward it presented
itself in Arabia, Egypt and the Nile dis
trict. and it was general throughout
North Africa in 1885. In 1S4I great
epidemic broke out in India and China,
and, developing upon the lines of the
former epidemic, it reached Europe in
1917, and, passing over the Continent,
Travelled TO America and the West
Indies, there being 10000 cases in ia
maica in 1850. 1t was in October. 1913,
that the first cases became known in
England. On June 3. 1919, the deaths
in Paris numbered 119. On June IL
the General Board of Health in England
reported that since the latter end of
March the disease had broken out in
twelve different parts of the metropolis,
in twenty-seven towns in England and
Wales, and seventeen towns in Scot
land During the week ending Sep
TENDER ID the deaths in London were
;, 1S3. the ordinary average then being
900. BY order of the Queen. the fol-
lowing day. Sunday, prayers were
offered up in all the churches for the re-
noval of the scourge. The number OF
- oh Inn = fp
October >, in London alone, was -, 161.
The sickness disappeared in the middle
of October. Out of a population of H.
564. 6j6 in this country 1928 died OF
cholera and 1887 of diarrhPa.
England has had experience of four
epidemics of Asiatic cholera. The two
outbreaks of which We have
To speak were much milder in character
than those already described. On Sep
TENDER 1, 1858. the disorder again broke
out with great severity in Newcastle.
and North Shields and other adjoining
towns suffered greatly. In July, 1854.
it again made its presence felt over the
whole of the metropolis. The epidemic
reached its height in the second week OF
almost on the same day that
the epidemic of 1S49 occasioned the
highest mortality. Indeed, as DIR. Suth-
erlaud reported TO the General Board
of Health. there was remarkable SIM
ilarity throughout in the progress and
of both epidemics. In the
week ending September 3 there were
900 deaths from cholera in London.
The epidemic reached its maximum in
nine weeks, but the mortality did not
fall to that of the first week until thir-
teen weeks after the maximum period.
From the lst of July to the 10th of De-
cember the total mortality from cholera
in London was 1863, and from diar-
rhGa, 2.60l. while from typhus it was
L t47. On the north side of the Thames
there was one death to 3j3 inhabitants;
on the south side the proportion was
one to every los. During the Autumn |
the terrible disease appeared in many
parts of the Kingdom, and in some !
cases the epidemic was severely felt.
1t was in the September of this year
that Lord Palmerston issued his famous |
rebuke to the Presbytery of Edinburgh,
which had suggested National fast. |
when man has done his utmost for his |
own safety" said the Home Secretary. |
''then is the time to invoke the blessing |
nj Heaven to give effect to his eXer-
ticns." In July, 1854. the alarming in
tellirence reached England that the |
cholera had appeared among the Brit
ism troops in the Crimea. Regiments |
were reduced to 800 or 400 sickly men.
1t took the Guards two marches to get .
over the ten miles of ground living be-
tween Alladyn and Varna. During an
expedition TO kostendii nearly 5000 .
Frenchmen were swept away. Fortwo
Years the epidemic prevailed extensively
IN the Continent. 10000 persons dying
1t Naples, and it also spread with great
Tirulence over North and South Amer
lea Ten years elapsed before the awful
'courge again visited Europe. From
June to July, 1865, it had ragged in Alex
indria. and in August it was causing
ieaths at the rate of , 1000 day in Con-
'tantinople. The deaths in CONSTANT
lople had reached nearly $4,000 when
he great fire on September ). which
destroyed l,500 houses. besides mosques
md other public buildings, pretty sum-
narily closed the career of the epi-
lemic. At this time, also, it was to be
oundin Russia, Italy, Spain and France,
md Austria lost 10000 lives. In April.
500. the cholera reached England via
Bristol and Liverpool; but the number
# deaths, it was a great satisfaction TO
hose persons who had been interesting
between epidemics in the
promotion of sanitary reform TO know,
Lid NOT maferiaIIr afnct the rptIrrnS Of