The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-07-06
NO CHOLERA FOR NEW YORK.
HOPEFUL REPORTS ny SdHlTARlANS
NO kPIDEMlC FEARED.
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Thts Terrier sf Ancient Ttnes- rp,aesatss
That FrtehssnsA Fsrmsr New Yorkera

question whether II Is likely that that terri
bio scourgo can. By any possibility. break out
In this country. and especially at tho port Of
New York. Ships are constantly arriving from
the Infected ports. and during the heated term
the danger 10 greater thnn Mt nny other time.
Tho health authorities. however. nre confident
that the precautions ut Quarantine" nrn nmplo
for the protection OF the city. and That NJ in
fscted persons can possibly ovade tho stringent
regulations for their exclusion. DR.. Day. Or.
Janos. and Dr.. Morris Of the Health Department
express the opinion that the authorities IRE now
better able than ever TO cope with the disease.
and stamp It out Instantly should It make Its
appearance. The big hospital on Three
Brothers Island. and tho Reception Hospital
ct the foot Of Sixteenth street. East River. sup
ply immediate facilities not heretofore avail
abls 10 the Health Board. and the force 10 now
completely organized to meet any emergency.
Never before were there so many preventive
measures In force against the spread Of disease.
The streets are phenominally clean. the gar
bsss 10 removed with comparative promptness.
aud sanitary regulations Of various kinds have
been. gradually adopted to secure as much -
III: There i some drawback 10 The lack az
Dr., MorssS Morris said: would Be i'm.
g COZ as% TRe ehesr" germs Which,
It 10 now believed. are the means. Of propa-
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gesred from the list Of diseases in the city.
prsctised physicians do moi. conioand the two
tinct. First there Is a collie pain in tho stom-
ach. attended by excavations q peculiar wa
nsqs d sh q mofs os
rapid. The surface OF the body takes on blush
light color. the skin shrinks up. the eyes be-
Sscre.ions are arr arrested and nsly What are
called rics water discharges take place. In
So%ss the dscharsssp Gsoome shin but % not
take the colorless appearance OF cholera. COL
d sts oSss a
Thsd tho |; carefully
Quentiy reported ~ cholera.
The discharges from o patient AFFLICTED with
and disinieotion are Essential Generally. In an
epidenie. the weak and disspated are the first
b zHS % sts bs Ss
hsathiuinssa that the board has not found It
sss acton Il Win to
Dr. maggie. Registrar Of Vital Statistics. has
Sholers ilrst made its appearance in this city
IN 1882. when there were $3.50 deaths There
WE'RE asas Tssn ssre but ss sT
s snd dS Il s There %ss. st s'a ass
none. until 1866. when there we're l. is7. Since
peared from this city. there having been but
81 cases reported In seventeen years. and only
IN sas e tsa
clans who have never seen a case Of cholera
and whose only knowledge Of the disease is
The spidemi H Of ises was more carefully OBJ
served than any other. and hence supplied more
Ssss IN Ss isos sSs asass $
made its appearances on April IL on the steamer n.
was instantly removed. the house disiniected.
measured were adopted in other cases and no
the disease. Cienniinsss. dis injection. and
In the barracks. but the cholera continued to
prevail until in July there were five cases !, q
absted until il Disappeared. :. A cholera hos
pitsl was sstaS!isassd IL the Battery barracks
sve ave- n nesr lSeth ~" street. 1 '''' ''''"O
The hoard q Health went upop the theory
sy asd free ~
chloride Of lime and soda. cerbolie acid, per;
chosra and disiniects ali fiitSy PLACES which
ssnte OF iron. destroys the cholera poison in
clothing and bedding without material injury
The disease spread to Brooklyn. The first
case was reported on July 8. and an epidemic
prevailed iCr time UNCHECKED N the Twelfth
thirty six cases in the county jail. but the epi.
donnie yielded immediately, upon the removal
ires air. disinisction hand and iumgati i' " '''
During this season there were several cases
and r ssSaIs also
l,eared on WArd's Island In 1866. There we're
thirty-one deaths. The period Of time tina,
lie fatal termination, varied from twenty min
Sses to Elk DAYS Nearly Al were women q q
were either iSboring under other acute dis.
eases or recovering from them a. the time they
s1s0d sana s s Ths SGsn
watched, and although there was an average
populatiosn q g. go constantly changing: there
It's way up the East River. and attacked ali the
public institutions more or lesa.
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Wy n VA Snsi You well; DO no. consider your
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