The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-05
he Demorrat- Star
A shUrJ study Of Enldo.,.


Chattanooga Times.
In 1885 the cholera dnotL,
India numbered 500, 900. In ~
country the decade ended r ,""'
1880, according to Official rr,,"
3S,OOO,0OO people died of enidnn,i
cal ,Iisea es. In The latter yan
while cho.era killed 100000. %lsvan'
killed $500 600, The province
Bengal reporting 1,C00,00O de,,bm.
from The latler cause. The death
rate from lever III the h%orlhwa'
tern Provinces VAS 25.4 per lhnnS
and. In the demention I5oonG
died of small pox. Calcutta sne",%,
$3,7 100000 annually to preyaht H.
spread Of elilemics.
The brlei facts and lew fopro,
will show that tins country know
very little about epidemics in ihsiS
most dreadful foms. The la"
years ended with 1878 we're robs'
bly, The most marked by epidenucs
OF any like period III our histGrv
yet the total death roll oflhe COM
Try from all CAUSES, in any ON.
year OF the period, was barely 25o.
600 more than those who perjshel
flom cholera in India in a sinola
year, aud Bengnl'S le, e deaths in
1885 were 100000 mere than ibn
total returns from all States and
Territories tor 1878. Taking The
total deaths OF 1880 as Il basis If
calculation, our country lost less
Than double lie number in the last
census decade han died IN Bepral
IN The year 1882 fem al. CAUSES.
More than 100000 Beusals died
that year Of rrevenlable causes.
whereas the United States have
never had 30 many deaths ~ that
from epiItnirS IN any ten years.
The province Of Bengal has about
the same population as the United
States.
The great fever epidemic Of 1878
Developed cenlerS ul iuiecJIon that
we're officially rpportedln titly-one
towus and cities, and fever was
carried 10 lweHlN-seven points bv
refugees, where il failed to get a
iuotlug or spread.
There were exposed directly TO
the infection no less than 100000
people
The total number Of cases was
about 10000 and The deaths in
round figures II coo.
o. these 1920 died IN Memphis;
1000 III New Orleans LOO in
Ylcksburg and vicinity, a total of
$500 dealt S in three cities, and
nearly two thlrdS of The entire ia.
tality Of the epidemic.
AS TO The time Of The beginning
of this scourgc, the most probabIe
date seems to liX II on The 24lh Of
of May, when the pursur Of the
steamer Sowder, which arrived it
New Orleans from Havana on The
23rd, died IN a low aud dangerous
part of the city, The vessel had
been detained al quarantine only
1--WE hours.
The engineer of The vessel died
on The 30,h. Then there vas /"
more cases Of very marked natnio
until the 10Th of July. Then the
inrt elton fairly flew over The city
from the thrte loci where the pnr.
ser, engineer, and the third ease,
July II, died. The fever was de-
cIared epidemic about The middle
of July, and on August 20, The
board OF health declared the dis
ease was beyond human conlro'.
1t reached lis height in New Or
lean September II, when the new
cases We're 253 and The deaths 30.
We might. did space permit and
the purpose OF This writing demand,
show that the lever was COnlin'
ed in all The cities to The centerso OF
flthiness, an open sewers Lately
drained pond, II particular diItv
qualter-lhese seemed 10 furnish
the virus, the soil, for PROPAGATION,
and the inhabitants of The slums.
furnished 80 per cent. OF the vic
tins.
What We particularly desire to
fix attention upon Is the early date
at winch the several foci of inlec-
ton were sci up in New Orleans.
where The epidemic began and
whence it spread abroad. May 20
May Sc, July 12-thus slow, mea',
ured, deliberate were the ilrst
strides of the discovery.