New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-02
THE CHOLERA LESS DEA DLI.
A BETTER FEELING ~ HAMBURG.
FIGURES SHOW A FALLING OFF IN NEW oAsfS
AND DEATHs-THE CITY STILL PRESENTS
A FUNERAL AsrECT-STAT1STICS
OF TIE IMPERIAL BOARD
OF HEALTH.

A FUNEREAL AsrECT-STAT1STICS
OF TIE IMPEEIAL BOARD
OF HEALTH
Hamburg, Sept There has been conslu''
able change in the panicky feeling prevailing mere
in consequence of the ravages Of cholera, ana 10
day more confidence is expressed in the ability OIL
the physicians to cope with the disease "heh oi,'
Official figures Of the new and deaths repor'e"
yesterday were issued to-day, they were eagerly
scanned in the hope that they would show that the
disease was abating The hope was realized, for
the figures showed great falling off both in the
number Of new cases and deaths. A general feel
ing Of relief was experienced hut those acquainted
with the peculiarties of the disease based small
expectations upon the figures
This is not tie first time that the statistics have
aroused the hope that the scourgc had spent lts
fury, but the next day II was raging again all the
worse for its temporary cessation. There Is q
strong suspicion, too, among those whose duty IL
is To watch and report upon the epidemic that IN
the present confused condition Of affairs absolute
reliance cannot he placed upon the official figures
I'm the excitement and terror that have been 90
casioned by the scourge there is scarcely doubt
that the records are incomplete, and that neither
all the cases nor deaths have been recorded. IL
may be that the better feeling among the people
who remain In the city is due In some measure TO
apathy regarding the disease, but II s certain that
better feeling does prevail Yesterday there
were only 1870 new reported, while the deaths,
according to the official figures, only ferty-
five
The city, however presents most funcreal
appearance. There is scarcely hcuse In the
streets along the water front from which several
victims Of the disease have not been taken. In
all
their occupants being dead There is yet re-
sumption Of general business, and many of the
SHOPS closed that the streets look though 1t
were Sunday. There Is n steady stream Of vehicles
conveying the dead to the cemeteries. and it is
thought that by TONIGHT hundreds Of bodies that
should have pccn buried day or more ago will
have been disposed Of The greater part of the
400 bodies reported yesterday lying uncared
for in the drill she'd hsve been inferred.
Great interest has Oecn aroused by the simple
but seemingly cfrcctual treatment recommended by
Professor Northnagel and Professor Kahler. il
NAV he that the decrease in the fearful mortality
can be ascrihed - tbs treatment. which is moth
ing but giving tho patients cncmas Of warm salt
water. 1t is claimed by those who have followed
this course Of treatment that ts result is marvel
lous In somc CAGES where the patierts were In
such state Of colaprc that IL WAS impossible 10
discern the pulse recovery has followed the appli-
cation Of the encrnas The claim Is made that
the desth-ratc Of the city has been reduced fully
30 per cent through this efcacon, method Of
fighting the disease.
Berlin Sept 1T was telc4raphed herr this
morning that the cholera statistics isuei by the
Hamburg municipal authorities showed that ac-
cording 10 the ambulance returns l69 new caees
and forty-Gve deaths occurred yesterday. There
is a very wide discrepancy between these figures
and those issued to-day by the Imperial Board
of HEALTH and the impression grows that the
Hamburg officials arc either guilty Of Grc~s neg
licence or else are attempting 10 conceal the true
condition Of affairs. According 10 the Imperial
l., ard Of Health there were 4g6 new cases OF TIE
disease instead OF only 1870. and the deaths
numbered 49, against the forty-iive mentioned
In the ambulance returns. II may bc. however.
that the Hamburg officials include in their deaths
only the people who die IN the anbnianccs on
their way 10 the hospitals As yet it Il i'm
possible TO account for the diilcrcncc In the
The Imrerial Board Of Health also reports that
and thirty-one deaths in Altona: seventy three
new caSs and thirty-0ne deaths ithroughouh
Schleswg: two new cases and two deaths IN
Lucnehberg and one case In CharIottenburg. tn'
last-namcd place being a suburb of Berlin. -
Hsmburg Sept l-At a meeting Of the various
civic bodies and medical authorities to-day 1t
was resolved 70 establish safety committees 10
cooperate with the police In the work OF az
injecting houses in which cholera has developed.
The Senate has appointed a cholera committee,
which will meet daily in the Town Hall and adopt
whatever measures may be required to combat the
epidemic. .
of cholera and deaths in this city since the ilrrt
outbreak Of the scourgc here shows that 3,sss
nersons have hcen attacked by thr disease and
that death has resulted in LIS cases.