Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-08


This is the best advice to start with in
regard to the cholera, Keep calm and
take reasonably good care Of yourself.
The arrival Of the pest ship Moravia
does not necessarily mean the introduce
ton Of cholera in this country. In this
cargo Of immigrants the danger is
known and will be scrupulously cared
for by the quarantine authorities
at New York. There may readily
be greater danger Of tho Introduction
of the disease through the medium of
vessels arriving with clean bills Of
health, but bringing III their cargo,
unknown and unsupported, the germs
of infection. With the disease prevalent
as an epidemic in such a pert as liam
burg, with Its ten thousand or more
arrivals and departures Of vessel
annually, we shall be siugularly
fortunate, indeed, il the disease does
not find its way hlthcr in some way,
But the Introduction OF cholera docs
not mean that il will become epidemic
The health boards Of our cities aro
warned and yigiaut, The heat pf slim,
mer is over in all probability; we may
have few toFrid days in September,
but they cannot be many. This Ia very
much in our favor, While cholera has
been known TO prevail In cold weather,
yet il is mneh less likely to gain foot
hold and become destructive then than
in midsummer. A few cases may occur
In our seaport cities at any time without
seriously threatening the country At
large. And the disease may even rage
in epidemic form over limited area Of
our broad land and yet be held in check
elsewhere.
fwenty-six years ago this summer
we had visitation of cholera. II struck
this country carly in July and 5tad with
us until September. Yet how many
can recall death III Wilmington from
the discaseY Can any ouc2 The pllicial
monthly report Of Mr.. Huxley, at that
time clerk of the board of health. for
the month of August, 1865, showed 4e
deaths In the city of Wilmington during
the month-not one of which was caused
/. by cholera Yet the disease was then
at its worst Referring to the Deiapdrs
Gazette we find in the issue of August
14th, 1866, the following brief para
graph:
Saturdays cholera reports shows cases
in New York city; rs cases and II deaths
in Brooklyn; 8 cases in Philadelphia; SO
flo f,tI Nittot % ~,
in st. Louis, and 25 deaths in New Orleans.
Yet the citizens of Wilmington went
about their daily business with less con
Germ, as we remember, than Is now felt
in this city over the mere arrival of the
Morayia at quarantine So little local
apprehension was felt that the Gasettc
confined itself to this single brief SEN
tence we have quoted. And nothing
more on the subject appeared until An
gust 28th, when the following dispatch
was printed:
ST. LOUIS, Aug, 2G-OfIioial mortuary
reports from II cemeteries for the week
ending Friday, give u total Of l,l56 inter.
lnents, 9l9 of which were cholera cases
-Four cemeteries failed to report AS the
reports from the city cemeteries include
only two deaths in tile city hospital, it Is
estimated about i 800 deaths from chulera
actually occurred during the week The
sanitary committee reports that in The
Third, Fourth and sixth wards, til,
cholera has ceased to he epidemic, but TIL,
is not confirmed BY enedical author
ties.
~ that time st. Louis contained, at
liberal estimate, $50, 900 inhabitants. s
that the disease WAS relatively nj ln1s