Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-02-17
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Shocking as are the Statistic.
mortality am0ng pilgrims 10 M..s.
reported ia the sun from Tunis 80
DAYS ago, where Of 1000 who - a.
but half the number returned ~
death rate Of last season 4 but So
greater than that o. ordinary YEA.
The health officials 81 B0mbag ~
other Indian cities have Tor 49,
time been collecting facts ana n.
tlsties 10 shoW that indla does y.
deserve the lll reputation il gss n
being 1.-THE endemic home 81 choices
but that Arabia Is the home 81 n.
plague ana they are preparing q
make strenuous efforts 70 AROUSE Ii.
Arabian authorities and eonri,s.
them 81 the fact. aad u have Tees
apply = remedy, some 81 the stasi..
ties printed in the Bombay Gays,sa
reveal a terrible state OF adairs
According 20 the oficlal retaras 4
the health officer % Bomb4r. X
81. Q01 pilgrims who left the eitg Y.
Mecca during the last eight year
only 1000 hare come back Ihlrtf
pilgrims in every hundred haze pes.
ished 20 every year d that perios
aud very mang Nho sRrFieFd Is =.
turn home have come back only "a
! die Of disease contracted on the 81.
grlmage Tue facts addueed "a d
I prove that tbs pilgrims do nor carr
I disease with them fr0m India Tacsn
d 4 rigid inspection AZ Bomhag =.
fore embarkatiOn. and every ulk
( grim = required - pass 3 medical
examination. 70 undergo a certain
I guaranteeing process and 70 possess
a certificate Of good health rs
+ mortality on the voyage irsm RsAu
/ bay 70 Arabia il very small II z
/ after the pii yrims have entered ihs
+ holy cities and during tho refaFa
+ that the mortality = great
A record Il kept b the British
I consul AZ JeddAh 81 the namber q
I pilgrims arriving al and departlng
from that port. with such P4rtlealss
AZ Will insurc Identification TIE
+ fgnres Of this record faily corroto
+ rate those % the Bombay officials
Z An average estimate ~ : mortalilf
[ 81 one Third amonc the ludlan pll-
I grims In each year. when there i %
I general epldemic 81 cholera i clearly
E established. and she belief i "a.
Z pressed. founded on such corrobofa
T tive statistics az are obiainabie thal
( fully one third Of all piigrims 80
Mecca perish In every year
The Indian officials assert that tn
cholera plaques uhich periodically
I sweep around the world have their
origin Ia the filth % Mecca and Ne
dina Taere {. . great scaFcliy q
water In thesa places ard the Qaal,
isY Of the little obtalnabls i had
The famous holy sell ~ Mecca oHers
the most complets conditions ioy
spreading disease n ordinarily
contains but little water One e she
most essential dcvotloas 70 the 81.
grimAge Il % battle In and drius q
the water from this sell. and iis
brink IL aiways crowded with pil.
Erims. some drawing its Waier and
poaring Il over their persons. others
dipping it up 10 cups and gDunts and
drinking e. Tho water used fnr
bathing runs directly back into the
well and thus diseases are diveils
spread
The authorities did for a time tbs
year close up the wrlL Drainage a.
the city there IL little OF aone, and
tho most ordinary sanitary precsa-
tions are utterly disreEArsled BY The
Chokcd crowds ~ pilgrims Net
alone cholera u thus bred and
spread. but the holy cities are hot
beds % smallpox and other like ter
rible diseases The same conditions
are true Of III Tor. ieadah and
Camaran. and the Indian health
officials will. ior the protectiOn q -
people AZ well az for The sake 81 the
couutry's reputation. make strong
cndeAyors 20 induce thc authorities
Of the holy places % pilgrimage y
take an interest in drainage and gen
eral sanitation; 20 have more scaven
gers, even II they have 10 have iewei
priests. They think that she West
ern nations might probably take a.
interest in the condition % things %
Arabia, and the result of their tn
J yestigations will be offered in me
hope that steps will be taken
crush out the cholera plague ~ wha
they assume TO prove u its real en-
demic home.