Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-19
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tackled by it at any time, there pel"7 "0
such thing as a plague immune KNOWN
circo IFS first appearance In lnoid oyoi
o o,,,rtar of million deaths have occur ="
-, 10 and the places visited pl '"e
ut are liable 10 am annual recurrence
of the scourse ,..r.. conditions
cxistiue I'm England with those lh So
where il is now raging. frole7Sol -, 10
SON does not find any .hlnR ~ ~
~. ,,,nrohsusiOns as 90 its indlns "l
ting Judgment in hundreds Oh
cities ......l ,l,o acute
,.bos. ~ its third visitation. during "ill'"
ov.r 10 nelson's died per day o"' ,.h
,,,,,,f9tion If less than 10000. l@' VIII"
Ia, sNcoDtiou of deficient dr"in"Sr' i''
vorse off than majority of 'he 'oM,i.
~ a similar size iu Europe as 49,.
sanitation and overcr'"dl"9' h.. r.
cordition I'm those respects might JIG
Id "a superior 10 that of many.
~ thn-. familiar with a large POI llo.
80 ,bo East END OF London. no uo""'
could occur as 10 the plague hh"lns
attn, home there. should it once OBTAIN
a foothold and when Il is remembeleD
tbat the docks ar which vessels from ~
IA, are uu.oaded are contiguous 10 lhl7
norton Of the British metropolis, VIII
| he easy TO realize how retSohAD'e j.
| Cor Rritishers 20 entertain fears upon '''
| subject Thousands OF Indian coolies 'he
I very class among which the ul7ea7e
| works It's worst ravages' are e,iplos Gu
| mon the vessels plying between BOMBAY
| Ia otber Indian ports and the Thames.
| Tho principal safeguard seems 10 exist
| ip the fact that fhe progress or the dis-
I eosa H. very rapid death occurring from
| f,e IN eiv DAVIS after IT'S appearance. Ihis
| rarrnits incases where proper vigilance
! l. exercised. Of quarantining any crew
| likely to have been infected when ieaVlnB
India.
The danger lies in the failure to OBJ
serve this vigilance. which - quite possl-
BILE OF occurrence where ship-o"ners are
anxious 10 discharge and reship carsoes
according 10 schedule.
IL is held by some authorities that ths
temperance OF the plague In Egypt after
fifty years had elapsed. and It's extension
thence into Portugal, indicated that th'
| plague. on that occasion imported from
China. was more OF pandemlc than an
endemic. because IL differed from Othe1
| ulagues TO the extent that il possessed q
mower OF diffusiyeness which they hat
lacked. thereby defylng the precautions
| taken against it. even when tIey Wrr'
as stringent as those adopted at tn
| Venice .Iuler.Ic..
The great prsvenfives of he plagu
are good ventilation and pure air, 1t be
ing upon the foetid germs OF the tenemen
| and the sweat-shop that ii can develop
with the greatest facility and with IN
most deadly results.
owing 10 the excitement prevalent II
| England over the possibility OF IN
scourge getting a foothold there. the az
thorities are taking steps to adopt N
most stringent precautions, not only L
strange II al the outset. but 10 proven
II even getting within hailing distance o
Great Britain's shores.
New Orleans, La.-Secretary Hester, o
4 the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, ha
q | written 10 John Hyde. Statistician OF IN
I Agricultural Department. relative 10 tn
failure OF the New Orleans and other ex
changes 20 get the cotton report OF IN