[1] A white woman was brought from the Alms-house in a dying state, and expired soon after admission.
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Private practice, | 16 | 5 |
| Hospitals, | 5 | 3 |
| Alms-house, | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 9 |
By order,
WM. A. MARTIN, Clerk.
The following table exhibits the whole mortality, and also that from bowel complaints, for the 4th week in July for five successive years.
| 1828.— | 4th week, ending July 26th. Whole mortality, 127; of which, the deaths from cholera morbus, were, adults, 3; children, 26; Total, 29.—Diarrhœa, adults, 0; children, 3; Total, 3.—Dysentery, adults, 0; children, 3; Total, 3.—Total from bowel complaints, 32. |
| 1829.— | 4th week, ending August 1st. Whole mortality, 100; of which, the deaths from cholera morbus were, adults, 1; children, 23; Total, 24.—Diarrhœa, adults, 0; children, 4; Total, 4.—Dysentery, adults, 1; children, 3; Total, 4.—Total from bowel complaints, 32. |
| 1830.— | 4th week, ending July 31st. Whole mortality, 183; of which, the deaths from cholera morbus were, adults, 0; children, 38; Total, 38.—Diarrhœa, adults, 0; children, 2; Total, 2.—Dysentery, adults, 2; children, 2; Total, 4.—Total from bowel complaints, 44. |
| 1831.— | 4th week, ending July 30th. Whole mortality, 123, of which, the deaths from cholera morbus were, adults, 0; children, 32; Total, 32.—Diarrhœa, adults, 0, children, 6; Total, 6.—Dysentery, adults, 1; children 3; Total, 4.—Total mortality from bowel complaints, 42. |
| 1832.— | 4th week, ending July 28th. Total mortality, 147; of which, the deaths from cholera morbus were, adults, 5; children, 27; malignant cholera, adults, 8; Total, 40.—Diarrhœa, adults, 3; children, 4; Total, 7.—Dysentery, adults, 2; children, 5; Total, 7.—Total from bowel complaints, 54. |
An impression appears somehow or other to have got abroad that negroes are not liable to be attacked with cholera; such a notion, however, has no foundation. In New York, it has been observed that they have enjoyed no greater immunity than the whites, and the natives of India, whose constitution much resembles that of the negro, were more liable to cholera than Europeans. There is ample grounds for fearing that the disease will be productive of terrible mortality among the slaves of the southern states, and proper measures of hygiene should be promptly adopted; and on the very first symptoms of derangement of the digestive organs, remedial measures immediately resorted to.
It affords us pleasure to notice that the cholera is abating in our sister city. During the last few days, the number of cases have considerably diminished, and though accidental causes may occasionally interrupt their constant decrease, it is manifest that the epidemic has reached its height and is on the decline.
The report for the twenty-four hours, ending Tuesday, July 31st, at 12 o’clock, announces—
| In private practice, | new cases, | 59, | deaths, | 23 |
| Hospitals | 52 | 20 | ||
| Bellevue | 1 | 3 | ||
| Harlaem and Yorkville | 9 | 2 | ||
| Total | 121 | 48 |
The number of interments during the week, ending Saturday, July 28th, were 879; of which, there were from cholera morbus, 10; malignant cholera, 689; cramp in the stomach, 1; diarrhœa, 3; dysentery, 4; cholera infantum, 18; inflammation of the bowels, 4; inflammation of the stomach, 2.
The following is a statement of the cases and deaths from the commencement of the epidemic to the 14th of July inclusive:—
| Daily cases. | Daily burials. | Total cases. | Total deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10th to | 15 | 1328 | 175 | ||
| 16 | 381 | 86 | 1709 | 261 | |
| 17 | 474 | 102 | 2183 | 363 | |
| 18 | 261 | 128 | 2444 | 491 | |
| 19 | 337 | 149 | 2781 | 640 | |
| 20 | 165 | 94 | 2946 | 734 | |
| 21 | 151 | 76 | 3097 | 810 | |
| 22 | 109 | 52 | 3206 | 862 | |
| 23 | 83 | 31 | 3289 | 893 | |
| 24 | 51 | 21 | 3340 | 914 | |
| 25 | 44 | 33 | 3384 | 947 | |
| 26 | 27 | 23 | 3411 | 970 | |
| 27 | 21 | 26 | 3432 | 996 | |
| 28 | 22 | 20 | 3454 | 1016 | |
| 29 | 37 | 21 | 3491 | 1037 | |
| 30 | 32 | 22 | 3523 | 1059 | |
| July | 1 | 23 | 17 | 3546 | 1076 |
| 2 | 13 | 20 | 3559 | 1096 | |
| 3 | 11 | 14 | 3670 | 1110 | |
| 4 | 23 | 17 | 3593 | 1127 | |
| 5 | 22 | 13 | 3615 | 1140 | |
| 6 | 19 | 4 | 3634 | 1144 | |
| 7 | 13 | 9 | 3647 | 1153 | |
| 8 | 14 | 11 | 3661 | 1164 | |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 3671 | 1175 | |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | 3678 | 1184 | |
| 11 | 14 | 10 | 3692 | 1190 | |
| 12 | 15 | 10 | 3707 | 1200 | |
| 13 | 9 | 10 | 3716 | 1210 | |
| 14 | 8 | 10 | 3724 | 1220 |
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences.
The August No. of this Journal will be delayed a few days in consequence of the illness of the Editor. The No. will contain copious details of the cholera of Paris by two American physicians who were in that city during the prevalence of the epidemic, a review of the principal works on cholera, and the Periscope will be enriched with various documents relative to that disease.
PHILADELPHIA—CAREY & LEA—CHESNUT STREET.