The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States.

  • United States. Surgeon-General's Office.
Date:
1875
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    “Case iVo. 12.—Jamas Johnson, nialo, black, ai;rcd sixty years, died JMarcli 10, ot cholera, at the corner ot Lafayette and llasin streets. “Diarrhoea for a week preceded the marked symi)toms of cholera. “ Johnson ocenpied a room extending over a portion of the privy vault, the odors of which came np through the floor, near which he slept upon a low bed. By the attending physician his illness and death were at tribnted to the effects of the poisonous air from the vault. “ Johnson was a laborer on the steamlroat levee. No connection could be traced with shipping. No other case occurred here. “ Case i\^o. 13.—Charles Higgins, black, one year, died March 15, of cholera morbus, at the coiner of Dauiihine and Marigny streets. “Thechild and mother have been livingon the premises for Jive months. Neither the mother, the two remaining children, nor the six other per- sons living there, suffered with the di.sea.se. No connection with the ship])ing ascertainable. “ Case No. 14.—Mary Adams, female, mulatto, two years of age, died March 23, of cholera, at 128 Toulouse street. “The premises, although containing fourteen rooms, occuiiied by twenty- six persons, were in good sanitary order. An uncle of the cliild, juk from Saint Charles Parish, a few miles above the city on the river, \vas reported as having eaten of fish a few days previously ; as having been taken ill, fallen into a typlioid state, and finally died at this house. This statement was made by the physician who attended him. There was no connection with shipping. “ CaseNo. 15.—Kate Duane, white, aged seven, died of cholera morbus March 28, on Claiborne street, between Cypress and Lafayette streets. Her illness lasted twentyffour hours. The father of the child drove a grocery wagon; had nothing to do with shipping. No connection with suspicious persons or places could be traced Three other persons occu- pying the premises escaped similar illness. “ Case No. IG.—William Brady, white, forty years, ‘ homeless,’ two days in the city from Texas, admitted to the Charity Hospital March 30, and died the same day. Certificate, cholera morbus. “ CaseNo. 17.—William Johnson, white, male, twenty-three years, died of cholera, March 30, on steamboat Sabine, Just from Ouachita River, lying at the foot of Customhouse street. Certificate of coroner. No history could be ascertained. His death occurred on the same day on which the boat arrived in the city. “ Case No. 18.—Isidore Naines, black, male, twenty-seven years, died of cholera, March 31, at No. 76 Treme street. “ Naines was astearnboatman, had been running in the Ouachita River trade for a month jirevions to his illness, and upon the steamboat Sabine, as had Johnson, case No. 17. “ He was taken sick the day the boat arrived in port, dying the next dav at 3 p. in. No other cases occurred at the locality of his death. “ Case No. 19.—Sarah Jackson, three and a half years, white, died of cholera, March 31, at No. 146 Chartres street. “ Case No. 20.—Henrietta Jackson, sister of Sarah, white, five years, died at the same house, of the same disease, the next day, April 1. “ These cases had no connection with the levee, or with suspicious persons or places. The premises were filth}^, and abutted on the foul and offensive vaults of a row of tenement cottages, at that date not reached by the annual house-to-house iuspection. “The vaults and premises of this and neighboring houses were disin- fected. No other cases in the immediate vicinity.