| Show THE EPIDEMIC IN 1848 IN giving a number of suggestions he deems deema necessary for the benefit of the country in cholera dr alsdorf insists that the safety of gotham and the whole nation is jeopardized by the presence of the plague in new york harbor in proof of his hie statement he reproduces the following by prot prof alovao dark clark relating to the introduction of cholera in 1848 two ships left leac havre one on october 31 the he other on november 9 1848 the latter ship the new york was bound for the city of now new york the former the swanton was waa bound for new orleans the pam passengers of these two shi ships were of the same character mostly german immigrants gants they had been beeh taken up in both instances at havre w which aich port was at that time said to be free from cholera they bad come to havre for the purpose of finding a ship for this country one report states that a portion of them had bad left in fectea places in germany the ships came out with a clean bill of health shenew the new york had been at sea sixteen days when the cholera appeared that is on november 25 the swanton had been at sea twenty seven days when the first case occurred burr ed it being on november 26 the they were 1000 miles apart they were boak both off the coast of the united states one in latitude 25 deg 47 min and the othir other in the parallel of of 42 degrees the outbreak on the new york to I 1 by the captain of the vessel ascribed to the following fact A very cold chilly wind came up on the and the passengers found themselves in want of warm garment 1 in his hia own p phrase brase there was a general overhauling of baggage baggage for warm clothing clot clothing then the next day became exceeding exceedingly r y hot and on that day the first case care of c cholera 0 appeared it has been lound found that on board the ship abia new york there was an immigrant who had clothing belonging to an individual who had died in germany ot of cholera during daring the day of intense cold some articles 0 of f clothing were taken from the chest cheat and were worn by several of the passengers and these passengers were the first taken on the ship the two ships go on their voyage one arrives in the harbor of new york on december lat six days after the outbreak having lost seven of her passengers the other goes into the mississippi river and up to new orleans having lost several ras passengers reaching the city december on the arrival of the vessel at new york on december 2nd and eleven cholera patients were sent to 10 the quarantine hospital the swanton reached the city of new orleans on december lith and the day of her arrival one cne cholera case hassent was sent to the hospital two days dava after her arrival the first case in the city was announced this was also an emigrant from the swanton this was followed by a rapid increase of the disease until the following june in which month it culminated in more than 2600 deaths |
