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EPIDEMICS. (YELLOW FEVER.) 



tality 5. Port Elizabeth, 20 feet, Aug. 9 to Sept., 



1798. Woodbury, 1798. 



New York. Albany, 85 feet, Aug., 1746, mortality 

 45 ; 1798. Bay Ridge, 20 feet, July 13, 1856. Brook- 

 lyn, 40 feet, .July to Sept., 1809, mortality 40; 1823; 

 July 14, 1856. Catskill, 50 feet, 1743 ; 1794 ; Aug. 

 10 to Sept. 28, 1803, mortality 8. Governor's Island, 

 25 feet, July 29, 1S56; Sept. to Oct. 26, 1870, mor- 

 tality 49. Gowanus, 15 feet, 1856. Greenfield, 150 

 feet, 1798; Huntington, 20 leet, 1795; 1798. New 

 York city, 35 feet, 1668 ; 1702, mortality 570 ; 173G ; 

 1741; 1742; 1743, mortality 217; 1745; 1747; 1748; 

 1762; 1790; Aug. to Oct. 15, 1791; 1792; 1793; 

 1794; July 19, 1795, mortality 730; 1796; 1797; 

 Aug. to Nov., 1798, mortality, 2,080; July to Nov., 



1799, mortality 76; Sept. to Oct. 14. 1800, mor- 

 tality 21; Sept. to Oct., 1801, mortality 16; 1802, 

 mortality 2; July 18 to Oct., 1803, mortality 700; 

 June to Oct., 1805, mortality 340 ; June to Nov., 1806 ; 

 1807, mortality 3 ; 1808, mortality 1 ; 1809, mortality 

 2; 1810, mortality 1 ; 1815, mortality 7; 1816; 1817, 

 mortality 4; 1818, mortality 4; Aug., 1829, mortality 

 37 ; 1820, mortality 2 ; 1821, mortality 16 ; July 10 to 

 Nov. 5, 1822, mortality 230 ; 1823, mortality 5 ; 1824, 

 mortality 8; 1825, mortality 1; 1826, mortality 2; 

 1827, mortality 4; 1828; 1829; 1830, mortality 1; 

 1832, mortality 1 ; 1833, mortality 2, 1834, mortality 

 1 ; 1835, mortality 2 ; 1838, mortality 8 ; 1839, mor- 

 tality 9 ; 1843, mortality 5 ; 1844, mortality 4 ; 1846 ; 

 1847 ; Auff. 12, 1848, mortality 12; 1852, mortality 1 ; 

 1853, mortality 14; 1854, mortality 20; 1855, mor- 

 tality 5 ; 1872 ; May 23 to Oct., 30, 1873, mortality 18. 

 Queensborough, 1801. Red Hook, 30 feet, 1856. 

 Staten Island, 20 feet, Aug. 23, 1848 ; July 14 to Oct. 

 28, 1856, mortality 25. West Neck, 18 feet, 1795. 

 West Point, 25 feet, 1801. Yellow Hook, 20 feet, 

 1856. 



North Carolina. Beaufort, 8 feet, 1854 ; Sept. 24 to 

 Nov. 17, 1864, mortality 68; 1871. Smithville, 15 

 feet, 1862. Washington, 35 feet, 1800. Wilmington, 

 25 feet, 1796 ; 1800, Aug. 9, 1821 ; Aug. 6 to Nov. 27, 

 1862, mortality 446. 



Ohio. Cincinnati, 550 feet, 1871 ; 1873, Gallipolis, 

 520 feet, 1796. 



Pennsylvania. Bald Eagle Valley, 550 feet, 1799. 

 Chester, 25 feet, 1798, mortality 50. Chester County, 

 1805. Kensington, 15 feet, 1793; Lisburn, 250 feet, 

 Aug., 1803. Marcus Hook, 15 feet, 1798. Nittany, 550 

 feet, 1799. Philadelphia, 35 feet, 1695 ; Aug. 1, 1699, 

 mortality 220 ; 1732 ; 1741, mortality 250 ; 1742 ; 1743 ; 

 1744; 1747; Aug. to Nov., 1762; 1791 : Aug. 15 to 

 Dec., 1793, mortality 4,041 ; 1794 ; 1796 ; Aug. 1 to 

 Oct. 15, 1797, mortality, 1,300 ; Aug. 1 to Nov. 1, 

 1798, mortality 3,500 ; July to Nov., 1799, mortality 

 1,000; 1800; 1801; 1802, mortality 307 ; 1803, mor- 

 tality 195; 1805, mortality 400; 1807, mortality 3; 

 1809 ; 1810, mortality 3 ; 1811, mortality 5 ; 1813, mor- 

 tality 6 ; 1814, mortality 7 ; 1815, mortality 2 ; 1816, 

 mortality 2 ; 1819, mortality 13 ; July 24, 1820, mor- 

 tality 83; July 19 to Oct., 1853, mortality 128; 1854; 

 June 29, 1870", mortalityl8. Southwalk, 20 feet, 1793. 



tality 45 ; Aug. 13, 1797, mortality 45 ; 1800 ; July 19 

 to Aug., 1805. Westerly, 25 feet, 1798 ; 1805. 



South Carolina. Charleston, 10 feet, 1699 ; 1703 ; 

 1728 ; May to Oct., 1732, mortality 12 daily ; 1734 ; 

 1739 ; 1745 ; 1748 ; 1753 ; 1755 ; 1761 ; 1762 ; 1768 ; 

 1770; 1792; 1794; 1795; 1796; 1797; 1798, mor- 

 tality 239 ; 1800, mortality 184 ; 1802, mortality 96 ; 

 1803; 1804, mortality 148; 1805; 1807, mortality 

 162; 1812; July to Nov., 1817, mortality 272; Aue. 

 to Oct., 1819. mortality 177 ; June to Aug., 1822, 

 mortality 2 ; Aug. to Nov., 1824, mortality 235 ; Aug. 

 to Sept., 1825, mortality 2 ; Aug. to Nov., 1827, mor- 

 tality 64; Aug. to Sept., 1828, mortality 26 ; Sept. to 

 Nov., 1830, mortality 30; Aug. to Oct., 1834, mor- 

 tality 49 ; Aug. to Sept., 1835, mortality 25 ; Aug. to 

 Nov., 1838, mortality 351 ; June to Oct., 1839, mor- 



tality 134 ; Aug. to Oct., 1840, mortality 22; 1843; 

 Aug. to Nov., 1849. mortality 125; Aug. to Nov., 

 1852, mortality 310 ; Aug. to Nov., 1854, mortality 627 ; 

 Aug. to Nov., 1856, mortality 211 ; Sept. to Nov., 



1857, mortality 13 ; July to Dec., 1858, mortality 717; 

 1862; 1864; July 19 to Nov., 1871, mortality 213. 

 Beaufort, 10 feet, Aug. 6 to Nov. 21, 1871, mortality 

 7. Columbia, 200 feet, 1854. Fort Moultrie, 15 feet, 

 1852 ; Aug. 15, 1858. Georgetown, 10 feet, Aug. 20 

 to Oct. 28," 1854. Hilton Head, 10 feet, Sept. 8 to Oct. 

 25, 1862. Mount Pleasant, 10 feet, 1817 ; 1848 ; 1852 ; 

 1854 ; 1856 ; 1857. 



Tennessee. Memphis, 260 feet, 1853 ; 1855 ; 1866 ; 

 Sept, 14 to Nov. 9, 1873, mortality 1,244. 



Texas. Alleyton, 250 feet, Sept. 4 to Dec., 1867, 

 mortality 45. Anderson, 200 feet, 1867. Austin, 450 

 feet, 1867. Bastrop, 260 feet, 1867- Beaumont, 50 

 feet, 1863. Belleville, 180 feet, 1855. Brazoria, 20 

 feet, 1859. Brenham, 350 feet. Aug. 11 to Oct. 31, 

 1867, mortality 120. Brownsville, 25 feet, Sept. 23 to 

 Dec. 23, 1853, mortality 50; Aug. to Nov., 1858, mor- 

 tality 41 ; 1862. Calvert, 325 feet, Oct. 12, 1867, to 

 Jan. 10, 1868, mortality 250; 1873. Chapel Hill, 200 

 feet, Aug. 6 to Dec., 1867, mortality 123. Columbus, 

 250 feet, 1873. Columbia, 25 tcet, 1833, mortality 

 132. Corsicana, 425 feet, 1873. Corpus Christi, 15 

 feet, 1862; Aug., 1867 ; 1873. Cypress City, 60 feet, 

 1853 ; 1859. Danville, 160 feet, 1867. Edinburg, 

 100 feet, July, 1859, mortality 13. Goliad. feet, 

 July 12, 1867, mortality 23. Galveston, 5 feet, Sept. 

 30 to Oct. 11, 1839, mortality 250 ; July 5, 1844, mor- 

 tality 400; Oct. 1 to Nov. 25, 1847, mortality 200; 

 Aus- 16 to Nov. 28, 1853, mortality 536 ; Aug. 9 to 

 Nov. 5, 1854, mortality 404 ; Aug. 27 to Nov. 14, 



1858, mortality 344; Sept. 17 to Nov. 30, 1859, mor- 

 tality 182; Sept. 1 to Nov. 20,1864. mortality 259 ; 

 1866; June 26 to Nov., 1867, mortality 1,150. Ilar- 

 risburg, 55 feet, 1867. Hempstead, 166 feet, 1859; 

 Auff. 9, to Nov. 26, 1867, mortality 151. Hockley, 50 

 feet, 1853. Houston, 37 feet, 1839 ; 1844; 1847 ; 1848 ; 

 1853; 1854; 1858; 1859; 1864; 1870. Huntsville, 

 200 feet, Aug. 9 to Oct. 19, 1867, mortality 130. In- 

 dependence, 250 feet, 1867. Indianola, 10 feet, Sept., 

 1852; 1853; 1858; 1859; 1862: June 20, 1867, mor- 

 tality 80. La Grange, 450 feet, Aug. to Nov., 1857, 

 mortality 200. Liberty, 40 feet, 1867. Liverpool, 25 

 feet, Aug., 1853, mortality 4. Matagorda, 15 feet, 



1862, mortality 120 ; 1863. Millican, 300 feet, 1864 ; 

 Oct. 15 to Nov. 12, 1867, mortality 4. Montgomery, 

 180 feet, 1859. Navasota, 200 feet, Aug. 12 to Dec., 

 1867, mortality 154. Oldtown, 20 feet, Oct. 13, 1867. 

 Port Lavaca, 15 feet, July 3 to Oct., 1867. Richmond, 

 125 feet, 1853 ; 1859. Rio Grande City, 200 feet. 1867, 

 mortality 10. Sabine City, 10 feet, July to Oct. 1, 



1863, mortality 14. Saluria, 10 feet, 1853. Sugar- 

 land, 100 feet, 1859. Victoria, 50 feet, Aug. 1 to Dec. 

 25, 1867, mortality 200. 



Virginia. Alexandria, 25 feet, Aug. 1, 1803, mor- 

 tality 200. City Point, 15 feet, 1798. Gosport, 20 

 feet, 1855. Hampton Roads, 1869. Norfolk, 20 feet, 

 1747; 1794; 1795; 1796; 1797; 1798; 1799. July 

 26 to Oct. 30, 1800, mortality 250 ; 1801 ; 1802 ; 1803 ; 

 1804; 1805; Au?. 1,1821; Sept. 1,1826; 1845; Aug. 

 7, 1852; Oct. to Nov. 2, 1854, mortality 3 ; June 30 to 

 Oct., 1855, mortality 1,807. Petersburg, 20 feet. 1798. 

 Portsmouth, 20 feet, 1852- 1854; Aug. 1 to Oct., 

 1855, mortality 1,000. Richmond, 50 feet, 1806. 

 Scotts Creek, 15 feet, June 29, 1855. Winchester, 

 700 feet, July, 1804. 



The yellow-fever epidemic of 1888 was con- 

 fined to Florida and parts of Alabama and 

 Georgia. It began in August and ended about 

 November; the mortality, all told, being prob- 

 ably not more than one thousand. 



It will be apparent from these statistics that 

 the methods of recording the rise, progress, 

 duration, and extent of epidemic diseases are 

 as yet by no means perfect. The historian 



