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fever. Though they suffer and die with the 

 prevailing malady, the death is credited to 

 some other disease. Hence the following table 

 gives only an approximation to facts. The 

 daily record of new cases and deaths in New 

 Orleans to September 26th is given in the sub- 

 joined statement: 



The daily deaths after that date were as fol- 

 lows : September 27th, 51 ; 28th, 55 ; 29th, 

 52; 30th, 35; October 1st, 54; 2d, 56; 3d, 

 51 ; 4th, 54 ; 5th, 52 ; 6th, 59 ; 7th, 41 ; 8th, 

 49; 9th, 42; 10th, 48; llth, 49; 12th, 40; 

 13th, 50; 14th, 29; 15th, 30; 16th, 26; 17th, 



24; 18th, 36; 19th, 25; 20th, 29; 21st, 44; 

 22d, 42 ; 23d, 19 ; 24th, 16 ; 25th, 18. Total 

 deaths to date, 3,828. The number in July 

 was 39 ; August, 876 ; September, 1,930 ; Oc- 

 tober (to the 25th), 898. 



In the following table is given the number of 

 deaths from yellow fever during the year 1878 : 



The population of New Orleans in 1853 had 

 reached 154,132. The unacclimated popula- 

 tion was estimated as being over 50,000. 

 There was a large exodus from the city, leav- 

 ing not over 125,000 residents. The last pre- 

 ceding epidemic was in 1847. The total mor- 

 tality of 1853 was 15,633, of which 7,848 died 

 of yellow fever. The deaths of children under 

 five years of age were 3,250. The total num- 

 ber of cases in the Charity Hospital in 1853 

 was 3,312, with 1,800 deaths. The Howard 

 Association had charge of 9,353 cases; deaths, 

 2,252. At the four Board of Health and 

 Howard Infirmaries there were 2,613 cases and 

 1,032 deaths. The cases in private practice 

 numbered 9,541 ; deaths, 1,691. Total cases 

 recorded in the report of the Commission, 

 29,020 ; total deaths, 8,101, or 27'91 per cent., 

 being at the rate of 100 deaths to 358 cases. 



Medical experts have, however, stated that 

 they did not notice any particular difference 

 between the fever of 1878 and that of previous 

 years, and in their ojpinion it was not as malig- 

 nant as the fever of 1853 or 1858. In the last 

 named year negroes were affected by the fever, 

 although the African race enjoys a marked im- 

 munity from it. 



The official figures of six epidemics in New 

 Orleans are given for comparison in the fol- 

 lowing table : 



