The yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis, Tenn. : embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere / by J.M. Keating.

  • Keating, John McLeod, 1830-1906
Date:
1879
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Credit: The yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis, Tenn. : embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere / by J.M. Keating. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mortality (at Marine Hospital) 2. Columbia, Texas, on Brazos River, Guada- loupe ; Rassetcrie, W.I. (soldiers), number of case.s 137, mortality 47. 1834. —Pensacolu, Fla., commencing August 23d. Xew Orleans, commencing August 28th, mortality 95. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) L Charleston, S. C, commencing August, ending October, jnortality 49. 1835. —New Orleans, commencing August 23d, mortality 284. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 2. Charleston, S. C., commencing August, ending September, mortality 25. Suwanee, Fla., on Suwanee River; New Orleans commencing August 24th, mortality 5. 1837. —Mobile, commencing September 20th, ending November, mortality 350. Alexandria, La., on Red River, Baton I^ugo, La., on ]Missis.sippi River, New Orleans, commencing July 24th, mortality 442. Opelousas, La., com- mencing October 20th, ending November. Plaquemine, La., on Mississippi River, Washington, La., Natchez, Miss., commencing September 8th, ending November 25th, mortality 280. Havana, 1 in 10; Havana (Belot's Hos- pital) 1 in 6.48. 1838. —St. Augustine, Fla., two miles from the sea, on IMatanzas Sound, Mobile, New Orleans, comjiiencing August 25th, mortality 17. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 8. Charleston, S. C., commencing August, ending November, mortality 351. Martinique, W. L (in 183S, '39), number of cases 1,344, mortality 223; proportion 1 in 6. October 1 ('38 to September 30, '39), number of cases 1,202, mortality 150—1 in 8. Barbadoes, proix)rtion'to cases 1 in 4.25. Dominica, population 131; soldiers, number of cases 100 men, 6 officers, mortality 35 men, 3 officers; proportion to cases 1 in 3 men, 1 in 2 officers. Georgetown (Demarara), Seamen's Hospital, number of cases 2,071, mortality 404; j^roportion to cases' 1 in 5.12. 1839. —Pensacola, Fla., St. Augustine, Fla., commencing August 15th. Tampa, Fla. (head of Tampa Bay), Mobile, commencing August 11th, ending October 20th, mortality 650 (average mortality to cases 1 in 7). Augusta, Ga., Alexandria, La., Franklin, La., on Teche River, Natchitoches, La., on Red River, New Iberia, La. (southern part of La.), New Orleans, commencing July 23d, mortality 452. Opelousas, La., commencing August, ending November. Plaquemine, La., on Mississippi River, Port Hudson, Ln., on Mississippi River, West Feliciana Parish, La., commencing August 28th, St. Martinsville, La., on Teche River, Washington, La., Biloxi, Miss., after an interval of 136 years, Natchez, Miss., commencing September, ending November, mortality 235. Sbieldsboro, i\Iiss. (on St. Louis Bay), Vicksburg, Miss., New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 4. Charleston, S. C, comniencing June, ending October, mortality 22. Galveston, commencing September 30t]i, ending October 11th, mortality 250. Houston, Texas, Martinique, W. L, first three months of 1839, 92 cases, 19 deaths; proportion 1 in 4.5. 1840. —New Orleans, commencing July 25, mortality, 3; Charleston, S. C, commencing August, ending October, mortality 22. 1841. —Pensacola, Fla., St. Augustine, Fla., mortality 26; St. Joseph, Fla., near Gulf of Mexico, Mobile, Key West, commencing June, mortality 26; New Orleans, commencing July 27, mortality 594; Port Hudson, La.,