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Hyperanthraxis; or the cholera of Sunderland / [William Reid Clanny].

  • William Reid Clanny
Date:
1832
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Credit: Hyperanthraxis; or the cholera of Sunderland / [William Reid Clanny]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the state of the cholera at the respective cities mentioned. At St. Petersburgh, total number of cases up to the 13th of November, 9238,— Deaths, 4754. Vienna, up to the 21st of November, de cases,—Deaths, 1847. 5 Hamburgh, to the 2nd of November, 855 cases,— Deaths, 448. I find that in Sunderland, from the com- mencement of this epidemic, up to the 3rd of January, 1832, the present time of writing, we had of cases, 531,—Deaths, 200. Newcastle, from the commencement, up to the 2nd of January, cases, 437,—Deaths, 139. Gateshead, from the commencement, up to the 2nd of January, cases, 269,—Deaths, 83. North Shields and Tynemouth, since com- mencement, up to the 2nd of ak cases, 26,—Deaths, 12. Kstimating the population of the united parishes, which go by the general name “Sunderland,” at 40,000, we find that we have lost five persons in every thousand, having had 200 deaths. From this we ascer- tain, on comparing with the above tables, that we are nearly at the lowest ratio of deaths
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