A manual of practical hygiene for students, physicians, and health officers . ;iii(c dC ||ic \;ilii< of -;iiil flltni-tioii, !Ui(l ol (lie (l;iii^(r (if ; |iiIIiiI<<I .-ii|)|ili<-. I l;iiiil»iir^ri vViit(M cniric (Voin ,il)i)\c llic city, \vliil(! -Alloiiii liad to rlc|)ciirlupon Wider \vlii<li, l)((or(! hcinir lillcicd, Ii;h1 rcccivi-d tlic cnfin; M-waj^oof nioidlliiiM I ln((-(jiiarlcrs o( a million |»co|)|c. TJic initial specificpolluiion ol llic ri\ <i-\\al(i was I raced hack to l»n--ian enii^rant«,li(!rde(l in hariax^ks on one di the wliaives jiendin;^
A manual of practical hygiene for students, physicians, and health officers . ;iii(c dC ||ic \;ilii< of -;iiil flltni-tioii, !Ui(l ol (lie (l;iii^(r (if ; |iiIIiiI<<I .-ii|)|ili<-. I l;iiiil»iir^ri vViit(M cniric (Voin ,il)i)\c llic city, \vliil(! -Alloiiii liad to rlc|)ciirlupon Wider \vlii<li, l)((or(! hcinir lillcicd, Ii;h1 rcccivi-d tlic cnfin; M-waj^oof nioidlliiiM I ln((-(jiiarlcrs o( a million |»co|)|c. TJic initial specificpolluiion ol llic ri\ <i-\\al(i was I raced hack to l»n--ian enii^rant«,li(!rde(l in hariax^ks on one di the wliaives jiendin;^ llieir end)arlvationfor lli(! United Stales. At- tin (iin(! of the outl)reak, there were, on ann,V(!ra<^e, ahotilr a thousand of Ihesc! people on jiand all the linie. Manyof them canu! fiom <lislriets in which had hci^n and were thenHulfcrinf^ ;nely from cholera, and all \\ci-c well ~np|ilie(j with dirtyelothini!; and blankets, some ol which they washed wliih; they werr;luiinji, tietained. It is believed that among tlio thousands that had Fio. Portion of tho boniularv lino liotween Ilamburs and Altona. The dots indicate cases of cholera. arrived, there must have been some mild cases of the disease, or atleast some convalescents with cholera germs still iu their evacuationstwo or three weeks after recovery. All of the sewage matters of everydescription from these people were dischaiged directly into the river atthe wharf. With the exception of a few straggling cases, there was no cholera iueither of the two cities from October 23d to December 6th, when asmall outbreak occurred iu Hamburcj. This reached its culminatiufrpoint, 5 cases in one day, on the 26th, and then the disease began toreappear iu Altona, but under very ditfereut conditions from thosewhich characterized the epidemic iu August. Of the oOO cases whichthen occurred, about 400 were connected iu one way or another withHamburg, but in the later (nitbreak, most of the patients were of the
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