An account of the yellow fever, which occurred in the city of New-York, in the year 1822 : To which is prefixed a brief sketch of the different pestilential diseases, with which this city was afflicted, in the years 1798, 1799, 1803 & 1805, with the opinion of several of our most eminent physicians, respecting the origin of the disease, its prevention and cure. To which is added a correct list of all the deaths by yellow fever during the late season, taken from official documents / by James Hardie.

  • Hardie, James, 1758-1826.
Date:
1822
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Credit: An account of the yellow fever, which occurred in the city of New-York, in the year 1822 : To which is prefixed a brief sketch of the different pestilential diseases, with which this city was afflicted, in the years 1798, 1799, 1803 & 1805, with the opinion of several of our most eminent physicians, respecting the origin of the disease, its prevention and cure. To which is added a correct list of all the deaths by yellow fever during the late season, taken from official documents / by James Hardie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of the dead on the 1st of October was 43, and this was the greatest number, during the whole month.. On the 18th it was reduced to 16, and on the 21st it only amounted to 9. After this the number of deaths on any one day, during the existence of the calamity, did not exceed 15, and it is almost certain, that had our absent citizens attended to the advice of the Health Committee, dissuading them froma premature return, the death war- rant of the disorder might have been dated from that day, The whole number of funerals in October was five hun- ‘dred and twenty-two, of whom four hundred and thirty- one died of fever. The average of the deaths, during this month, was about 17. ; On the 10th of November, the deaths were 5, and, on each of the preceding days, they were only 4. The to- tal number, during these ten days were 83, of whom thirty-nine died of yellow fever. The following address of the Committee to the public now made its appearance. ‘The Health Committee for the relief of the sick and indigent in the city of New-York, beg leave to congratu- late their fellow citizens, that under Divine Providence, this long afflicted city is once more restored to its usual state of general health, and, with the most heartfelt plea- sure, inform those, who yet remain in exile, that although a few cases of the pestilential fever exist, yet that by the late cold weather and frost, the contagion is so far de- stroyed, as to render the return of their families to the city perfectly safe, provided they take the necessary pre- vious measures of cleansing and ventilating their long un- aired dwellings, and purifying the bedding and clothing, which may have been left therein during the prevalence of the fever.” “Tt would have afforded the Committee much satisfac+ tion, could they have given this invitation, at an earlier period, but they did not conceive themselves warranted by the then existing circumstances. There have, untid the present moment, been several new cases of fever, particularly among those citizens, who returned earlie - than the committee thought prudent, many of whom fave fallen victims to the devouring pestilence. This, B 2