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Domestic News
October 2, 1822
The Alexandria Herald
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
Two deaths from malignant bilious fever occurred in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the 6th and 7th instant. Dr. Dwight of the Board of Health described them as sporadic cases with no identifiable origin or contagion risk. The town's overall health is better than in recent Septembers, per the Portsmouth Journal.
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YELLOW FEVER.
There have been two deaths of malignant bilious fever in Portsmouth, N. Hampshire. One on the 6th and the other on the 7th inst. Dr. Dwight, the Physician of the Board of Health, in a letter to the editor of the Portsmouth Journal, remarks that "as the Board of Health cannot assign the origin of the disease to any particular cause, they consider these as sporidical cases, and they believe that the health of the town is much better at this time, than it has been for several years during the month of September." The editor of the Journal remarks that, "though these two cases occurred in the most populous parts of the town, no person caught the disease, and no danger was apprehended from contagion. No person was sickened in the neighbourhood and no alarm is felt."
YELLOW FEVER.
There have been two deaths of malignant bilious fever in Portsmouth, N. Hampshire. One on the 6th and the other on the 7th inst. Dr. Dwight, the Physician of the Board of Health, in a letter to the editor of the Portsmouth Journal, remarks that "as the Board of Health cannot assign the origin of the disease to any particular cause, they consider these as sporidical cases, and they believe that the health of the town is much better at this time, than it has been for several years during the month of September." The editor of the Journal remarks that, "though these two cases occurred in the most populous parts of the town, no person caught the disease, and no danger was apprehended from contagion. No person was sickened in the neighbourhood and no alarm is felt."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Yellow Fever
Portsmouth
Sporadic Cases
Board Of Health
No Contagion
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Dwight
Where did it happen?
Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
Event Date
6th And 7th Inst.
Key Persons
Dr. Dwight
Outcome
two deaths; no contagion or further cases; no alarm felt
Event Details
Two deaths from malignant bilious fever in Portsmouth; Board of Health considers them sporidical cases with no assigned origin; cases in populous parts but no one caught the disease