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Domestic News
November 1, 1820
The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
New Orleans newspapers underreport fever deaths, but recent data shows 98 burials in the week ending September 16, down one-third from about 150 the previous week.
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New-Orleans--One would suppose, from the general complexion of the New-Orleans newspapers, that that city was as healthy as could be wished. Whether from design or not, it is a fact, that no regular account is given of the progress of the fever, or of the number of deaths. In the papers which arrived yesterday, however, we have a glimpse of its comparative health. The number of burials in the week ending on Saturday the 16th ultimo, was ninety eight: "so that, (says the Louisiana Gazette) the mortality has diminished about one-third, when compared with that of the week preceding." Adding that third, we shall find the deaths to have been, in one week, an hundred and fifty, or thereabouts.--N. Intell.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
New Orleans Fever
Mortality
Burials
Yellow Fever Epidemic
Where did it happen?
New Orleans
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New Orleans
Event Date
Week Ending On Saturday The 16th Ultimo
Outcome
98 burials; mortality diminished about one-third from previous week (estimated 150 deaths)
Event Details
New-Orleans newspapers do not regularly report on the fever's progress or deaths, but recent papers indicate 98 burials in the week ending Saturday the 16th ultimo, a one-third decrease from the prior week.