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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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On Sept. 7, Pittsburgh reports a severe dysentery outbreak in neighboring countryside with unprecedented mortality, affecting entire families and rivaling yellow fever's fatality in Philadelphia; the city itself experiences milder cases, possibly due to coal burning purifying the air.
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The neighboring country is alarmingly unhealthy; the dysentery, in all its varieties, is prevailing with unprecedented mortality; in many families every individual is confined. We confidently believe that in a given number of people, this dreadful disease has been as fatal this year as ever the yellow fever was in Philadelphia. In certain districts death has paid a visit to almost every family. Pittsburgh has not been uncommonly unhealthy; the same disease has prevailed here, but by no means to the same comparative extent, nor with the same malignity. This fact confirms a position, which is the fruit of many years of observation, viz. that Pittsburgh is always more healthy than the country. We have generally imputed this to the quantity of coal burnt in our city, which keeps our atmosphere constantly impregnated with sulphur. Are we right?
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Pittsburgh
Event Date
Sept. 7.
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unprecedented mortality; in certain districts death has paid a visit to almost every family
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The neighboring country is alarmingly unhealthy; the dysentery, in all its varieties, is prevailing with unprecedented mortality; in many families every individual is confined. We confidently believe that in a given number of people, this dreadful disease has been as fatal this year as ever the yellow fever was in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh has not been uncommonly unhealthy; the same disease has prevailed here, but by no means to the same comparative extent, nor with the same malignity. This fact confirms a position, which is the fruit of many years of observation, viz. that Pittsburgh is always more healthy than the country. We have generally imputed this to the quantity of coal burnt in our city, which keeps our atmosphere constantly impregnated with sulphur.