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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Report of burials in various church grounds and City Hospital admissions and deaths in Philadelphia for the 48 hours ending at noon, signed by Health Officer William Allen. Lists 15 hospital and 84 city/suburb burials; hospital reports multiple admissions and 17 deaths.
Merged-components note: Merged burial grounds header table, summary report text, church burial table, city hospital admissions/discharges, and totals table into a single mortality and health report component, as they form a cohesive health update during the epidemic.
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| FOR THE 48 HOURS, ENDING THIS DAY AT 12 O'CLOCK. |
| Names of the Burial Grounds |
REPORT
Of the Sextons of the different grounds, of the number of Funerals at their grounds.
Total
Of these 15 were from the City Hospital, and 84 from city and suburbs.
The above list comprehends all the burials from the City and Liberties of every disease.
By order of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM ALLEN,
Health Officer.
| Christ Church, | |||||
| St. Peters, | |||||
| St. Pauls, | |||||
| 1st Presbyterian, | |||||
| 2d | do. | ||||
| 2d | do. | ||||
| Scots Presbyterian, | |||||
| Associate Church, | |||||
| St. Mary's, | |||||
| Trinity, | |||||
| Friends | |||||
| Free Quakers, | |||||
| Swedes, | |||||
| German Lutheran, | |||||
| German Presbyterian, | |||||
| Moravian, | |||||
| Baptist, | |||||
| Methodist, | |||||
| Universalist, | |||||
| Jews, | |||||
| African Episcopal, | |||||
| do. Methodist, | |||||
| Kensington, | |||||
| Public Ground,* |
CITY HOSPITAL
ADMITTED.
Jacob Cock, from the street.
Elizabeth Kelly, corner 3d and Lombard st.
Joseph Heft, Penn and South street.
Abraham Sands, from the streets.
Mr. Finican, South Water st.
Mary Koon, near the 3 mile stone, Lan. road.
John Catherwood, 5th and Small st.
James Fitzgerald, 32 Plumb street.
Betey Mickle, German, near 2d st.
DIED.
Margarette Davis, ill 3 days previous to ad.
Charles Yost ill 3 days do.
Roger M'Kenzie ill 5 days do.
Mary Cheenan ill 2 days do.
John Lewis ill 2 days do.
Betey Spence ill 2 days do.
Bartholomew Murray, 2 do.
James Irvin, 4 do.
James M'Garill, 3 do.
Polly Herry 7 do.do.
William Cheeman 2 do. do.
Terence Lynch 6 do. do.
Joseph Lawrence 10 do. do.
Susan Bryant 4 do. do.
James Welsh 2 do. do.
Henry Dean do. do.
Coleman Finican admitted with Black vomit.
Remaining in the Hospital 46, of whom 25 are convalescents.
Interred in the Public ground the last 24 hours.
PETER HELM, Steward.
| City and suburbs, | 17 |
| City Hospital, | 17 |
| 34 |
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Philadelphia
Event Date
For The 48 Hours, Ending This Day At 12 O'clock.
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Outcome
15 burials from city hospital, 84 from city and suburbs; hospital: 9 admissions, 17 deaths listed, 46 remaining (25 convalescents); total burials 34 per final table (city/suburbs 17, hospital 17).
Event Details
Report of funerals at various burial grounds (Christ Church, St. Peters, etc., numbers not specified in table); City Hospital admissions from streets and locations; Deaths with illness durations; Signed by Health Officer and Steward.