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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Yellow fever cases have declined little in the past week due to imprudent returns by citizens, leading to infections and threats to entire families. Few new cases are reported as some physicians, including Dr. Monges, do not report. The disease persists in New-York and Wilmington but has lost virulence elsewhere.
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The fever has, during the past week, sustained but little declension. The imprudent return of many of the citizens must be considered as the great cause of this. Most of those now infected are persons of this description, and there are instances in which whole families that have returned are threatened with death.
The small number of new cases reported has furnished a false assurance of safety. Several physicians do not now report. Among them is Dr. Monges, who alone has had on some days more new cases than the whole number published by the board. If these be a general return of the citizens, the disease may continue for months. The disease has parted with its virulence everywhere but in New-York and Wilmington.
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During The Past Week
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whole families threatened with death; small number of new cases reported; disease may continue for months if citizens return generally; virulence lost everywhere except new-york and wilmington.
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Yellow fever has shown little decline in the past week due to imprudent returns by citizens, most new infections among returnees. Few cases reported as some physicians, including Dr. Monges who sees many unreported cases, do not report to the board, creating false safety assurance.