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Danbury Times
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
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Cholera epidemic strikes Jamaica hard: In Kingston (pop. 40,000), 1/10 affected; Port Royal sees over 1/4 deaths; similar in Spanish Town. Daily deaths in Kingston fall from 250 to 27. Subsided in some areas but rages in others, mainly hitting lower classes and negroes.
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A letter of Nov. 30th from Kingston, Jam., in the Evening Post, contains the following:
'The cholera has been an awful visitation to us. In this city, of 40,000, about one-tenth of the population have fallen. In the small town of Port Royal, upwards of one-fourth have died; and in Spanish Town there has been nearly a like proportion. It has in a great measure subsided here. The deaths have diminished from 250 a day, probably the maximum of only one day's mortality, to 27, which I believe was that of last night. In Port Royal it wholly subsided eight or ten days ago; and it is nearly or altogether the same in Spanish Town. It is raging in other districts, and I doubt not that though it is about leaving Kingston and its vicinity, that it will accomplish a deadly work in other districts ere it be exhausted.
The mortality has been chiefly among the lower classes. The negroes, in their low filthy houses, with their bad habits, and disadvantages of all sorts, have been the chief victims. There have been comparatively few deaths of persons in good positions; but these have been increasing latterly, and we all still live under considerable apprehension.'
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Jamaica
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Nov. 30th
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in kingston, about one-tenth of 40,000 population have fallen; in port royal, upwards of one-fourth have died; in spanish town, nearly a like proportion. deaths in kingston diminished from 250 a day to 27 last night. subsided in port royal eight or ten days ago and nearly in spanish town; raging in other districts.
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Cholera has been an awful visitation in Kingston, Jamaica. It has in a great measure subsided here but is raging in other districts. Mortality chiefly among lower classes and negroes in their low filthy houses with bad habits; comparatively few deaths among persons in good positions but increasing latterly, with considerable apprehension remaining.