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Domestic News
December 1, 1871
Montgomery County Sentinel
Rockville, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland
What is this article about?
Smallpox ravages Philadelphia, affecting an estimated 5,000 people across all classes since June. The disease persists despite sanitary measures, with 153 deaths in the past week and 92 new cases in the last 24 hours. The hospital is overcrowded, using tents for patients.
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The Ravages of Small-Pox in Philadelphia—Five Thousand Sufferers.
A Philadelphia letter of Sunday says: The ravages of the small-pox in this city have become alarming. The number of its victims is being added to daily, and as the cold weather comes on there is every reason to believe that it will be still worse. The most stringent sanitary regulations are in force here, yet the contagion is in the air, and all that man can do (except to vaccinate) in the way of sanitary precaution seems a waste of time, for the disease has a foothold and the harvest of death will be reaped.
Let it be borne in mind that the scourge is not confined to the poorer classes. Some of the richest families in Philadelphia are afflicted, and have supplied victims to the loathsome disease since it appeared in June last.
The small-pox hospital building is situated outside of the city. It is overcrowded, and tents have been erected on the premises for the reception of patients. It is estimated on competent authority that there are no less than five thousand people now suffering from small-pox within the city. There are, of course, many whose names are not reported, although the law in this respect is very stringent.
The number of deaths during the past week has been 153. New cases reported in the last twenty-four hours, 92.
A Philadelphia letter of Sunday says: The ravages of the small-pox in this city have become alarming. The number of its victims is being added to daily, and as the cold weather comes on there is every reason to believe that it will be still worse. The most stringent sanitary regulations are in force here, yet the contagion is in the air, and all that man can do (except to vaccinate) in the way of sanitary precaution seems a waste of time, for the disease has a foothold and the harvest of death will be reaped.
Let it be borne in mind that the scourge is not confined to the poorer classes. Some of the richest families in Philadelphia are afflicted, and have supplied victims to the loathsome disease since it appeared in June last.
The small-pox hospital building is situated outside of the city. It is overcrowded, and tents have been erected on the premises for the reception of patients. It is estimated on competent authority that there are no less than five thousand people now suffering from small-pox within the city. There are, of course, many whose names are not reported, although the law in this respect is very stringent.
The number of deaths during the past week has been 153. New cases reported in the last twenty-four hours, 92.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Smallpox
Philadelphia
Epidemic
Deaths
Hospital
Sanitary Regulations
Where did it happen?
Philadelphia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Philadelphia
Event Date
Since June Last
Outcome
5,000 sufferers; 153 deaths in past week; 92 new cases in last 24 hours
Event Details
Smallpox outbreak alarming in Philadelphia, affecting rich and poor, persisting despite sanitary regulations and vaccination; hospital outside city overcrowded with tents added; many unreported cases due to stringent law.