Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1892 — CHOLERA NOTES. [ARTICLE]

CHOLERA NOTES.

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calamity mts It was plainly ««ete pr»ve«t*bl»c»<J»€S- Hamburg J* *pcpjb,passed by a dirty rlreroa «ne <td% and a dirty stagnant lake enane* her, 4 BslWMk of ffitby canals connect sritb both the river and tha like. The canal* are utterly abominable, The water fa black and motionless, covered with teal scum, while horrible bubble* burst her* and there, throwing forth a terrible stench. Lofty bnlldingssnrround these canals and effectually impede the action ofth# air. No new cases are reported InNewJTork ~ Tha London Btandard'e yTambuf g correspondcnt gives the following as thecholera returns for Tuesday: New cases, 147; deaths, r»7; burials, 173; patients in hospitals/!.,981. The cholera is.believed to be effectually checked In Now York! The medical authorities declara that the danger of a cholera epidemic in Bel* •fftnm U nro. ._T.~ Isolated cholera cases and deaths hnvo occurred at Ghent, in Belgium, and at Meerseen, Utrecht, Deeft, Groninggea> The Hague and other towns In Holland. Placards have bean posted in Cracow "announcing that there has been no esse of cholera in that city in flveday Ur. David T. Stewart, of Philadelphia kill cholera germs.