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1806 .- New York, commencing in June, ending in November. No mortal- ity reported in Marine Hospital. Newport, R. I., Richmond, Va.
1807 .-- St. Augustine, Fla., on Matanzas Sound, 2 miles from the sea; Sa-
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vannah, Ga. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 3 (20 cases in all). Philadelphia, mortality 3. Charleston, S. C., mortality 162.
1808 .-- Savannah, Ga. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 1. Saint Mary's, Ga., nine miles from the sea, commencing September 5th and ending in October, mortality 84-half the population of the town which remained.
1809 .- New Orleans, Brooklyn, N. Y., commencing July, ending Septem- ber, mortality 40. New York, mortality tat Marine Hospital, 2. Philadelphia, Pa. (sporadie), Charleston, S. C., (¿poradic).
1810 .- New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 1. Philadelphia, mortality 3. Havana, 4,305 deaths. Gibraltar (sporadic), Cadiz and Carthagena severe.
1811 .- Pensacola, Fla., New Orleans, Saint Francisville, La., on the Missis- sippi River, Perth Amboy, N. J., Philadelphia, Pa., mortality 5.
1812 .- Philadelphia, mortality 3. New Orleans, Charleston, S. C., St. Chris- topher, W. I., number of cases 422, mortality 118 ; proportion to cases 1 in 3.58. Cadiz, epidemic.
1813 .- Philadelphia, Pa., mortality 6: also prevailed in Spain.
1813 .- At Cadiz. population 130,000. the mortality is estimated at 4,000, being 1 in 32.5. At Gibraltar, 12,501 remaining out of a population of 20,501, the number of cases amounted to 2,847, and the mortality 904, being 1 in 3.4 of proportion to cases.
1814 .- Philadelphia, Pa., mortality 7. At Gibraltar (in hospital) number of cases 726, mortality 114, being 1 in 6.36; among civilians there were 132 deaths. Cadiz, epidemic.
1815 .- Philadelphia, mortality 2. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 7. Island of Jamaica, proportion to cases 1 in 4.
1816 .-- New York-no mortality noted at Marine Hospital. Philadelphia, Pa., mortality 2. Martinique, from August, 1816, to close of 1817, number of cases 327, mortality 61 ; proportion to cases 1 in 5.36. Barbadoes, 390 men, mortality 90; proportion to cases 1 in 4.33; twenty-five officers, mortality 10; proportion to cases 1 in 2.5.
1817 .- New Orleans, from June 18th to December, mortality 800; other accounts say mortality for five months 1.142. Natchez, Miss., commencing September and ending November 9th, mortality 9; other accounts say 134 died. Whitsell's Landing, twenty miles below Natchez. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 4: Charleston, S. C., commencing in July and ending in November, mortality 272. Mt. Pleasant, S. C., on Wingaw Bay, West Feliciana Parish, La., Baton Rouge, La .. on Mississippi River.
1818 .- New Orleans, mortality 1,151. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 4. Martinique. number of cases 1,982. mortality 697 ; proportion to cases 1 in 2.82. Trinidad. W. I .. proportion to cases 1 in 2.54.
1819 .- At Xeres, population 45.000, number of cases 1,262, mortality 408. At Cadiz, population 72.000, number of cases 48,000, mortality 5,000. At Seville, number of cases 346. the mortality being 217. Fort Claiborne, Ala., on Alabama River, commencing July 4th, ending December 1; Fort St. Stephen. Ala., on Tombighee River. commencing July 4th, ending December [; Mobile, Ala., commencing August 15th, ending in November, mortality
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274. New Haven, Conn., Savannah, Ga., Alexandria, La., on Red River, New Orleans, commencing July 1st, mortality 2,190. Mr. Nuttal, the naturalist, in his book of travels, estimates the victims at from 5,000 to 6,000, which very much exceeds probability. West Feliciana Parish, La., Baltimore. commene- ing July 21st, ending October 30th, Natchez, Miss., commencing September and en.ling Derember, mortality Is0. New York, commencing in August, mor- tality 37. Philadelphia, mortality 13. Charleston, S. C., commencing in August and ending in October, mortality 177. Boston, Baton Rouge, La., on Mississippi River, Jamaica. In 1819, 21. '27, proportion to cases 1 in 2, 1 in 4, 1 in 1.08. In 1×19, '22, '25, '27, proportion to cases 1 in 2. In 1819 two regiments, proportion to cases 1 in 2, 1 in 1.7. Bermuda, number of cases 208, mortality 32; proportion to cases 1 in 13. Havana, 5,162 victims.
1820 .- Middletown, Conn., commencing in June, Savannah, Ga., Bay of St. Louis, La., at mouth of Mississippi River, commencing in August, New Orleans, commencing in July, deaths in hospital. 82. Baltimore, Shieldsboro, on St. Louis Bay, commencing August 20th. New York, mortality at Marine Hospital) 2; 150 died from August 21st to October 20th. Philadelphia, Pa., commencing July 24th, mortality 84. Barbadoes, proportion to cases 1 in 2.56. At Xeres the proportion to cases was 1 in 2. At Siguenza, number of cases, mortality 212, being 1 in 1.8. At Carlotta, population 733, remaining 473, cases 195, mortality 122.
1821 .- Mobile, Ala., St. Augustine, Fla., commeneing in August, mortality 140. Forty deaths took place in the garrison in a body of 120 soldiers. Balti- more; New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 16. Wilmington, N. C. commencing August 9th. Norfolk, Va .. commencing August 1st. Martinique: number of cases 686, mortality 235; proportion to cases 1 in 3. Malaga, number of cases 21, mortality 17, being 1 in 1.3. Tortora, 5,000 remaining out of 15,000 inhabitants-2.356 died. Barcelona, 70.000 remaining out of 145.000, number of cases 14,000, mortality 9.730; proportion to cases 1 in 1.33. At Seminary Hospital (same city) 1.739 cases, mortality 1,205; Gen- cral Hospital, 830 cases, mortality 749; Marine Hospital, number of cases 79, mortality 55. Lazaretto of V. Queen of Peru, number of cases 56, mor- tality 39. City and suburb, according to Adonard, number of cases 20.625. mortality 1,600 to 1,700. Palma, 12,000 inhabitants remaining, number of caves 7,400, mortality 5,341.
1822 .- Mobile. Ala., Pensacola, Fla., commencing August 12th. ending October 10. mortality 257. Alexandria. La., on Red River, Baton Rouge, La., on Mississippi River, mortality 60. New Orleans, La., commencing September 1.st, mortality 239. Baltimore, New York. commeneing July 10th. ending November 5th, mortality 230 : other accounts say 243 out of 414 the number attacked. Charleston. S. C., commencing in June, ending in August, mor- tality 2.
1823 .- Fort Smith, Ark., on Arkansas River, yellow fever of high grade prevailed without a suspicion of exposure to contagion. Ascension, La .. on Mississippi River, New Orleans, commencing August 234, mortality 1 fouly 2 cases). West Feliciana Parish, La., Natchez, Mi-s .. commencing August 10th,
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ending October 18th, mortality 312. Brooklyn, N. Y., New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 5. At Martinique (hospital) the proportion of deaths to cases was 1 in 2.5, 1 in 3. Port du Passage, seven leagues east of Bayonne, pop- ulation 3,000; 1,200 remaining-101 cases, mortality 40, being 1 in 2.5. This locality, one of the finest ports in Europe, is represented to be unsurpassed for general salubrity.
1824 .- Mobile, New Orleans, commencing August 4th, mortality 108. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 8. Charleston, S. C., commencing in Angust, ending in November, mortality 235. Key West, Fla.
1825 .- Mobile, Ala., commencing in September. Pensacola, Fla., New Orleans, commencing June 23d, mortality 49. Natchez, Miss., commencing August 20th, ending November, mortality 150. Washington, Miss., near Natchez (inland). commencing August, ending November. mortality 52. . New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital ) 1. Charleston, S. C., commencing August, ending September, mortality 2. Martinique, number of cases 1,464, mortality 388; proportion to cases 1 in 3.8.
1826 .- Apalachicola, Fla., on Apalachicola Bay, New Orleans, commencing May 18th, mortality 5. New York, mortality ( at Marine Hospital) 2. Norfolk, Va., commencing September 1. Guadaloupe, number of cases 386; mortality 128 ; proportion to cases 1 in 3.
1827 .- Mobile, Ala., commencing in August. Pensacola, Fla., Savannah, Ga., Alexandria, La., Baton Rouge, La., Donaldsonville, La., on Mississippi River, New Orleans, commencing July 19, mortality 109. West Feliciana Parish, La., Natchez, Miss. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 4. Charleston, S. C., commencing in August, ending in November, mortality 64. Jamaica, W. I., population 300, mortality 184; proportion to population 1 in 1.6.
1828 .- Mobile, New Orleans, commencing June 18th, mortality 130. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 0. Charleston, S. C., commencing in August, ending in September, mortality 26. Gibraltar, population 20,652; cases 6,715, mortality 1796, being 1 in 3.73; troops 3,652, cases 2,014, mor- tality 515-1 in 3.91; civilians, 17,000; cases 4,701, mortality 1,281, being 1 in 3.6.
1829 .- Mobile, commencing September 14th, mortality 130. Key West, Fla., Baton Rouge, La., on Mississippi River, New Orleans, commencing May 23d, mortality 215. Opelousis, La., seven miles from head of navigation, West Feliciana Parish, Lat .. commencing September 22d. Natchez, Mi --. , commencing September 1-t, ending November, mortality 90. Rodney, Mi-e .. on Mississippi River, Shieldsboro, on St. Louis Bay, commencing August 5th. New York-no mortality at Marine Hospital.
1830 .- Bay St. Louis, mouth of Mississippi River, New Orleans, commencing July 15th, mortality 117. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 1.
1831 .- Alexandria, La., on Red River, New Orleans, commencing June 9th, mortality 2.
1832 .- New Orleans, commencing August 15th, mortality 18. New York, mortality fat Marine Hospital) 1.
1833 .- New Orleans, commencing July 12th, mortality 210. New York,
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mortality (at Marine Hospital) 2. Columbia, Texas, on Brazos River, Guada- loupe ; Basseterie, W. I. (soldiers), number of cases 137, mortality 47.
1834 .- Pensacola, Fla., commencing August 23d. New Orleans, commencing August 28th, mortality 95. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 1. Charleston, S. C., commencing August, ending October, mortality 49.
1835 .- New Orleans, commeneing August 23d, mortality 284. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 2. Charleston, S. C., commencing August, ending September. mortality 25. Suwanee, Fla., on Suwanee River; New Orleans, commencing August 24th, mortality 5.
1837 .- Mobile, commencing September 20th, ending November, mortality 350. Alexandria, La., on Red River, Baton Rouge, La., on Mississippi River, New Orleans, commencing July 24th, mortality 442. Opelousas, La., com- mencing October 20th, ending November. Plaquemine, La., on Mississippi River, Washington, La., Natchez, Miss., commencing September 8th, ending November 25th, mortality 280. Havana, 1 in 10; Havana (Belot's Hos- pital) 1 in 6.48.
1833 .- St. Augustine, Fla., two miles from the sea, on Matanzas Sound, Mobile, New Orleans, commencing August 25th, mortality 17. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 8. Charleston, S. C., commencing August, ending November, mortality 351. Martinique, W. I. (in 1838, '39), number of cases 1,344, mortality 223; proportion 1 in 6. October 1 ('38 to September 30, '39), number of cases 1,202, mortality 150-1 in 8. Barbadoes, proportion to cases 1 in. 4.25. Dominica, population 131; soldiers, number of cases 100 men, 6 officers, mortality 35 men, 3 officers; proportion to cases 1 in 3 men, 1 in 2 officers. Georgetown (Demarara), Scamen's Hospital, number of cases 2,071, mortality 404; proportion to cases 1 in 5.12.
1839 .- Pensacola, Fla., St. Augustine, Fla., commencing August 15th. Tampa, Fla. (head of Tampa Bay), Mobile, commencing August 11th, ending October 20th, mortality 650 (average mortality to cases 1 in 7). Augusta, Ga., Alexandria, La., Franklin, La., on Teche River, Natchitoches, La., on Red River, New Iberia, La. (southern part of La.), New Orleans, commencing July 23d, mortality 452. Opelousas, La., commencing August, ending November. Plaquemine, La., on Mississippi River, Port Hudson, La., on Mississippi River, West Feliciana Parish, La., commencing August 28th, St. Martinsville, La .. on Teche River, Washington, La., Biloxi, Miss., after an interval of 136 years, Natchez, Miss., commencing September, ending November, mortality 235. Shieldsboro, Miss. (on St. Louis Bay), Vicksburg, Miss., New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 4. Charleston, S. C., commencing June, ending October, mortality 22. Galveston, commencing September 30th, ending October 11th, mortality 250. Houston, Texas, Martinique, W. I., first three months of 1839, 92 cases, 19 deaths ; proportion 1 in 4.5.
1840 .- New Orleans, commencing July 25. mortality, 3; Charleston, S. C., commencing August, ending October, mortality 22.
1841 .- Pensacola, Fla., St. Augustine, Fla., mortality 26; St. Joseph, Fla., near Gulf of Mexico, Mobile. Key West, commencing June, mortality 26; New Orleans, commencing July 27, mortality 594; Port Hudson. La.,
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commencing September, ending October ; Charleston, S. C., Barbadoes, W. I., proportion to cases, 1 in 2. Dominica, 204 cases, mortality 55; proportion to cases, 1 in 3.7.
1842 .- Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, commencing August 20, mortality 60; New Orleans, commencing July 30, mortality 211; Opelousas, La., Barba- does, W. L. proportion to cases, 1 in 5.6.
1813 .- Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, commencing August 18, ending November 5. mortality 240; Baton Rouge, La., commencing October; New Orleans, commencing July 5, mortality 487; Port Hudson, La., West Feliciana Parish, La., commencing August 28; Rodney, Miss., commencing September 6; New York, mortality ( at Marine Hospital) 5; Charleston, S. C., Guadaloupe, W. I. (sailors and troops), population, 2,757 ; number of cases, 772, mortality 183; French war steamer Gomez; number of cases, 165, mortality 17; pro- portion, 1 in 9.7. Guadaloupe, Basseterie, 96 cases, 64 deaths.
1844 .- Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, New Orleans, commencing July and end- ing September, mortality 148: Natchez. Miss., Woodville, Miss .. New York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 2; Galveston, Texas, commencing July 5th, mortality 400; Houston, Texas.
1845 .- Pensacola, Fla., New Orleans, mortality 2; Boa Vista, W. I., Porto Sal Rey, proportion to cases, Portuguese, 1 in 1.8, English and American, 1 in 1.1, natives, 1 in 13.4; Boa Vista, in all localities, Europeans, 1 in 1.16, na- tives, 1 in 15.4.
1846 .- Pensacola, Fla., New Orleans. commencing August and ending October, mortality 160; West Feliciana Parish, mortality 1; Thibodeaux, La., commencing September 20th and ending October; New York.
1847 .- Pensacola, Fla., mortality 76, average mortality to cases 1 in 7; Alexandria. La., on Red River, Algiers. La .. opposite New Orleans, Baton Rouge, La., on Mississippi River, Bayou Sara, La., on Mississippi River, Burat Settlement, on Mississippi River, Covington, La., 45 miles north of New Orleans, Mandeville, La., on Lake Pontchartrain, Lafayette, La., near New Orleans, commencing June 22d; New Orleans, commencing August and end- ing in December, mortality 2,259; Plaquemine, on Mississippi River, Biloxi, Miss., Pascagoula, Miss., Pass Christian, Miss., Rodney, Miss., Vicksburg, Miss., New York, Galveston, commencing October 1st and ending November 26th, mortality 200; Houston, Texas.
1848. - Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, mortality 75; New Orleans, commencing June and ending November, mortality 850; West Feliciana Parish. La .. Natchez, Miss., commencing June and ending November; New York, com- inencing August 12th, with a mortality of 12 at Marine Hospital; Stapleton. Staten Island, New York, commencing August 23d; Tompkinsville, Staten Island. commencing August 23d ; Mt. Pleasant, S. C., Houston, Texas.
1849 .- Mobile, mortality 50; New Orleans, commencing August and end- ing December, mortality 737; Charleston, S. C., commencing August and ending November, mortality 125.
1850 .- New Orleans, commencing July and ending Oct., mortality 102; Cay- ennu, W. I. (hospita!), number of cases 685, mortality 148; proportion 1 in 4.63.
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1851 .- Mobile, New Orleans, mortality 16.
1852 .- Savannah, Ga., mortality 19; New Orleans, commencing July and ending December, mortality 415; Washington, La., Woodville, Miss., New York, mortality of 1 at Marine Hospital; Charleston, S. C., commencing August and ending November, mortality 310; Ft. Moultrie, in Charleston Harbor, Mt. Pleasant, S. C., on Wingaw Bay, Indianola, Texas, commencing in September; Norfolk, Va., commencing August 7th : Portsmouth, Va., Port Royal. W. I. (population 12,611), mortality 727-1 in 17.34; St. Pierre (population 20,360), mortality 1,200, proportion to population, 1 in 17; Barba- does, W. I., troops (population 1,380), number of cases 879, mortality 173; proportion to population, 1 in 7.9, proportion to cases 1 in 5.08; steamer from St. Thomas to Southampton, month of November, number of cases 124, deaths 50; proportion, 1 in 2.3.
1853 .- Milton, Fla., near Pensacola Bay, Pensacola, Fla., commencing July 9th; Tampa, Fla., head of Tampa Bay, commencing in September; Mo- bile, commencing July 13th and ending Nov. 1st, mortality 115 (Dr. Dowler gives an estimate of 1.072) ; Cahawba, Ala., on Alabama River, Citronelle, Ala., on Mobile & Ohio R. R., Dog River Cotton Factory, Ala., five miles from Mo- bile, commencing Aug. 8th; Demopolis, Ala., on Tombigbee River, Hollywood, Ala., on Tombigbee River, Montgomery, Ala., on Alabama River, commencing September and ending November, mortality 35; Selma, Ala., commencing Sept. 17th and ending Nov. 13th, mortality 32; Spring Hill, Ala., Columbia, Ark., commencing in June; Grand Lake, Ark. (on Mississippi River), Napo- leon, Ark. (on Mississippi River), Key West, Fla., during August, mortality 112; Savannah, Ga., Alexandria, La., the disease carried off' from one-fifth to one-sixth of the population ; Algiers, La. (opposite New Orleans), Bay St. Louis, La Bayou Sara (on Mississippi River). New Orleans, commencing May, ending December, mortality 7,970, or variously estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000. Dr. Dowler says the greatest number of deaths in New Orleans was in August, amounting to 5,189, or, by adding all the death-, 6,235, an average exceeding 201 per day-about 9 every hour, 1 every six or seven minutes for a whole month. His total, from May 26th to October 22d, by yellow fever, i> 7,782; total unnamed (mostly yellow fever), 669; in all, 8.228, without enumerating deaths from October 22d to December 22d. He estimates the whole mortality at 8,400. Dr. Edward H. Barton, in his report to the Commission, states that the total mortality during the year. not only those certified to be such, but a large proportion of the " un- known," supposed to be such from a want of proper records, is estimated, upon all grounds of probability, to have been 8,101. . The total number of cases of yellow fever in 1853 was 29,020, which was the largest number of cases of yellow fever which ever afflicted this city (New Or- leans). But S.101 deaths out of that great number of cases is only 27.91 per cent., or 1 in 3.58, the least mortality which had ever occurred in a great and malignant epidemic of the dread disease. Centreville, La. (on Teche River), commencing September 18th, ending November 18th ; Clinton, La., commencing September 1st, ending December, mortality 75; Cloutierville,
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La., commencing August 14th, ending December 14th; Franklin, La., com- mencing October 19th, ending November 24th, mortality 2; Lake Providence, La. (on Mississippi River), reported to have lost 120; Opelousas, La., Patter- sonville, La. (on Teche River), commencing August 8th, ending December, mortality 45; Plaquemine, La. (on Mississippi River), commencing Septem- ber, ending October ; West Feliciana, La., St. John Baptiste, La. (on Mis- sissippi River), Shreveport, La. (on Red River), commencing September, ending December, destroying about one-fourth of the population; Thibo- deaux, La, (on Bayou La Fourche), mortality 160-more than one-third of the 500 persons remaining; Trenton, La. (on Washita River), Vidalia, La. (on Mississippi River), commencing August 15th ; Washington, La., comniencing August 15th ; Biloxi, Miss. (after an interval of five years), Brandon, Miss., commencing September 15th; Clifton, Miss., commencing August 28th, ending October; Natchez, Miss., commencing July 17th. Fort Adams (about 200 miles above) was visited with the fever. Grand Gulf, Miss. (on Mississippi River), Greenwood, Miss. (on Yazoo River), mortality 9; Jackson, Miss. (on Pearl River), Pass Christian, Miss., Petit Gulf Hills, Miss. (on Mississippi River), Port Gibson, Miss., Rodney, Miss., Woodville, Miss., commencing August 9th; Pascagoula, Miss., Yazoo City, Miss., commencing September 1st; New York (14 mortality at Marine Hospital), Philadelphia, commencing July 19th, ending October, mortality 128; Brownsville, Texas (on Rio Grande), commencing September 23d, ending December 23d, mor- tality 50; Memphis, Tenn. (cases brought from New Orleans), Hackley, Texas (near Buffalo Bayou), Houston, Texas (on Buffalo Bayou), Indianola, Texas, Liverpool, Texas, commencing August, mortality 4; Cypress City, Texas, Galveston, Texas, commencing August 16th, ending November 28th, mortality 536: Richmond, Texas (on Brazos River,) Saluria, Texas (on Mat- agorda Island). Baton Rouge, La., was, early in November, reported officially to have lost 202 by the epidemic. Natchitoches (more than 400 miles from New Orleans, on Red River), suffered severely. Dr. Dowler says: "The maximum mortality of the yellow fever of 1853 arrived sooner in the season than usual, and is more truly represented by that of the plague in London, in 1665, namely, June, 590 deaths; July, 4.129; August, 20,046; Septem- ber. 26,230; October, 14,373; November, 3,449; total, 68,817."
1854 .-- Pensacola. Fla., Mobile, Montgomery, commencing September, ending November, mortality 45; Key West, Fla .. Augusta, Ga., Savannah, Ga., commencing August 5th, mortality 580; Alexandria, La. (Burat Settlement, below New Orleans, commencing September 22 ; Cloutierville, La., on branch of Red River, Franklin, La., Jeannerett>, La., commencing October 7th ; Jesuit.' Bend, La., commencing September 12th ; New Orleans, commencing July, *"Ending December. mortality 2,423; Pattersonville, La., commencing Septem- ber; Point a la Hache, La., on Mississippi River, commencing in October ; St. Mary's Parish, La., on Gulf of Mexico, commencing September, ending October ; Thibodeaux. La., commencing September 12th, ending October; Washington, La., Brandon, Miss., on Pearl River, commencing September 23d, ending November 18th; Jacksonville, Miss., St. Louis, Mo., 2 deaths. New
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York, mortality (at Marine Hospital) 20; Beaufort, N. C., Philadelphia, Charleston. S. C., commencing August, ending November, mortality 627; Columbia, S. C., Georgetown, S. C., commencing August 20th, ending October 28th ; Mt. Pleasant, S. C., Galveston, Texas, commencing August 9th, ending November 5th, mortality 404; Houston, Texas, Portsmouth, Va., Norfolk, Va., commencing October. ending November 2d, mortality 3.
1855. - Milton, Fla .. near Pensacola Bay, Montgomery, Ala., commencing September, ending November, mortality 30; Alexandria. La., commencing September 13th ; Carrollton, La., commencing May 18th; Centreville, La. (on Teche River), commencing September, ending October, mortality 1; New Orleans, commencing June, ending December, mortality 2.670; Pattersonville, La. (on Teche River), commencing September ; Canton, Miss., Cooper's Wells, Miss., commencing August 23d, mortality 13; Natches, Miss., Pass Christian, Miss., Woodville. Miss., commencing September: St. Louis, Mo., commencing August 14th : New York, mortality ( at Marine Hospital) 5; Memphis, Teun., mortality 65: Bellville, Texas, 110 miles east of Austin, Gosport, Va., on Elizabeth River, Norfolk. Va., commeneing June 30th, and ending October, mortality 1.807 : Scott's Creek, Va., commencing June 29th, and ending July 29th; Portsmouth, Va., commencing August 1st, ending October, mor- tality 1,000.
1856 .- New Orleans, commencing August, ending November, mortality 74; Bay Ridge, Long Island, N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., commencing July 14th ; Governor's Island, New York Harbor, commencing July 29th ; Gowanus, near New York, Red Hook, on Hudson River, N. Y., Yellow Hook, N. Y., Charleston, S. C., commencing August. ending November, mortality 211; Mt. Pleasant. S. C.
1857 .- Jacksonville, Fla., New Orleans, commencing June, ending Decem- ber, mortality 199; Charleston. S. C., commeneing September, ending No- vember, mortality 13; Mt. Pleasant, S. C.
1858 .- Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, Savannah, Ga., Baton Rouge, La., Algiers, La., opposite New Orleans, Franklin, La., McDonoughville, La., New Orleans, commencing June, ending October 10th, mortality 3,889; Plaque- mine, La., Biloxi, Miss, after an interval of four years; Natchez, Miss., Pass Christian, Miss., Vicksburg, Miss., Woodville, Miss., Charleston, S. C., com- mencing July. ending December, mortality 717; Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, commencing August 15th ; Galveston, commencing August 27th, ending November 14th, mortality 344; Houston, Tex., Indianola, Tex., on Matagorda Bay, Brownsville, Tex., on Rio Grande River, commencing August, ending November, mortality 41.
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