CHOLERA IN EUROPE.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 33, 14 November 1871, Page 3

CHOLERA IN EUROPE.

Late foreign papers contain accounts of the cholera in Russia, by which it appears there is a heavy mortality from the disease in that country, in proportion to the population. In St. Petersburg, from the first appearance of the cholera on the 29th of August, 1870, there had been 6817 cases, and 2797 deaths. In some remote villages, where medical assistance is difficult to obtain, it has committed fearful ravages. The cases remaining are 523 ; new cases, 69 ; deaths, 33. Since the 13th of March, there have been 3568 cases in Moscow, and 1633 deaths. The cholera appeared in several ports of the Government of Vlademir, but in proportion the fatal cases were small. At Cronstadt, up to the 29th of July, there were 439 cases, and 211 deaths. At Kega, there were 109 cases in two days. At Wilna, 1136 cases and 512 deaths. At Tamboff, 2054 cases up to the 21st Juty, and 1242 deaths. At Ribinsk, a very important depot on the Volga, half of the cases proved fatal ; many of the inhabitants leaving. At Berlin 23rd August there had been four cases of cholera, two of which were fatal. At Boresolegbsk, a town of 12,000 inhabitants, for a short time 150 persons died every day. In one village in Veronesli, seventy persons have died out of a population of 200. At Novgorod one case proves fatal every day. In some places the people are panic-stricken, and do nothing but look upon the scourge as a divine presentment, to which they are about to submit. Everywhere there is a want of medical aid. In the district of Navakoperski there is only one doctor for a population of 50,000. In St. Petersburg the number ot cases has considerably diminished. On 30th August the cholera was at Hamburg. Sixteen deaths occurred at Altona during- the week. At Konigsbcrg there were 100 cases and 29 deaths on the 27th, and 80 cases and 50 deaths on the 28th. 7th September.—Tbo cholera epidemic in the Baltic Provinces of Frussia began to abate. At Konigsberg, where the disease has been most virulent, there were forty new cases and twentyeight deaths on the 4th, and on the stli there were only seventeen new cases and fifteen deaths. There was but one fatal case at Stettin, and at Dantzic the disease has been pronounced sporadic. The few cases of cholera that have occurred at Pai'is and in this city are now said to b of a different type from the Asiatic scourge. The anxiety which was felt in Berlin and throughout Germany is decreasing, and it is confidently hoped that the precautions taken, aided by the approach of cold weather, will stay the progress of the epidemic.