1851 — Smallpox, esp., NYC/562-586, Philadelphia/316; Augusta GA/7, Chicago/5 –895-909
–895-909 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
California ( 1)
–1 Nov 19. Wm. H. Kirk, formerly of New Albany. Daily Banner, Madison, IN. 12-6-1852, p.2.
Georgia ( 7)
–7 Augusta. Jones. Contagious and Infectious Diseases…Small Pox (Variola)… 1884, p. 211.
–? Hancock County. Southern Banner, Athens, GA. 11-13-1851, p. 4.
–? Macon. “…has broken out afresh…” Southern Banner, Athens, GA. 11-13-1851, p. 4.
Illinois, Chicago ( 5)
–5 US National Board of Health. Annual Report of…1883. 1884, p. 134.
Indiana, Springville ( 3)
–3 Springville. Wabash Express Weekly, Terre-Haute, IN. 6-1-1851, p. 1.
Missouri, St. Louis ( 1)
–1 St. Louis. Burlington Hawkeye, IA. “Health of St. Louis…City Mortality.” 7-3-1851, p. 1.
New York City (562-586)
–586 Rosner. Hives of Sickness: Public Health and Epidemics in [NYC]. 1991, p. 31.
–562 Jones. Contagious and Infectious Diseases…Small Pox (Variola)… 1884, p. 193.
Philadelphia, PA ( 316)
–316 City of Philadelphia. First Annual Message…Mayor of…Philadelphia… 1908, p. 99.
Virginia ( ?)
–? Pocomoke City. New Market Richmond Enquirer, VA. “Important Notice.” 10-31-1851, p4.
–? Parksley area. Richmond Enquirer, VA. “Parksley.” 10-31-1851, p. 1.
Sources
Burlington Hawkeye, IA. “Health of St. Louis…City Mortality.” 7-3-1851, p. 1. Accessed 3-24-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/burlington-hawk-eye-jul-03-1851-p-1/
City of Philadelphia. First Annual Message of John E. Reyburn, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia with the Annual Reports of the Departments of Public Health and Charities, Supplies, Public Education, Law, City Controller, City Treasurer, Commissioners of the Sinking Funds, Receiver of Taxes, and Board of Revision of Taxes for the Year Ending December 31, 1907 (Vol. III). Philadelphia: Dunlap Printing Co., 1908. Google digitized. Assessed 12-5-2012: http://books.google.com/books?id=0ihNAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Daily Banner, Madison, IN. 12-6-1852, p. 2. Accessed 3-24-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-daily-banner-dec-06-1852-p-2/
Jones, Joseph, M.D., President of the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana. Contagious and Infectious Diseases, Measures for Their Prevention and Arrest. Small Pox (Variola); Modified Small Pos (Varioloid); Chicken Pox (Varicella); Cow Pox (Variola Vaccinal): Vaccination, Spurious Vaccination Illustrated by Eight Colored Plates (Circular No. 2, Prepared for the Guidance of the Quarantine Officers and Sanitary Inspectors of the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana.). Baton Rouge: Leon Jastremski, State Printer, 1884. Accessed 2-12-2015 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=3VTboPycbBgC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Richmond Enquirer, VA. “Parksley.” 10-31-1851, p. 1. Accessed 3-24-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/richmond-enquirer-oct-31-1851-p-1/
Rosner, David (Ed.). Hives of Sickness: Public Health and Epidemics in New York City. Rutgers University Press, 1991, 236 pages. Partially digitized by Google. Accessed 3-29-2018 at: http://books.google.com/books?id=o34QxI6lHwAC&pg=PA70&dq=1916+Polio+Epidemic&ei=Cy5DSZWvMIXAMpqalOYN#PPP7,M1
Southern Banner, Athens, GA. 11-13-1851, p. 4, col. 4. Accessed 3-24-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/athens-southern-banner-nov-13-1851-p-4/
United States National Board of Health. Annual Report of the National Board of Health, 1883. Washington, DC: GPO, 1884. Digitized by Google at: http://books.google.com/books?id=MtuxEGC1Vp4C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=true
Wabash Express Weekly, Terre-Haute, IN. 6-1-1851, p. 1. Accessed 3-24-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/terre-haute-wabash-express-jun-04-1851-p-1/