1872 — July 11-Nov 19, Yellow Fever, New Orleans, LA (39-40); Galveston, TX (10) –50-51
50-51 Blanchard tally from breakouts below.
New Orleans, LA (39-40) July 11-Nov 19
–40 “ Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian, TX. Yellow Fever at [N.O.] 11-29-1872, p. 4, c. 1.
–40 “ Kotar & Gessler. Yellow Fever: A Worldwide History. 2017, 274.
–39 “ Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 168.[1]
–39 “ New Orleans Public Library, Yellow Fever Deaths in [N.O.]…
— 0 “ July 11 rpt., 1st case. Brownsville Banner, IN. “News of …week.” 7-11-1872, p. 2, c. 1.
— 5 “ Sep Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian, TX. 10-16-1872, p. 4, col. 1.[2]
— 2 “ Sep 30-Oct 6. Galveston News, TX. 10-11-1872, p. 2, col. 6.[3]
— 1 “ Nov 19 (last death) Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian, TX. 11-29-1872, p. 4, col. 1.[4]
Galveston, TX ( 10)
–10 The year, out of 40 cases. Galveston Daily News, 11-28-1873, p. 2, col. 4.[5]
Maritime ( 1) Trip from Mobile to Vineyard Haven, MA, ending Oct 18.
–1 Brig Shannon. Trip from Mobile to Vineyard Haven (MA?), ending Oct 18.[6]
Sources
Brownsville Banner, IN. “News of the Week.” 7-11-1872, p. 2, col. 1. Accessed 5-6-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/brownstown-banner-jul-11-1872-p-2/
Carrigan, Jo Ann. The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University, LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses, 1961. Accessed 3-11-2018 at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=gradschool_disstheses
Daily State Journal, Richmond, VA. “Yellow Fever.” 10-18, 1872, p. 1, col. 7. Accessed 5-6-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/richmond-daily-state-journal-oct-18-1872-p-1/
Galveston Daily News, TX. [Yellow Fever, Galveston] 11-28-1873, p. 2, col. 4. Accessed 5-7-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-daily-news-nov-28-1873-p-2/
Galveston News, TX. 10-11-1872, p. 2, col. 6. Accessed 5-6-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-daily-news-oct-11-1872-p-2/
Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian, TX. [Yellow Fever, New Orleans] 10-16-1872, p. 4, col. 1. Accessed 5-6-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-tri-weekly-civilian-oct-16-1872-p-4/
Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian, TX. “Yellow Fever at New Orleans.” 11-29-1872, p. 4, col. 1. Accessed 5-6-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-tri-weekly-civilian-nov-29-1872-p-4/
Kotar, S. L. and J. E. Gessler. Yellow Fever: A Worldwide History. McFarland, 2017. Google preview accessed 5-5-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=e1YQDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division. Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans, 1817-1905. Accessed 3-7-2010 at: http://nutrias.org/facts/feverdeaths.htm
[1] Cites, in footnote 19, p. 168: Report of the Louisiana State Board of Health for 1872, p. 135.
[2] “The Board of Health report only five deaths from yellow fever in New Orleans, during the whole month of September.”
[3] “The whole number of deaths in New Orleans last week was ninety, against one hundred and three the week previous….two [died] of yellow fever….”
[4] “Yellow Fever at New Orleans. The whole number of deaths in New Orleans last week was 112, against 120 the week previous. Tone died…of yellow fever…There are now no cases of yellow fever under treatment in the city. The last death occurred on the 19th inst., and all other cases have recovered. This year there have been eighty cases, of which forty resulted fatally. In 1871 there were fifty-four deaths, and in 1870 the bills of health show 587 deaths from this disease.”
[5] Cites the Texas Medical Journal.
[6] Daily State Journal, Richmond, VA. “Yellow Fever.” 10-18, 1872, p. 1, col. 7. There were two recovered cases.