Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the Select Committee of the Senate of the United States: On the Sickness and Mortality on Board Emigrant Ships
Of fifty-two vessels which arrived from Bremen, three had cholera on board. The average of passengers each on board of the whole num ber of vessels was 201, while the average on board of those attacked by cholera was 259.
Of twenty-two vessels that arrived from Hamburg, six had cholera.
Of forty-two vessels which arrived from Havre, Six had cholera. The average on board of the whole number of ships was 409, while on board of the six cholera ships the average was 561.
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