Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
During the Yellow Fever of 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5000 or more people were listed of deaths between August 1st and November 9th. Most of them died of this fever. This made the city of 50,000 people one of the most severe cases of sickness and death in US history. By the end of September, thousands of people left and evacuated the city. The mortality rate was very high in October, before frost and cold weather terminated all the mosquitoes. This ended the fever spread.. Doctors tried and tried so many treatments but didn't have enough information to determine the case or effects of the fever. The people of this town organized a fever hospital at Bush Hill. The Free African Society was requested by the city. Black nurses took care of the sick and the group's leaders hired additional men to take away corpses, which most people would not touch. Blacks in the city died at the same rate as whites, about 240 altogether. Some towns refused to let refugees in from Philadelphia, because they were carrying the fever.
During the Yellow Fever of 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5000 or more people were listed of deaths between August 1st and November 9th. Most of them died of this fever. This made the city of 50,000 people one of the most severe cases of sickness and death in US history. By the end of September, thousands of people left and evacuated the city. The mortality rate was very high in October, before frost and cold weather terminated all the mosquitoes. This ended the fever spread.. Doctors tried and tried so many treatments but didn't have enough information to determine the case or effects of the fever. The people of this town organized a fever hospital at Bush Hill. The Free African Society was requested by the city. Black nurses took care of the sick and the group's leaders hired additional men to take away corpses, which most people would not touch. Blacks in the city died at the same rate as whites, about 240 altogether. Some towns refused to let refugees in from Philadelphia, because they were carrying the fever.