, 1875-02-06
Outbreak Of the Disease at The Poor.
House.
Criminal Negligence Of the County
Commissioners,
Crowded Condition Of the Sick.-.Sprea1
Of The Pesti[encs.
Tho Board Of Health Must Act

thal that moht tetfiDie o'!aieaasos-tne euali-po
-nsa "'oaen wv "1'"nH laa 1oo' '11ouso ioopa
a. 'cheFeoh' reporter OF AAE AA1"sSh "st
dotallou 10 proceed 10 t1o injected 1oea'lIy' ane
discovered ate toAo"ins iactt; ....-
san. y ono case oa s'nal'po1 apPoa.eo N th'
ioof'Aouae' ana sAo a'Seaea "as ueFe'opod
among tho residents o1 shat INSTITUTION e'entooa
lays la!ef. As tne present lime II 4op8A1a 70 N
under ful leha"ay, al no icAs tnan tea 'hon and
etesoH "osieh aha cn''o9eh nase oee1. altacAed
ami arc now IN tho Crisis OF tAe maladyt Iht
chances are that the owl will
coS11s uH TO BpnRAp,
m t..re nro mn ncopIe in tia poor. r1ousn .ra
1,ss,. ,urIn, r., fo.d H.. daa,roycr .,d w..
A"H"he 'tst ltn w Iceu 'lo oest'o!ot' "''u !oost
o1 them arc ot weakly oonhtlknslou, uphota 70
Withstand 30 terrible yisitstion. Perhaps 500
Of the inmates havo boon yace!nnted, 10 that thu
othor I'M nav Ia cotntea amour tho,o who A.,
,;nat., .,or o,,, 10, s,aa,ta;,",, 10 ,ric.., ,os-
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
who !aro already been seized are placed Ia tho
trhuol-1ousa, an isolated building having IN are.
~ IA hv On frat Win coilnr D feot in lIoicht
". w. - - ~ ~ ,.N, ..,.r"
iheso "ere "ht'' s.storoa5 e'o'o'' P"''o'ato aua
h'o ATTENDANTS making B!xteen persons II al,
oc:uD,lu. tbs rum ueutoncl, which eayb ID
cs.., inliyidusl a13 cubic feot of air. nearly.
,:,,,, ~ III. rro,a. a,,,,r+ rf etr,o.nl,nra .n,
hata Of tns liopes anouns W %1"ospnese eoo.
cenoa 10 each nunlan aoul1' as = "s'es o.
lesleh. 1t Is lot very hRrd to imagine thh
horror attendant upon such q stata Of things,
Tim evil hoca1no 70 n1a,ing that. finally. si1 ri
49, .as;.,s.' ,r,xs ren,o,.1 fr,n, tnta !. H..
.no Fh.is,'s "o'o 1ouo,ou ao,' s''s o'asA
hote' batteu 80 lat as II coui" uo cone. mi
common waehtub. and placed In at. apartment Of
tho poor-llouao proper, already teuauted By
fortv eo,ncn and c,iid,cn. TLr. AZ crnrsr
4vi3 "o.A ,..a sua.s 49, s' ss.
WHO IL ~ n':'"o ,e"e'ee suo poos
on wnon tne aleeaso ~ 1eeul's' tenoels tnoFS
who have not yet beon yiei:cd Ill tic moro
;,uh,, tn attach no lint Tim roor-I1onea ofl}cau
her,n u fear tlIat tbs endemic will rot beyond
III .,n,r,l of Tho rl,yejrin,,a bpread 10 the In.
raIc- -Aty,,n1. and then rush down mon tho cir
IN full ltlry.
rnr MEN
who have been emi.tcn are plsccd IN . building
mi til Of ,Le Poor-IIouss, and are. cotnpara.
i,yrly spcatiur. comfortable. They IRA
nnt oycrcruuled ut least, and eau Ia
| attended to without tho discomfort whch
IN nttcniaut. in tho won1an's and chl1dren's de-.
| na:tu,cnt encountered. It ia fearfr| TO ALLOW
rstIants from whose bodies tle disgusting e7-
denco, at t}soase hayo not yck disap9eared, to
herd wi.i, those WHO arc healthy, and yet to ihis
trr,;bte ktn of tl,inrH hnYe tho Poor uousa In.
| matcs been b, ought fJy tho
tsHuMANIrY On uAnE1Ea.asss
of tho county authorities, especially the mem.
the county noard. &c.. ....,,., ,,-,.u,
pcct, Mr. deorge Kiml,arly. Warden or the Poor,
House I'd 1ub4ns Asylam m sent re2as,t.o NJ. M ts ts1
iateaso '1e 1ngots era annre,,;o,t ,s ~ ~
was t ve'y IN ~ pnh,s ~
Charities, whioll has not, lowoyer. soen tit to
mako a report, although several meetings ha7e
peGu H. Is'a ieut anss ycstorfIHv "'''
Nav. tbs Committee on PubIic Charities har.
inr ~. 5a,Isd to perform their duty. tue mattel
conloB properly "i'hln ..-. .....
THE rnosiSoE or TnE poAnp OF HEALTH
threatoDed, through 1he criminal careicssuoksa
tc nounty authorities with tho most terrbio i:
l!lclion tnas ooula poss!p,J netA.! colnu!un'3
| ironl the gtfat dahseE "niGn nanes ofel y. y
10 boS In, succeeded by @
| l1;siontc measures, III keeping the CITY enssaly
ffee f,cm tue loathsome disesss already men
tloueu 'ut ssat. al 80 ae n,1 *'s '@'9 *"3'
ger 10 nearly nron ns nnu
eau alone preruut ths possIble spread Of small,
,ux iu our citv. In thls connection. It may b
wei, TO- tsProaaGS0 onG rsanaoa. NJ nf liza 91
, cnIcaso, published last year. II rsads u teI
SEC, u. Tbs posrd Of Health, hy and with thu -
proya Of the common Council, may aalect purchase
fns e,srantns statioSs md parnose4 md Vt1 IT,
approval of said cunacl 'nay sset trom time to tie.
ttn.ia.nrnt shall 10 deemed nsc+saary, III
ino eaid D2urd, whenever and at such t,aa
~ Nv them IT tlall be deemed necessary, may,u
| nrocfatuattop ttAe approval Of ths Common Colna
I,ein9 a1st lad and obtaned}, requlre all boats
fes ratrosd cars or other pubtG eonyeyauces bousa
for Iris city loote tbs same shall land stop at ~
wharf, lc{lot or aning or stopping place thoren, 70
tnu Or t,op At any or either of tho sites, placed
bouuds1ics 30 selected and established Tor qarapts
nnrpoxps and leave all ouch cmlg1ants, trayotss
perrons feeeu.y from se4board. ana a such sick d.
pased or unce4n PERSONS with thciE stores aod he-
gaHa ~ In the bpion Of the officers stationed II saa
iarantins ets, p1ces, Or boundaries shall b. daam
trot,er % accont o! the existence or general 1spH
Il cholefs slip fever any contagious disease ata
nses atprehuu1c1 to elarH.r tho health Of the ct1;
| | and w6pneyer II shall bb doenci necessary u
nsuo lin said proclamation 1t sha he the duty Of u
lid Boar to Keud tho same, together with lht sus
sIaucs of ths regulations for quarantine sud tna p5
ri far rhtch tle same shall ba in force u1est sotd
peyofed 10 New YORK. ratT.o, Detroit. Toledo, I,
aalie IT. Louis, Galetih, pubuIue, Burlington nd
surn ollcr sies and places ~ by them slall ia dss
ri ,rnrr and salj ultu cause to 10 stationed san
GnaTa,tius s!tes pAces and boundaries as sad Bord
NAV deem advisatIe o,,a OF mo1e phy ysciaus Of hsa
oNcert Whose duly It shall ho to 70 on board &ud re-
Ill boats vesses, cara, q other public eoa'e,
az - 20 as atoFessd 1s1niFca 70 .oac6 oI s3
saa anu ICY ~ ~ n11soa,
@ ahau ~ n.rmeH t. enmn I6 tbs eitye md shA