The New York herald., 1876-10-09
THE EXHIBITION.

THE BLuNDxRrNo MYsTEBr or THE csNrENNIAL
MEDICAL pxPARTMENr-cAuGHr IN LIE
PHILADELPHIA TIE UNHKALTHIxsr CITY m
TIE CoUSTRY-wHAT AN KMINKNr PHYSICIAN
rs NOT AFRAID TO SAT
ParIApELrHlA, Oct. T. 1874
Among the many exhibits at this great Worlds
Fair none is more curious amusing than the weak
and narrow-m nded ednessjof the average Phadel-
phia newspapers. They will admit the fact
that there considerable maaral fever among ncau
tious strangers here-not at all remarkable when SO
many thousands are here-they will admit
the possibility OF there being SINGLE Isolated case
cvcn than they would tolerate the sacrilege OF keeping
one OF their Immaculate white window shutters open
alter dark 1t is really funny to the feeble, old.
womanish editorial rage they fly into when 1t so
much hntod at. Their vehement. sweeping dcnials
and the conceament OF the Centenn Medical De.
partment only mako thesmschief by giving cur.
rency exaggerated OF the extent Of the dan
ger, when few honest admissions of the truth would
the world how little real danger there is to visit
who take of themselves
THE DEPARTMENT MYSTERY.
Tho Centennial Medical Department. Is the big name
OF little building in the Exhibition grounds run by
little company Of little men-in more senses than
one-who know little about medicine. People saken
sick on the grounds are taken there. They average
about fifty cases day, according to their daily reports
and they always declared to be ''a trivial" But
they do not encourage the visits OF reporters always
refusing to give the names of toe patients treated by
them what the nature OF their Isl in fact they
refuse 10 give any information TO the press and shu
themselves up in much mystery possible. Worse
than this. have TO believe that
HABrTUALLY LIE.
For instance Tuesday Of last week they sent their
usual report to the press headquarters as foows:-
"Forty cases to-day-all trivaln Now, happen 10
know that on that day man died there. Thii
have been trivial thing for medical
department.. but il certainly for the man.
called at the medical depart ment to-day to ask the
name Of the man. mysterious individual in that
oiice refused even to admit that any had died
there When proved u him that no lied he lied
further by stating that ne could not give me his name
fact he had the record book OF his little inst
tuition open in front OF him.
have learned from other sources that the man who
died was New Yorker that he was a clergyman OF
the Methodist Church. and that his disease typnod
fever
MORE CASES OF FEvER
Meantime the OF sickness from malarial
typhoid fever continue. Mr.. NJ +. Lobo. employl
OF the Centennial Commission IN charge OF tho presa
headquarters has been seriously sick with IL several
weeks. young lad employed the press room,
Joseph Hill BY name, was taken sick and died Of IL
lately.
Several OF the Japanese exhibitors and attendants
down with the lever.
A negro employed at Agricultural Building
taken down the other day. sf
Young Mr.. Stovcr, at one Of the windmis, Is dead
from the fever.
In the Canadian Department missed an exhibitor
who Is sick with IT,
Lieutenant Saunders, of Company A, Centennial
Guard, is dying OF malaral fever
Joseph Eltenhead. OF q tobacco exhibit in Agricul.
tural Hall, is also very i'll with II
IMPORTANT OPINION.
To-day met the Trols Freres celebrated Phtla-
delphia physician. What he had to say in relation
the absurd claim that Philadelphia is the healthiest
into his here-is OF great Importance II IS the
exact truth, but It would ostracze that man probes
sionaly and socially forever If were TO publish his
He had the courage to tell few words just
what is the matter with this charming Quaker City,
just tho most attractive city America to live IN
'iphadelphia the healthiest city the world ~ Why
my dear sir, what thatis declare,
physician IL is OF the unheathest OF cities Per-
haps tho death rate in New York is higher That's
what we Philadetphians always Dragging about
But, bless your Innocent heart that does not prove
tins city to be healthy one The death rate may be
higher In New York, but tho sick rate isn't There's
deadly disease here-not hing that the people die Of
RAPIDLY, But there IN Philadelphia moro haf-dead.
and alive peope-thin pale. yeow-eyed, complaining
and generally miserable than in any place ever saw
There is new medical word-morbidity-and II just
They don't die it, death is very high;
but they linger along and grow paler and thinner
When you New Workers. get very sick you die or you
get we but here there are so many people who dopt
do either-thcy arc just miserable, thank you Walk
through New York street and contrast the brisk,
vigorous people with the listess dull looking faces you
sWhy is the city unhealthy? why, because the
whole OF Philadelphia is built . swamp Here are
two rivers with the city between, on this point Of
land. Go down below the city, between these two
rivers, and you will find marsh. Go up above ths
city and you will find another As the city EXTENDS
these swamps are filled and built over, as many q
has been already. or course tho city is dead
level and that is bad for drainage Another very i'm
portant reason why Philadelphia cannot be heaithful
is because Immediately back Of the kitchen of nearly
every house In the city Is sinking, open privy WELL
Look out your back window and you win see--and
smell-dou0c rows oil them, for houses arc built hero
so that they come back to back. Is 1t any wonder
that there Is typhoid fever hcre They will be
rid OF Il as long these fostering privy wells last"