The New York herald., 1876-09-21
THE TYPHO-MALARIAL FEVER III
BALTIMORE.

From tie Baltimore (Md.) American Sept 1Q1
There were no further deaths reported yesterday
from the above disease, and the number OF persons
who have been attacked by from its first inception
has been grossly exaggerated Probably not over nf-
teen in all have occurred, and OF these moro
than eight have proved fatal There at present
about persons down with the lover. or these
four are Caroline. one ON Thames ono ON Bond and
Phpot street.
The most rigid sanitary measures and precautions
have boon adopted IN order 10 destroy
the disease All the aggravating causes, In the shape
OF garbage ecal matter and all kinds OF abominab 10
nth, are being rapidly removed under the personal
pervision OF Health Comm lssioncr Sieuart, Captain
Smyrk. his assistant, and Dr. James McShane, tho
Vaccine Physician OF the FIRST and Second wards. and
the premises are being thoroughly spread with dsin-
icctants The probabilities that when the infected
spot placed in perfect sanitary condition tho dseasc
which has created such an unnecessary alarm, will
Immediately vanish
That disease OF tho most virulcnt character should
have generated the midst OF such insanitary
conditions as have so long existed in the paghbor-
hood where 1t has manifested seems perfectly
able No one who mas not Inspected the premises
form the least possible conception OF the terrible
condition in which they have been for years. Within
area OF but littlo over loo yards there wells
and pits rcekng with human excrcment piles Of de-
Cay ing animal aud vegetable matter, and accumu!a-
tons OF every noxious material calculated to produce
small compass were huddied together over iry human
beings IN lily ventilated apartments daily ana nightly
breathing an air vated by the exhalations from such
beds OF filth.
No wonder that. under such circumstances fever in
its worst shape should manifest itself With such
conditions for producing disease 1t did not require
that our quarantine should be relaxed 10 let IN tho
dreaded fevcrs Tor .hc exclusion OF which 1t
tahshcd tor here existed all the exciting causes OF
disease which, though yellow fever, could yet dis
play magnancy and produce fatality within GER
lain sphere almost equal to that OF 'yeliow jack"
itse!L
That the disease is only endemic in It's character is
proved by tho fact that the removed casos hive
comlnu unicated the malady to any who havo
with them. father affected with tho disease
removed with his child who also had the disease to
Washington street. The child died: tho father Is re-
covering and he has not propagated the disease the
dcn.zens OF Washington street II the disease
an epidemic character and Infectious yellow lever
known to be it would long since have spread
wide territory AS ls appears 10 DO perfectly local
III manifestations. limited almost exclusively the
neglected spot whence II originated, evidently showing
that It caused by and depends for lis existence
upon local conditions.
The physicians who have had charge OF the various
Poiessor L. q. Winterntz, Dr. fnomas Evans,
Dr. James i. McShane aud DR. Rehmeycr. These are
all accomplished members oi their profession aud hey
with Dr. James a. Stcuart, Health Commissioner, have
united in the opinion that the disease which has
ated much STIR in the city not yellow fever but
typho malaral lever, which Is SIMPLY bilious fcver
that takes on typhoid type, just such typo rs It
would bc expected to under such conditions
"a hav described.