The New York herald., 1876-09-27
THE EXHIBITION.

CIANs-DR. CRossoN's ANALYSIS OF THE
sCHUyLKILL wATER-FATAL CASES AMONG
EXHIBITORS ATTENDANTS.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 25 1876
Despite tho assurances of tho authorities and tho
press OF the Centennial City that or its distn-
gushing characteristics is Its excellent sanitary conJ
ton-and this hcy attempt to prove by every possible
kind of argument evolved from their inner conscious
ncss-hc ugly fact st remains that is an alarm
ing prevalence of sickness among strangers and cx-
hbitors This sickness takes the FORM prlnci
pally, OF dysentery and diarrhnal complaints, and
since tho late rains the cases have increased
TO an extent that calls for closer nvestiga-
ton than Philadclphians arc willing to grant 1t.
Scarcely n day passes without developments In
this nc and, although In tho majority OF prompt
remedies adopted, they be OF avail and
typhoid fever asserts its power all the skill OF the
physician Many families have been obliged TO shorten
their visits here from this cause and return homo
before tho consequences become fatal The Philadol-
phia journals pooh pooh tho existence OF such state
of AFFAIRS, paper insnuscs that the only sick.
ness which visitors have suffered caused by
intcmpcrance. Considering that ladies' arc tho prin-
cpa sufferers the insinuation is very ungaant one
The extreme retcence Of tho local medical authorities
the subject which has been partially broken OF ato
by the disclosures made in tho HERALD, ana then in
very unsatisfactory manner ronders the situation all
the moro calculated to inspire fear and mstrust
Febrilc symptoms, followed by complaints of more
positively dangerous nature experienced at present
by large proportion OF the visitors
In the Main Hall many OF tho foreign exhibitors say
that since tho storms they experience eversh
complaints to greater degrae than at any period bc-
fore. The air seems 10 be imprcgnatcd with some
subtle maarous material that makes itself fes tho
tion and excitement mentioned here as causes
likely to bring sickness among strangers but this
explanation will hardly sufce in the Of exhibitors
whose lives arc dull enough during tho most Of the
time they at their posts The torrid heat Of the
memorable Centennial summer can no longer bo
brought forward as q reason for sickness among OK
hb.ors and visitors, and there every opportunity
afforded them at the various restaurants the grounds
have their meals at all hours, rreeuarty In diet
not be the cause of such widespread complaint Ono
would think, from the confident manner In which the
press aud tho local physicians ring the changes the
'qmprudenco'' of visitors, that the vast body or
strangers who attend the Centennial arc ttlc better
.han
CHILDREN
let loose from school, who require the constant vgi.
lance Of tho experience Philadophian to keep them
from harm. The surface drainage OF tho grounds is
a subject that might be probably Investigated by CON-
petent and disinterested authorities who would not
fear TO speak boldly ON the matter large number OF
ladies left Tor their homes during the past week suffer-
ing from typhoid ievor In regard to tho cYocts over
exerton and excitement on the average visitor, ply
in TINS city gravey predicts large increase OF
cases OF insanity as one OF the results of the Exhibit
easy task arrive at the facts in individual OF
sickness among exhibitors and atteIdants, as there
to be some mysterious influence at work TO keep
the matter as much as possible from the public.
half hours stroll in Machinery Hall and vicinity
in the neighborhood Of the New YORK HERALD press,
convinced your correspondent that that portion Of
the Exhibition may be taken MS fair sample OF the
whole there can be no possible doubt that thero is
much more sickness among exhibitors and attendants
than Is commonly supposed
oAsEs oY TYPHOID FEvHR.
stereotypcrs helper at the Bullock press storco-
typing dcpartmen young man named William Lee,
has been SICK for several weeks With typhoid icvor
and is still prostratcd.
young man named Bessemer employed at tho
machines OF Carver Brown, paper cutters, Of Phia
delpha, has been i'll six weeks with typhoid lever
Miss Sale Faulkner, an attendant tor Charles j.
Cohen, envelope manufacturer, OF Philadelphia, has
been III two months OF malaral fever.
Miss Mary Davis. with n. NJ. Kerr Co g exhibit of
paper box making machinery, has been prostaied for
eight weeks with the fever
Jacob scybcrt a young at Chambers &
Brothers., newspaper ioder, was taken SICK several
illness, died.
Edwin Pyford. superintendent OF the bookfoidors
at the samo place. has suffered from the disease, but
Everett +. Roberts. employe Of the comm lssiou
stationed at the Campbell press building adjoining
Machinery Hall, died recently from disease OF a
typhoid nature.
il. !. Bearse in the same building, a bookkceper
employed by the exhibitors, is now sick OF typhus
contracted at the grounds by exposure to the malaria
One oil tho young ladies' ut an American watch com
panys cxhb't has bccn III Tor along time with typhoid
lever.
Another lady operating of the sewing machines
in tho lower part OF the hall was prostrated with 1t
weeks In neither OF these would tho sufferers
permit their names to be published.
Several OF tho young ladies' attending at the stands
tographs and Centennial mementoes are sold have su
Tered from the disease. In a sauntcr through tho
building three were ioond who had just recovered from
dangerous attacks They were AFRAID Of being DIS
charged II their names werc published
Yesterday very pretty young woman named Emma
Bender aged sixteen, who had been selling flowers at
one oi the stands in the main aisle, died OF typhoid
lover alter only weeks illness
Another young lady, who sells flowers, told me that
ahe had been sick, 'but, she said ''wo have been
requested not 10 talk much about it, great many OF
have been SICK"
who makes the examinations oil the water supply OF
the CITY, under tho direction of The Commissioners OF
Fsirnounl Park stated that on the 3st OF May he Wis
Itcd Tue Centennial grounds in pursuance OF hs regu
lar duties. 10 examine the drainage OF the grounds
lie found that the sewage from large portion the
grounds was empticd into tho river by having first
made q chemical analysis OF tho water Ho reported
TO the Centennial authorities that something was
wrong, and examination showed that the
two little streams that empty into the rver--
IRON Lansdown Ravne, the other from
Belmont Ravne-had received the fifth from some
oi the buildings within the enclosure such Laubcrs
tho American and the Lafayette restaurants, tho
Vienna coffee house, aud some OF the Stale buildings
The Board OF Finance gavo this matter attention, and
on the 5th OF June an order was issued compelling the
restaurants TO drain their filth into sink wells The
supply pipe OF the Centennial water works carried
out beyond the mud bank in the river this point
In relation TO the sickness ut the grounds Dr. Crcsson
dd not consider that was unusual considering the
number OF strangers there and their imprudcncc He
was emphatic IN declaring that IT could not bc from
the wafer supply. What there ,s,n he said, as
simply the effect Of the Of tho year and tho
posure 10 tho night and evening dews
OF 'unacciimatcd persons All water courses
increase the percentage OF intermittent and
remttent levers among those who nos
been accustomed TO that atmosphere All river places
injected with chs and fcver and chis aud lover
become Of typhoid nature when they attack