The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-22

The room was dirty and the air exceed
;ugly foul, and the Doctor took the little
ones hand and said:
aCan't you change this little ones
CGirl-Mother said Twas to let him be
till abe came back.
Doctor-Whereis your motherH Nj,
Girl-Shes gone out Hnshtng' ens
says she can't afford to stay at home anu
watch him. .n.i.,.
The poor little child was in the last
stage Of the disease, and the Doctor gave
II as his opinion that it wo1la MOI i've
through he hot night. Said he, "Iou
Give your mother this prescription direc.
,Iv SIS cop,es in, and these tickets (tor
he 81 Johns Guild Floating HospitaI,
and fsll her she must take him out on
the water or the boy will die" The lit
tic girl took the tickets and began to
4 movement was made for the next
apartment. There was 4 little coffin in
The room, with awax candle standing on
each aide otit, q woman weeping, hall q
dozen children, halfnaked playing on the
floor. There was no need for doctor
there. ,,,..
proceeded. Wherever there were young
children the terrible cholera intantun
was found. Some Of the children seemed
we'll cared for and properly attended TO-
Instructions were given in every case
and where poverty prevented their pur-
chase, tickets fot The steamboat ride were
presented. Over one hour was spent 10
this house, and then the Doctor left toi
the immense seven story structure lev
doors above, What Isise and Strenct
There were at least fifty children on the
stairs and in the hallway, their face
grin, and dirty, hair disheyelled, shoelesl
and apparently hungry. Some ,wert
sucking ice they had stolen from q car,
near By; Others eating green corn ant
half ripe tomatoes.
Those who live in decent dwellings cal
scarcely imagine what this tenement Lii
il. The mercury in front Of barbe
shop on the first floor stood at 96. 1nsid
the temperature ranged from that to NC
"Do you know whether there are man.
sick children in this houseF asked tn
Doctor Of the first woman he met. :,
II have none, sir; but next door there
one. We have had lots of deaths herr
Mrs. Reilly, on the floor above, lost he
! little girl with the dysentery yesterday
and she's most crazy; and her youngest
sick, Nearly all the little children in III
house are sick"
A visit through the. house proved n
correctness Of her statement On III
floors, propped up in chairs. in bed, |
the arms OF mothers and sisters, wer
. found the poor little creatures, SO whit
| and siCkly, so weak and sunken-eyed, 8
. 10 bring tears into the eyes Of the mo-
unsympathetic. The Doctors ADVICE
nearly every case was
GIVE THEN PREsH AIR,
and. strangely enough, this seemed to |
the one thing they could not have; Med
cine they can get for nothing, plenty I
; advice, but fresh air must be worked 4
!, and paid for. They muststruggle with Il
i" weary child for miles 10 the river Al
nav ior fresh air. The trouble and q
L EXPENSE prevent the mothers doing thi
and so the only hope is lost and the chill
rem die.
! corps made over 500 visits yesterda
The circumstances attending each Wis
were much alike. The disease is muc
the same in all cases, but the degrees
poverty are different and the consequei
indifference and lack Of attention. Ye'
,erday was "broken day" This morr
ing the corps will start out early and az
l coinplish much more than they were ab
to on Wednesday.