, 1876-07-24

nave ocen over <'ooy ehIlureh buried n'hlcT .he
aso of years. ING direct calse Of their
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Total Observation-Disclosures. y, l:u
All of these were under /; reare Of are, rhc
pna,a -, f1sn,t @ az, % ,ho ar,,ens aoosssi,v ~
.a'..t., ~s1 .I',1 90" NV .'.y assey "
something being donu to fcaacn this growing
morlanty. hence the appointment Of fifty ply
alctans TO visit The tenement houses and do their
Ths 10, ea ,h,nn @ -. ~ ss - ".' ..',s. o',se . o
Inc hfst th1ne 70 ao waa 10 d!stflct lilo city.
This w.s 1ono eatiy Yesterday morntng, and At
?. nj. every physician ha.i '!s district allotted
somewhat disagrceaDo duty. Tho Hoard Ind
some trouble " getting l!fty doctors to 90 the
work. 1or nearly every lnau IN the procession OF
rtp9tc t,as NJ much as fa can Do to-day to at
ss he p md EaS xsFe hsas c
responded: Ihat thcre wasno time to bc lost was
fact generally impressed upon the corps, and
ii,ey Hy wSre requested to Ect to work ut oucc.
.'i VII. the mercury & g. IN tEcY started OUT on
rolicc Hcad4uA.tcrs ahonnsis witl, tencn|cnt
houses, anu the uogtoFs INSTRUCTED In thnt VI
ciity llaa not lar to travel In order to begin
their work. = -
e pTsns 81 osc s %a9 an tbs one a
sac OF town, ~ the rnoat tthlckiy-poEulateh Sec
ton ~ ~ between tlle Dowery and tho East River.
Walking up Aroome strsct, te Doctor :, hsrHSk ai
Thcte ,Ta. 1r w no. v
the bull'llxntilc: Ihe entrsure was crowded
with women ami children, ha!t clothed, trying
70 got n INC brcezc In thB hallwaJs,-a breeze
ladon VITA various etenglcs proceeding from the
e'npttcd gart'gc-boz.
'.Arc there any slclt children In the houscah
aa!d tha DoStor addressing . tut woman fan
ming Aerself with tile top Vi IN old wicker
''sEss TStD, md .,.ro,s n,e0,v ., them. ,,,. wc
hul four funerals out Of liaru the lust weok,-
nearly rs many "a they lla! over the Way.'
Are you doctor, slFa"
"rc., ! a,nt" fepllcd the representative from
"lIcre, faix, there's p1inty for Re to 10. But
the divll ut Of good does the doctors secIn to
do. 'Givo 'e1n plinty Of soarisng food days
aud fresh alT, an! Eseg 'cn 9tst and eool' and
.how TIC dlvll y anybody to TO III"
There were Thirty families In this house, NUM-
bering oyer 150 souls. The first Tours visited
were occupied By tho better order Of MECHANICS.
Ihcrc were sek chtluTcu IN every family
IN dl'lersnt stages of dfscasc, most Of them
and In such cases nothing was. done beyond CIV
ing general advice anu to impress upon the
1nothsr t'c necessity Of carrying out The In
women sccl.ed to regard tbs Board of Health
representative as on Intruder, and intlmatcd
they were perfectly ahle to look after The wcl-
faro Of their children without anJ frcc MD:
passIng up 70 ti;s tl!!rd. luuEth, and aftl!
foors Ito real place Tor work Was daenVcre'l. IL,
ono room was q little girl Of about Q years u
age, benrlng in her arms child Of perhaps e'1
years LIS little arms locked like ptpcate1ls
and quite as wl!lse, Its eyes kunket AID blnu
asolnd ths M sohSets: NOV : snd aSnln y would
ata:t UP a1u e'y ani stretch ns thpnEh u paln
mud thc.. sink buck agatu quiet. The Doctor
APPROACHED, md tlle following conversation ell
sued;
D@oefor-Ars @ you caring for this little boy'
nlrl-Ye1,, sir. .,.,,
DoGtor-laoW long has ho lccn ascka
tilrl-Fonr or ilsu days, sir.
The room was dirty und the ar exceedingly
foul, and the Doctor took tue little ore's hand
"Cau't yon change this little one's clotheal"
Gfrl-Mothcr said was to let hin be till she
ca,nc i'ach,u,, w
nostoEMMhere l & y, Is your mothGrl
sla can't afford to stay homie and watcl, hin.
The poor little chil1 was in tic last stage of
the d!scase, and the Doctor gave It ~ Ills upln-
toa that 4 would not I've through the might
sala h.: gso yo11 a1hns s prs,se
the 81. Johns Guild Floating llosPtal), anltcll
her she must take him out on the water or the
boy Will de-" The littlo girl taok the tickets
4ld lcgan to cry.
a movement WAS made for the next apart
ment There WIS II little coffin III tho rootll,
With Wax candle standing on G,el, slo Of 1t, il
woman weeping, half a dozen children half
naked playing on the floor. There was no need
Of l1utdr there.
Through the house tho medical adviser pro-
tccdcd. Wherever there were young children
the terrba cholera infuntu,n wns f1,lIItl. 4u,u
Of tho children auelncl well cared for unl prop.
crly attended to. Instructions wurc giyen IN
every case, and where poverty prevented their
presented. Over Que huur was spent In This
house, and then tue Doctor lcft. for the I'm
tncusu sevct,.stury sttllctura II few doors abovo.
What nulso aud stoncll! TAuru were at least