The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-22
MIDST THE FEV Err.
A TOUR or A DEHHOCRAT REPORTER
THROUGH TME HNFEUEEHs
wEsT sTHaECT. :4
new the T0ar Sufferers Hsave t0 Endure
TRaefr Pains i'm M0vels Rna Carrots.

new tine Poor sufferers HEave to Endure
THaeir Pains i'm MOvels Rmss Garrets.
Tha good already done by the publication In
tfas DEMOCRAT Of the pest holes Of our city and
the particular cases needing amelioratlon,
s,rompted reporter yesterday to make a care
full inspection Of the district lying between
Dryades and Gravier. 81. Joseph street and the
river. At ~ Dryades, in a small room on the
ground floor was sheet covered table, and on
Ill d coffin. The day before the patient had been
somewhat delirious and was evidently sinking
into state OF coma. Yesterday morning, about
* 1o'clock, he died, leaving wife In destitute
circumstances. She was, however. cared for by
d the Howards. Meandering through the various
streets, visiting chiiden here and adults there,
# Lii oil stages Of the fever. the reporter ut last
found himself on St. Joseph street, between
Magazine and Tchoupltoulas The MONDAY
sun was ...
SENDING DOWN rTa TonRID RAYS.
ffle air was without pcrceptible motion, and
q tfiepppression In breathing ssemed unusually
great.
All old negro man was sitting In the window
of d hoyel trying to get some enjoyment out Of
Ills noonday meal. The reporter acoosted him
and asked II there was anybody sick In that
yard, which was u very large enc, and in which
@ there was q three-Btory tenement, Blowing at
Ii hot potato he held In epoon, the negro said:
ssDar's nobody click here; but you ios go next
door, Lii dat dar yard. dar is.'
The reporter did 70 next door. II was one
story and low attic house with narrow alley
4 Offering admittanee Several negro families Lee
were busy over charcoal furnaces preparing
RATHER wATEnY SOUP
for their spouses, The place was most noisome.
The oLsl Of several daya a had, had aceumulated In
filassas fiat was thine Addressing "a ebony woman
Of twenty the reporter asked Whether " any
ab eb bd oh hefa e e nea U be d door e
small room. che, Without raising her head.
aaids"I b'lieve thars n, man I IN yso,nder.,
What's the matter with him Z" asked the re-
dunno. / don't know muffin bout him,
The reporter passed along and entered a
small room about eight by twelve feet. There
. we're rags in This corner AZ end that. Nearest the
and from q little two-foot window hung
DIRTY YELLOW CURTAIN,
D signal Of the dread disease that had planted
\ his lines within the premises. At the end of
. Hoor can be called pallet was stretched a
ssttIalWart-looking mon. down With the foyer
naees of the negro cooks added their heat TO
that u The burning nun, and the he temperature
oaaa and espE Upon t. Tbe
germeated the wood, aud at the ,iinterstices Of
en he sn ?s soeao e 5ne S11s5 SS 9q gaH
3 wee drap Of bafe tea, .as the dochter said aud
fale ahure he'll bay all right soon." The wife
!. had evidently n,,u,, ~ -,,.n ,-on,,
thatie, not a hunters horn, and was rather
yIa n be Phsss bass @ Rn ons es " tbs
y irembled at each footstep of the reporter The
Ilsbltatlenp vas Of other years. The aantiane
Il and shutters had @ curious way of never NOV |
ll "a thGir i hinge re- II, In the atte room re- q with
gare rested ps pon e9n low low M,5n Se man
pf apparently 40 years. The fluah Of the fever |
oyerspread his face, and the wild rolling OF his
avatold that the ineidious disease had taken
it's hold. A small bowl of water stood at the
aaa 9f the hedt and nd yell sausseMzed e M y, lemon
and asked for something to get medicine with.
THE Howards soon afforded that. Ihe room
WIS
LIKE AN OVEN.
and even q well man could hardly stand the
lleat for forty eight hours there.
The cold and noncbalant manner of the ne
faetly cAllous to the calls Of humanity and cared
little whether either of the sick men there got
well Or not No one who has not visited such
places can have any conception of the poverty,
the nth and the hard battle there going on to
gles against hunger under the most mos tt adverse
circumstances. Huddled together, a family to
& d room. these poor workers nave daily battle
misery
The reporter then continued his walk till he
came TO that row Of tenements at the corner of
st.Tosenh and Tcboupitoulas streets. which in
1868 furnished so much aliment to the consum
hs oe onS Sns@9 eTeE vs to e of
these tenements, Nos, 80, 81 aud 86. Through u
narrow alley; which had been covered over with
lime the day before, he penetrated, almost crop,
Y ing. by means OF a staircase, which the rays OF
the sun
s5,st i, "a Isl, ha ot h,,n
! child. whose satfron tint Indicated that he was
e sWer = to f the question, Anybody sick here =
she ushered the reporter into q room where a
young woman lay prostrate With the fever on
ing was another woman afflicted also with the
s.sare my two, daughters: thY baby here show.
ing the child she carried IN her arms. 'is my
g hs t. he 9ae
sick With tho eSer sst next Alter naar
Ing into the necessities Of che inmates, 50 as 10
b. able to report to theEHoward Association, the
reporter withdrew and visited No. g. There he
found the father Of the sick family up stairs,
y Tying restless on he'd, with
NURSE or THE nowARDs NEAR HIM.
ga No. sc there were few patients, among
whom 4 young woman in the incpiency OF the
aisease. Upon comirg out into the street;
fTaely even as il ho had lust Issued from an
oven. The houses on that block seem to have
&eea constructed Tor the very purpose OF Keep.
ang out the exterior air and making a focus OF
all the infectious emanattons that must neces-
sarily arise from the ain ks and the garbage and
81 offai in the narrow yards aud the dmfnutlVe
d saIeyways. The houses ara SO close. to each
other that the suns rays have no chance Of
penetrating there, and heal hy ventilation
rs AN IMpossIBILITY.
4 1T is astonishing that people can dwell there in
good health at any season of the year.
AT the corner of the street stood red-eyed
Milesan maiden. wheo with smiles. greeted ta tn the
Z TpnOrer blanQly, Shuro. uocthur,' SAID SDe,
\ mistaking the reporter for one of the faculty,
'shure, docthur forninst there yell find one Of
4 the splendidest breweries In the country. Ye
looks like We wanted something. and go over and
GET DHRoP."
On being informed that the individual ad
dressed never took beer. she went on. Now,