, 1881-12-29
o,ndition Of New York and
Suburbs in Regard to
SMALLPOX.
rhe Disease Still Under the
Control Of the Health
Officers.
.,I Indications, However, Point to
IN Early Spread Of tho
., 'Contagion.
mathis from Scnrlet-FCycr In
crcasinE ut an Alarming
ly Rapid Esnte.


gha Whole Western and Northwestern
Country Suffering from tho
small-Pox Visitation.
Tin sa,alt-rox scourGc III New York
aud IiH suburbs.
sptt,a Dspalth 10 Tie Chicago Tribune.
svw YultK, ner. ::..s.-Tho Fnct that tho t!rehd
.,n,rup st,i4-pox has uecn tnuyu thu, orl'ihnrl-
!, rIrutrl ,urng tho pruacnt winter has caused
.treIng uf unxIrty generally tltruRh tho city.
xav furk !lsls hcen Ell snEu!arly FREQ from tho
dltsasc inr ycnrs TINT w!iMt sncht tttiticr dicr.
ent circumstances lie reEurIle'l ny Il tnAttcr or
rory lIttls cnieern Ii considered y tho nveH'gs
tn,cp Us amounting 10 MI epidemic. Nhrtt II Is |
rcmctuburcd tint during 1TS) tslosc wern |
nny elxty.scvcn t:nses reported. against |
ixa up 10 Dec. :s If lssl. there
might appcur to bu gronud for alarm:
yet tho Ilonrtl or Health docs tiot regard tho
mu,,or NJ very Rerluus, utlti foels perfectly |
atle 10 successfully cope witt very Hreht liz
rrpao aver tho present proportions Ut tho Ills
easr, Tho Hrcn OF tho tliseuso this ythr Is worry
esucrnl. No better I.fra chu lie formed OF fts
extent than l,y rcnding tho raincs Of
SHEETS W1IEI.t. IT HAS nEES MOST pKEv-
.At.EST.
On TIM Fast Slu there urn Mulberry. le1rltaton,
SECOND, EIni llowory, Pike, Flfy-sccontl, ,fhlrty.
ninth iwhero n wl1fe rnony Of ClEnr-
mukeys wrrs wDrking ut ti0r trasfc with Tho
dscase Forty: Eighth street, and College avenue;
GU tho West Side. Ihirty-ci9hth, ibirty.hlnth,
fifteenth. Nineteenth, Greenwich. Thirteenth,
md tsteeckcr streets. Eight naw casos ~ero dis
covered l,y tho doctors Of tho rActnatlng corps
tolay, making nineteen cAscs since Inst SAtur-
aky. SIX ur those discovered tn,!ny comprised
the cnliEe family at Charles Il. F0rrcsts IL. OK
pre.stuun iivtt,x ut No. sTl ntucckur street. AL
Hsge fount sick With tho disease In Its various
bttKcs. Thu wlpt0 fnMtly wrro tnkeH tn tho
Riverside Hospital. Ailuthor cnsc rclM'rtHd to-
lay WAS that 0f q wnlnnn who 'fns lniisiti
at No. vot East Fourth street, sick with
contlucut small pox. sho was removed TO tim
reception, hospital. The hnllse In which she was
io,,Il contains Ughs families. This h0ttsc. md
Tho ono 1T ;1 ll!eec'sor street. haso bpc', thor
ough.y tltsInfected and fum!gAtcd, and tho Ill
habltants will he kept
uSnf;N yrRtt.r ollSE1vItT1ON
for tho n6xt twl weeks. Tho honrd finds Its
Rrestest foc In tho casos TINT arc ct,;lccucd by
Interested parttcs, physicians md otherwise.
Tic authorities nro n,et with unnecessary ul'-
Eaces on pycry hli,6. THO cIsea 0E cn.lcca-
uent t,y phyaclnns are also humorous anu Nn-
phslug. In 1HSD thoro were slxty-scven cases Of
smallpox reported. III 1881, to Dec. ~. 11ts}l
cases, Fron August. 1877, 10 Marct'. 1917, thVro
was not onc cusp In th8 city. This tact Ii con-
s!irrcl Unprecedented IN tho h!stury Of la'ge
cities. In IS7y theru wcro nuly a few GAsuA
IN bohemian telLrnrnt-h1us and they Werl
easily controlled. III 1851 thcrv wcro o1ly
thEty.0Mp fatal oaAea reported IN THIS CITY.
Thus far there have buon ticuriy ID.
TIE RECORD OF EACH wt!EK
aeri,utnY pruuoas. Where mn. week Inns sht,wn
.a"wn sn Ir' fo% for lnsancs, beEiu,,i,,T ii Tho
week ending Juuc4 nf this yehr, forty,threo
sasss arc iSla ,sH a. yeph i s TIC ss egsff
Alter that month thu rato was ~ follows:
j Wssx ssss s"y y IT, ux Z gsscs i ,s ssss ey !
sssss; Aix. v. y easss; Aa4 $:5 r sa;t;; sspt:
81. ii eSsss: oe': II !: snsst: Nov.5 i
s. ;usss; Sy vs l. Ssss ssy S%sfs + M
bee. II. ii cases: Dcc n, u cs1acs: pen. ~ IL
ca4es. Thurs II good tlea!ot fenr md 1 trap!.l!t-
my 10 tho prevalencc Ut smallpox tn tlo slliagc
Aluut thrt.o or fnur weeks ago tho firat case up
pcarea. ahd now tlirro nrd
NINE wEI1-AuTHEST1CATED CASES,
and br: 1lccxctt, who Reported l. nov ctsa yos,
!So ;!fsadst' dIsease. The iieaitu Dllleo!
.. s!ok: hut pot with tals ab,c,R9 Rlasis II,
tnwn ollcIals 1t ,lrst said tint .tncrc wcrt
a'tron iatnts!es ailltuto'l with the d!sense: hn
Tm.n " Nnw T. o+s "v whcIa i'm viiiMrn nF rMs
M, VIII =! t,oM tnt,, a4 ",i w. tn,, ,n"sstaut n"rt
t!ec,urrs tut oily ,uu c,Iscs Ind eIeen ra,portul
thus fnr, Including thtt rgpHrted ny Dr lieuKett
Ihtsc cases nle fur the caIel part c9fiillic1t q
que tlisr let. anu nre fs1t'iiI nnng follsh lnml
Erants who siRvH lately arrived. :,
Iatr0 wore esEht csAcs OF sMn!!.p3x anu ~
1eatl! ffntm tao tlIaoAR0 rclMrtcn ~ brnuNlyfl
thu lscnth nuthnrlt1eb fur tho past Weok. FA
week pturioub thoro Werc tihe cases nnd y
deaths. .......... --,....-,--..--...
THE SANITARY SUPERINTENDENT
esys t,o docs not antic]pute any general rreva
lut,co OF mo jnnldy th}s wlutor, hut, III tho tur
t,cu 0f ull acieltiU. rOstren a1itl observation
su nrv,rOnceruIsjy in favnr uf yuueIuHttop us
rtryent!yU ,nnasi;rns l,o wouA1 strouxiy utiyu
cate Tint It Go uont,r.y rcspFtc.t tth
fcsnit, tI,,, tfnrts ~ Tim Hnnfh fns,,ector m
&do County Thynichn. rim tltxease Is H1,ruRtllug
hayc. they olMu that 1t ID Impossible 10 check
tasy cAtlilot tnke n Eatsctt TO TUG stnnti.iu i
nHoslhtAt. y II iihpnsslnlt u 4uHrMHtn1 tue ~