New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-17

vit;atod by bad air, improper food ana uhlaNoI""'0
sanitary conditions d. not consider typhus ic'e'
i. 6ltb disease. Ii is communicated by coulaeio.
mud the extent of its spread and its severity
tn large extent upon the physical co11, iert ba
the peoplc among whom 1t IS lntroduStu ~ ;f Tho
Same conditions there would DE tp,.urs Gi,L;s Of
strncts we're clean; Init rs have sald thSu AZ
preseut an unfavoTahle clement IN hlc uto one on,
What have called ceiSG ;pactly Inv deraying GER
haze and other forms of NTH thnN ma l,,I L,,
fyphoid fever properly speaking Is li"i 49, 20
had sanitary Surroundings aith0ugD az 20
s.n,bl;re il may he So caused. From lS4o 20 =
there was nm epidemic Of typhus feNer III .' ost
and was in the thick oil II; , ~ Sr5nine in
Ireland and shp-Oads of immigrants cs,l.h o h,i
weakened by lack OF food ana rednceu UH ~ miro
air on shpb0ard. In tins way TIE lsNtl vtinn, or
ducrd IL being nearly the same as s'''i Jaw"
The streets then were clean. Each honsenI1' ,c
swept omehaf the street bciEae ms ~ This think
Stba only way 10 meet the diicnlty' Dy sWe'Iiing
the streets through individual entcrpil,S anu
c",,s nroyided hy the city to carry an me iS, S
carr r ~. THE swccpings ought To he sold Tor
mnnrrr The ashes used to I'LL in ground ami Inc gar
bagc nj gh hc dumped out at sea. =. ~ criacr;c Of
{" Do Won think there is danger OF an epu'"''N "
typhus fever 7" asked the reporter. :, ..,.ooo,so
w do" replied Dr. Clark. p9sltlvtex ~, en-,
the disease is increasing u ms ' Sc ,h moor which.
Ia noiJ weather. are kept tightly closed WIN
wsrmrr weather and the free adinssioh ~ az
hi hyxil
% IL j. to be hoped that the disease VIII ahate,
While il has been confined among me p"".,'"t,
CLASSES yet doctors who are 9r"ng' II, r" degree
VII 'Y rot surprised To- hear that one of the nuIs
of the typhus patients ON Blackwells ls'ahu HIS
been taken down with the disease
WHAT DIR. BARKER THINKS.
H. rordvce Barker said =" don't think typhhS
fever is created or generated by the hl'hS
he,eve that this disease originates from spe'i'
o;.,p that affects the system But filthy streets ana
a vitiatel atmosphere affect the general system
a. In ,,oke il susceptible To the influence "I lhlS
no;.on when under other conditions 1t would n"'
hc ,pJ also make the disease assume a more n'iH.
nnnt T. De than il would II the suhJ1ctS "TIc ~
i'm and breathing healthiui atn'Sl.tSlr Ia oiId
words ,,,nple take the disease VINO o'hcrNl>c N"!i
uot al hr proportion of mortality is greatly III
eO. s'i / strongly believe there Is danger
Of ofoon an SPd'Tiiss rapid raj %crca.t which
shows that the syst ms of large p3ri oi HF Pup
jation are in favorable state for the Ic,tP'i"m VI
the poison II the streets were thoro1ShIA vr'r,,
Jthiuk thprc would De- decrease IN Inc huIl"' !"
cosas In lS4S this disease ragged IN lrrl2"u' ara
went over to study IT, Lack ., LOU ,i ~, ,5
ra7,se., do not think typlus fever originates rom
dccaviac animal or vegetable matter hHt nv "l'r
ION * that il NAV be uasIa' ic-coniaGlo'o iS
~ -. nf which arr Developed outside oi III.
bod Ln, When taken into the body are able to pro
GUoc the disease
DIR. wIIL>rp rArTrRS Vfvs.
81 10 not consider. Saiu III NlIl'I' "' ~
"ta. t,phus fever in this city Is due to TIE u' '
streets: hut their fliLiucSs Is dangerous 'l' '
which undoubtedly aid, the spread ana increases 'h
mortality of the disease Iyphu' lever seems It
conn. fron animal cxhalatious from III bodies o
ncrso1 IN a NOR or lc- reduced condition. n" ar
rrcyyd.d together i'm a i"ul atmosphere.
Tho opinion Of DR.. Alfred L. inohH was a> iT -
lo',, II thiuk there j. connection between ~.
fItLy ,trc.ts aud tn large number Of o4~> %l ~
pinS fever. Bat would not say that tNpH"S l. vri
Ia, nit
If uc streets | W0aid put II I'M iilN way INA
their hlthy condition assists MATERIAL. III Tie dc'cI
opInent OF the disease. ,
nnt;yclr i'm r. gard To the injurious c.ectS oi Sll'r
a;rt nlr,li the eyes of which am sure. A. regards
tvphus fever belevc what l1r Looms mas S.!l u
H. tr,,e that there have been several ePlc"lnI,
nrecr.lri Inv typhus fever, and that tvphuN fever u
One of Tie expressions of flth-ladcn community