New-York tribune., 1885-01-09
sppTAD OF TYPHUS FEVER.
.,,sp,croSs AS TO PREVIOUS DEATHS.

.vs IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF LIE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT MAY HAVE
n,srAsE TO NEw-Yokk' e.. n;,;s
Ct;sf INSPECTOR Taylor OF the rour'n 'ai'"S
";s arot6er visit to the rectory OF St Mchaeis
sn' P',1 ...ordav. and had talk with Father Don
Cnui0A nr 7 + Gray regarding the death OF Father
nen! ON Sunday He unable to make thein
NO, ,he priests death could have been causeu
pene', g s.ror While he was inclined to douot 'ne
W ot the diagnosis in the priests case, n0
s;a not feel justified in ignoring the POSITIVE
sa'. -.,;ors of Dr. Gray and Dr. Mcbride tna' 'heAi
aoa from remittent fever Accordingly he ou
Pa".n on the ft,mgaton of the rooms ana peuu'ns
NOV '"'9 but he advised the priests to take such
possibility that the outbreak oil the 'eVer
inc rh;rtv. .second-st. is connected in some way
m "e,s ,aa,S oftvo men from alleged typhoid fever
"'n 20 u,a,;doe-st. Dr. r. NJ. Wyckoh, OF the
Health Department, wrote to Deputy Regis
wos,s ON December g. stating that there hao oeeh
aonhted cases of typhus fever in Fatbush' ana 'ha'
60 cases of sickness in this city were suspicious De-
of family relationships. Two days latcr ne seue M
20 Tr Nage the following repor. U! ~
r.aIth officer of Flatbush: - r,, .,o
nd week in July The family consisted OF himself,
;s and six children They remained few day' WIN
w.,Sar wne "a Mrs Thomas French. who lived In the
man,v M fonrth Ward, old Glove Road near eng
ppsmIsStary' Subsequently Henry French removed
e,h b;s family to Atlanlic-ave near Brookyh,aVe'
VIZ WIZ The entire family sick. All recovered en
W., Henry French. who died the second "coh ih
September Another married da"snter os hosi Visited
sho ,ck family in Atlantc-ave, but who resided al NO.
na Eidr;dcest New-YOrk were taken SICK at inc same
time Trayer died, but his wife recovered S9Trus Trs
ume umerd Thomas French who lived on the Glove
pa 1oi rss taken sick and died on November .! soon
h;s hoau uiamcbtern.law, Mrs Thomas French, Jr WHO
lived on the Glove Road near East New norh os IS ;I
.hsn s;ck and subsequently her daughter was III.
These two last cases have been reported 10 me ~
typhus fever. and have reason to beieVe 'n"' ''o
a'ag% Egawsrd Trayer died at No. 76 Eldridge,st on
October IL He and his wife were attended by Dr. =,
r Icbeson of No 220 East Seventeentn-st, VINO
certified that iTaysr a,sa ana arreed With Dr.
Afterward Trayer's brother John was attacked Wiln
smiar illness. and died on December q, III the same
az Ea,lIc Of No 334 Broome st., who attended him.
wrote certificate that Trayer died from typhoid ieNer
DR. TAYLOR was not disposed to admit yes'e,dS ,n'
the rver brothers could have died from typhns ieVer
Lnt he said he would change his mind II any connection
could be traced between the Trayers and tne
of the tenement house in West Ibirty-secoho-st;
position of Dr. Taylor and OF the PHYSICIANS VIII oon
tended the Trayer brothers opposition 10 the Drook
lyn authorities is exactly like that OF r Gray IN sn
case of Father Fitzpatrick Ihs WIDOW oi .a;d 1ns
trrday that she had friends in West ST.
and knew some of the priests in st. Mchaes Chnrcn.
Becoming suspicious OF the inquiries Put ny inD-
UyE reporter she would say nothing further:
No information of persons being attacked with ypnus
fever in the city Yesterday received at the SANITARY
Bnrean up % the time when the Bureau was closed Tor
the night Much chagtin felt on account OF the
escape of Carmna Saveressa. typhus fever pauehI'
from No 353 West Forfeit ST., early IN the morning
DIR Taylor was informed late on Wednesday that the
woman who is the wife of Italian fruit vender was
sick at the house in Fortieth-st., and that she
had lived recently at No. 81 West Thirty
seoond-st He gave directions tohave her
removed 10 the Riverside Hospital Yesterday
but she could not be found. 1t believed that she Is
hidden in some tenement house which may become q
new centre for the plague. No deaths were reported
among fifteen yphi fover patients in the Riverside
Hospital
A PROBABLE CASE IN BROoRLYN.
Itwas sscerained yesterday that the death OF Ntcho-
las Brown of No Ia Skiman-ave., Brooklyn, on Mon
day, was probably due to typbus fever although his
physician, Dr. Murphy of No 257 Lorimer-st gave
The cause Of death Brghts disease Of the kidneys
Brown was a brother of Mrs. Mcnamara, who died OF
tvpbus fever in West Thirty seconds ST. last week ana
Trovn was ia her room before and after her death
When DIR Murphy learned this. he secured PERMISSION
from Health Commissioner Raymond to amend the
death certificate Two families Eve in the house which
Brown occupied and the building has been thoroughly
fumigated to prevent spread OF the disease