New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-27
THE FEVER IN BROOKLYN.

DIR. RAYMOND TYILs HOW FTw CASES THERE ARB
A CITIZEN ASKS A FEW QUESTIONS.
Tho opinions OF residents Of South brooklyn md
Health COMMISSIONS Raymond Giocr A regard L. tho
amount Of typhoid fever in that section 60 rho cts.
The Health Board maintain thai the disease doe, noi
prevail to any unusual degree in any part OF Brooklyn,
and dcnouuce al reports tie contrary eSas-cr.
ated and unfounded. To TuDU reporter 81 10
called NJ hi. Office DR.. Raymond -ad yesterday;
Il am satisfied that there is no unusually ere
visitation OF the fever ,his wear In any part of the city
Many people in the Sixth Ward are uhduy alarmed,
and being in somewi At excited state OF mind ara
Inclined to think that they ,uterng from ISL d
fever when perhaps is other complaint ouur'y.
Only the other day man was reported to have led
from typhoid fever when he really had been taken "a
by intammatOJ rheumatism. Lila Is only one ot sew.
eral similar instances that could menuon There
arc about 300 house, In the sixth Ward, aud az the
outside not fifty have occurred in ali Of them 20
Excuse me- Doctor but e seems TO nc that with
little effort could furnish tho OF twice tbaI
number " DO are suffering from some form OF naSato
disease just now In our nelghborhooG. The speakor
was q well-known New ORR business man who lives
in Pre-identst. lie had entered quietly while DE-.
RAYMOND was talking, and without further introduce
ton continued; We are beginning 20 feel somewnli
desperate down way aud iee oaruc llry 30
lust now My vile Is down with rfmitout-b.logs
fever. member OF my next door ncignpOrs fanny
sick with disease that am informed Is tyl bold
fever and In TACT. ievers OF kind I around
VA. | am not an alarnist, but my wife has already
suffered from typhoid fever in the house ~ which ws
now live. NJ discriminating that IL IL provided win
everything in the way OF sanitary plumbing tAat IS
ordinarily in use. Now rnrG what Is lie cause Of ths
sickness ron say that II is not the We oTiuA
that ihe milk We uso Is all right; that the theory o.
decaying vegetation and patent paycmeD-. Is unitA'
able that there nothing done IN the tearing down
of the old Martins mansion lat Summer 10 cause lS
of any kind aud that the GOVdnus Canal nd "a
sewers are now all right What then Is the cause ld
certainly there must be one -
b - cannot tell you,' said the Commissioner we
have done our best to find one but have thus tar teen
unable t. do sO.'
Well Doctor, may it not be that there is a leak "a
the sewers around us and thar we are being poisoned
by the escaping wager
Tie doctor replied that he did not think that there
were any breaks IN the sewers bur il would be re.
tcabe to search Tor them as leaks could only Re piGl
by digging down Oh the outside and this woud increase
the disease. The caller then asked if all cases IT
mtlatial ana remttent icNe NeIo reported, aud yM
informed that they were not
Yet he said, " both these feyers a,e miasma'iG
and very frequently end In typhoid fever and IA lct
the latter in its early stages often thought 10 b
OF these certainly think Gtort should De spared
10 trace the scOurge 10 ITS source tor it is or ut
life and death"
Charles DENIM. druggist. Of Court 81. ami Firei
place, said yesterday haVo come to the con, ',i51
that there three prime pal tor the outbreak
Here is n list OF twenty nInr names o.; pcrsou. iyus
IL rst place every one OF whom la, been dow ,bis
tall with form OF typhOdUl malaial or rerhttCnt
fever Now, have taken pains 70 ascertain that all
OF them have been away during tie simmer 90 -OEe
country resort Some have beeI d! Niagara FAILS soma
Ia Lake George some in one place sOUe Ia auGtktr
and al have been taken sick within a teN weeks alter
thelr cctdm home. have heard % ic~ cases OF tho
dsealc among those who have remained nj hoaO
during ,he season. ;aiu II rent OF my -,ore thre
closed hole cover 1t Is tightly sealed hat
the wOrSmtn who have been sea- at various times 10
take 10 up wtre unable 20 do Nearly all gac rest
OF the man-hol, around here UIre perforated uds.
Now, this block where liy" there has MT been,
Ia ny knowledge any sickness 1T mi smatl' oAafac-
ter while it has prevailed extensively whore these
covers are open. still think these patent pafemeJ"S
are mi furious no.withstmdwg MI that BIAS o''u al
the contrary We iecl alarmed down hef'' "l'u v IN
that there il reason for K. Five new cases IL 20
out right arot MI here this week"