Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-09
A PLAGUE NEXT.
continued from FYrst Raae.

thirdly. the tension to which all minds
have been subjected has at last given way,
and many Of those who have for days been
literally living on their nerves, have
succumbed and taken to their beds;
fourthly, the food which all are compelled
to eat is Of itself enough to kill the deli
cately constituted, and lastly,
The Hourly Increasing Stencil
which emanates from the mass OF debris
made up of all sorts of polluted matter lying
about in the rivers and lowlands has per-
meated tbe land for miles around and made
the very air oyerpowering and almost un-
bearabIe.
With such state of affairs, who can tell
what ills may come?
Another subject that is giving much con-
cern to the sanitarians is the way the dead
were buried. Scores Of the unknown were
laid to rest together in unmarked graves,
and in one trench 100 bodies were
Piled One Upon she Other
That many of these are very near the
surface OF the earth is known, and what the
scientists most fear is that the disease
breeding germs Of the dead and deeaYed
bodies may make their way to the air and
cause a general pestilencs, beside which
the rayages of the food, horrible as they
were, would pale into insignifcance.
In an interview with oneof the authorities
of the State Board of Health, to-day, the
gentleman said that whereas the most press
ing needs ofthe week just closed were for
undertakers and cofins, he feared that the
most pressing needs OF the week just being
ushered in would be for physicians and
nurses.
Every Possible PrecauIion Taken.
"Every possible precaution," said the
doctor, 'to prevent the spread of disease is
being taken, yet m alignant diphtheria and
typhoid pneumoni ia have broken OUT in
number of different sections of the valley,
showing that sicknes is bound to come, and
that it cannot be confined to any particular
locality. Disin fectants, Of course, are be-
ing distributed with all possible haste, but
the territory is 50 great and the force at
work SO far has been SO small that
until IuIs evening Dub comparatively
little had been accomplished. Now
however, we have succeeded in getting
chloride of lime and other disinfeetants
throughout the entire district, and things
are in as good shape as could be expected.
No Efforts to be Spared.
"Innumerable closets for the workmen and
others-a dire necessity by the way-haye
been built, and others are still being con
structed. In fact, nothing is or will be
spared to make the place as pure as possible
from a sanitary standpoint.
DIR. P. L. Sebbet, also of the State Board,
stated to the writer that committee is now
engaged in making q canvass from house to
house seeking for the sick and removing
them to the hospitals. He says there is
great danger in overcrowding houses, and
that he favors the scheme to get as many
folks out OF town until the city has been in
measure rebuilt, as possible, as 1t Will
Reduce the Chances of an Epidemic
greatly. There is nothing so dangerous, he
says, as huddling lot of half sick and half
starved people together in such houses as
hundreds have been compelled To seek
shelter in during the past few days.
CONNELLY