The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-07
: DANGER OF DISEASE DENIED.
The Flood Acted as a scevenger In All
Places of Filth.

EldCoS OF FllBus
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June GA special
dispatch to the Medical NelOs of this city
from staff correspondent at Johnstown,
Pa, to-day, says: Notwithstanding the
fact that many of the reporters of the daily
papers have sent messages from here indi-
eating that diseases, the result of exposure,
are exceedingly common, the fact is that in
three OF the largest hospitals very few cases
OF any kind exist. and in over 80 per cent.
of these the individuals are suffering from
injuries occurring during and after the
food.
But FEW CASES OF PNEUMONIA.
Cases of pneumonia are very few, and the
report that measles is to large extent epi-
demic is entirely false. Too much care can
not be exercised in the selection and dis
pensing of much of the second hand cloth.
ing which is sent forward in relief trains by
charitable persons. From some clothing
which we saw distributed we feel sure that
lack OF such care may readily result in the
production OF large amount of contagious
disease. The danger of malarial poisoning
Is, we believe, not present, simply because
conditions favorable to the production of
such miasmas are absent
THE FLOOD AS A PURIFIER
.rhe water, sweeping through the
valley with enormous force, has carried
in the soft mud of the river
banks to the distant and lowly
bottom lands, and has covered the entire
site of Johnstown with layer of pure
sand and gravel varying in depth from a
few inches to foot. As a consequence of
this, all cesspools have not only been thor
oughly washed out, but after ward filled
with sand. Every particle Of dirt and city
filth has been washed away, and it would
be hard to find, hygienically speaking, a
more cleanly spot than the main portions
OF what was once Johnstown.n
The danger will be the accumulation of
new filth, owing to the large number of
strangers living in tents and the outdoor
life of the survivors
DANGER OF INSANITY.
"The mental condition of almost every
former resident of Johnstown is one of the
gravest character, and the reaction which
will set in when the reality ofkthe whole af-
fair is fully comprehended, can scarcely
fail to produce many cases of permanent or
faces one meets, both male and female.
are those of most profound meancholia
associated with an almost absolute disre-
gard of the future. The nervous system
shows the strain it has borne by tremulous-
ness Of hand and of lip in men as well as
women This nervous state Is further evil
denced by peculiar intonation of words,
persons speaking mechanically, while the
voices of many rough-looking men are
changed into such tremulous notes of SO
high pitch as to make one imagine
that child, on voyage of
tars, is speaking Crying is so rare
that your correspondent saw not a tear on
any face in Johnstown, but the women That
are left are haggard, with pinched features
and heavy dark lines under their eyes. In
deed, the evidence Of systemic distur bance
is so marked in almost every individual who
was present at the time of the catastrophe
t at it is possible With the eye alone to sepa-
rate the residents from those outsde.n