The evening world., 1890-07-01
months. old child nesting oOntentedlv,

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in Double and Single rows"
Along thu, ugh Baxter street DR.. J.J.
Leppa was assigned. He had n Lively part
Of the Five Points. DR.. Leppa under
stands Italian thoroughly, aud he found
a fertile fed for his linguistic attachments
in his district.
One Of the frat and really most deserv.
ing ca es DIR. Leppa came across was that
Of Antonio Copsstino's wife and children
at SO Baxter street.
Copastino in awaiting sentence In the
Tomts on n conviction Of manslaughter
for killing Charles Simmons at ~ Baxter
street.
Mrs Copastino il suffering the direst
poverty. Her oldest child is -four years
and the youngest ouly eight months.
She told u woful tale TO DR.. Ieppa
and franticAlly proclaimed her husbands
innocence. She charged One Alexander
AbbiSinno. who las recently left the
county. with the crime. and brought
several ~neighbofs TO bear her out. The
poor woman was nearly crazed with grief,
rs she had been told that her husband
would be sentenced today.
All three of her children were suffering
with measles. ami DIR. Leppa left pre-.
scrlptiuns aud medicine.
He also attended au infant suffering
with measles at No. 40 Baxter street.
Dr.. Hallwood had Eldridee. Hester and
Division streets to cover. Us well Ms "A pOr-
tiun of Forsyth and Chry site streets.
AT 81 Forsyth street | happened in
Just after n wuman's confinelI "lt,h the
doctor said. As | was mounting the
stairs a y%oungster came %tumbllng down
between my legs III the dark. nearly
knocking me over. He must have landed
all right, for | heard n "scainperIng on the
next landing aud knew that the child
was running for dear lite.
When | reached the top Of the stairs
-
told me quickly what had happened, and
| was Just i'll the nick Of lime The
mother had been suddenly taken i'll.
The %youngster who bad darted or
tumbled between my legs ON the stairs
had been sont for a doctor. He didn't
come back while was in the house.
when we olme to look for the in
fant's clothes there were none to be
found. They had been poked away in the
most unheard Of places.
"Wo managed to get something md
then we needed pins. There wasn't one
in the house. At this point the mothers
husband entered. q big numbering good
natured man.
HE scratched his head energeticallv
and looked puzzled. / packed him of to
get "a paper Of pins and sat down calmly
Ms | could 10 await his return. He did
not hiring them.
I'VE got tho pins somewhere else and
mother and baby were fixed up comfort
ably nj last.
AT % Chrystie street ! found n child
suffering with cholera infantum and in
the same room was a woman lying drunk.
! sent ont at once for medicine and treated
the infant.
In all | found and treated seven cases
of infants suffering with diarrhua."
The wretched howell known us The
Ship" 242 Cherry street. was included III
DR.. Giilespio's route. He found 1t reek-
ing with filth aud disease.
Cholera iufantum. diarrhTa and bron-
chitls We're the complaints most prevalent
among the youngsters.
Dr. Gillespie found forty-eight families
in the two houses numbered $40 and 2+2
Cherry street. He visited beside these
numbers. l46, US, $50, 2l9, 22l and pa
Cherry street.
He treated seventeen cases of infantile
complaints.
Poverty was here displ yed in its
most abject form. At 242 Cherry street
he saw IA four-months old infant lying
perfectly naked N II dilRpidated CRIB.
Where is its clothing ~ he asked of
the mother.
oh. sure, doctor, it's cooler with 'em
of. " was the reply.
In the same house q sunny-eved gamin
ran after the doctor aud shouted
Say, where's tie girl dat give us de 10
cents fer de ice cieHln last year: Z"
Poor lutte chap. Perhaps he hadn't
tasted "a mouthtul of the trapped delicacy
since Nell Nelson had tossed him a dime
TO gorge himself last Summer. He was
not forgotten.
DR.. Henderson patrolled Allen. Norfolk, !
Rroome streets and a part of Division
street. lie visited l72 families and found
cases Of Summe complaint and
rlrkets.
pr. Martha Herrick visited lO5 families
IN Jefferson street II one end OF Cherry
street. She filled out five Prescriptions.
and 10y her kind and gentle words soothed
the rnuEhness of the unfortunates' path
way of thrice rs manv more.
DR.. Harris found a case that is very de-
Ii was that OF the family of
Timothy sullivan, S02 Cherry street,
Four weeks ago sullivan fell through a
hatchway aud broke IA few of his ribs.
lie was sent to the hospital,
Two weeks later his wife had premature
childbirth. Through the kindness of
.neisEborS proper clothing was supplied
L. the child and IS was collected for Mrs.
OF this amount the poor woman
was forced 20 pay $50 for house rent.
She has siuce been dependent upon the
neigAhOTs for food.
When Or. Herr OK visited her miserable
home all Mrs. SnlllvAn's cupboard con-
famed was q few slices of bread and some
COLI potatoes.
That Was all she had to offer her
Tor supper. aud sue expected
she hoped it would % enough t. Las;
until breakfast to-day.
Where her meals after this were coming
from Mrs sullivan didn't know.
Dr. =. A. AA,on visited AS families
and prescribed for and aided fourteen
patients. All the little ones were at
lacked with Summer complaint.
H,Z Vn4 e.. Law alnnu WASHINGTON efpa.N
AZ No. 10 the doctor found 6 tsu-mont1s'
bid infant very weak from dyseniey.
She was the youngest of a family of
Poles, who had but one room on the top
iOoT.
The room vas absolutely bare of furni-
lure, save a able and a bel. DR.. Mason
az on tie after and wrote his pTescrIp-
The wan mother could not speak
and II was through the kindly
,tiyes Of a neIghboT that the object Of
be physicians cal Was mads known.
The man was delighted and thanked
leT hvne'Artors most deyOutly.
In another house IN Washington street
d.. Mason found q wTink.ed. dscrep.t old
NomAu rocking q twelVe-monihs- old
infant IN a cradle and Grooming il 10
The sntlIus,ed nurse said she was 90
years Ola aud a native Of Cork. Ireland.
There were two other children in the