Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-15

! and TO disinfect and fUmigate tue premises
daily
New YORK, September l4.-The
Board of Health announced this after
noon that from bacteriOOgical eXami-
nation made by Prof. Herman Biggs in
! the bodies of several suspected cholera
! patients, there have been five deaths
/ from Asiatic cholera in the city OF New
I York.
The names Of those who died from
I cholera are:
Chas. McAvoy, who died September
| 6, address not known.
Mrs. Sophia Wigman, who died Sep
TEN Der 10, at 76s Eleventh avenue.
William Wigman, husband Of Sophia
| Wigman, who died at same address on
the following day.
Minnie Levinger, child who died on
September IL, at AL East FOrty-sixth
street.
Charlotta Beck, 3Oyears old, who died
at II yesterday (Tuesday), at 1854 Sec
| end avenue.
All these cases were originally report
| ed TO the health department as sus-
peCted cholera and have been under
| Investigation of physicians connected
with the department. Prof. Herman
BiggS, who is in charge OF the division
/ Of pathology and bacteriOlOgy OF the
/ health department, has been working on
/ bacteriOlOgical examinations Of intes-
/ tinal fluids taken from the bodies OF
| those suspected cases. Prof. Biggs re-
ported 20 the health department this
I g. E, Of hf1 20 ,ir,n
and announced unheSitatingIy that the
/ cases were Asiatic cholera beyond any
dOubs.
VIM. Wigman was 50 years Of age and
/ his wife Sophia was 90 years old. He
/ had been sick for eight days and his
wife had been III for about the same
/ length OF time. She died on Saturday
and he on Sunday. The physicians who
were attending them reported to the
Board that they believed the deaths
were due 10 cholera. BY order OF the
Board of Health the bodies were re-
moved 20 the reception hospital at the
foot of East Sixteenth street where they
were examined by Prof. Bggs.
Charlotte Beck, who lived at 1894
Second avenue, was found sick in her
apartments yesterday morning. She
was attended by DR.. VsndergaltZ, OF 90
Second avenue, who saw her at $3.50
He reported to the Health Board that
in his oDIaion hers was a case Of chOl-
era. She, too, was removed to the re-
ceptiou hospital until her death, which
occurred at 1l:30 same day.
Charles McAvoy was 35 years old aud
a pIasterer. He died AT ST9'Tenth ave-
nue..
Minnie Levinger was one year and
eight months old. She died at All East
Forty-Sixth street, where her parents
lived.
The physicians of the Board of Health
have been unable to find out how the
cholera was contracted in each Of these
cases. So far as they have been able TO
learn, none of the dead persons came In
contact with the cholera germs. Every
precautiOn has been taken TO check the
spread of cholera in these houses. The
bedding OF each OF the patients has
been burned and the houses have been
placed under observation.
New YORK, September 14.-Mayor Grant
had conferences tonight with President
Wilson. of the Health Department, and
President Porter, Of the Department OF
Chauteslaud Corrections.
The facts in relation 10 the cholera cases
had been made public under the advice OF
the Mayor with the idea that it was best
that the public should be kept fully in
formed The unexpected danger is always
the greatest
The Mavor found that the Department
of Charities and Corrections is fully pre-
80 IL, - NtrFl rNfsrN "a n
ADEQUATE for the reception, treatment and
isolation Of the cholera patients, there are
five other places that can 0eheady within
few hours notice for that purpose.
One of the doctors formerly attached 10
the Board of Health, speaking OF tue
nrobabilitv Of the spread of the cholera in
t6is CITY. said tonight: The present in
dications point to an epidemic or cholera
which will require the most stringent
measures on tho part OF the authorizes 10
Drevept from assuming large proportions
s'Tbe fact that the history Of the cases
are so far unknown, makes the danger all
the greater, as the points OF distribution OF
cholera germs may be many. Were these
centres Of infection known measures mlght
be taken 10 destroy the germs and guard
against the further spread OF the scourge
"An epidemic viii not result in such a
mortality as in the past history OF the
plague, when sanitary science was
in crude state. With the
present knowledge Of the laws OF
sanitation and the facilities given to the
health authorities, in conjunction with the
best medical advice in America, the disease
should be speedily gotten under control.
The city is in fairly good sanitary con-
dition. and the Board Of Health is well
equipped in point OF money and men to deal
with the scourge under ordinary circum-
stances.
ssTp the face Of such calamity threaten
ing the city, IL is necessary for the welfare
of the country that all political consider
alton should 0e put aside, The co-opera'
ton of the eminent medical men OF the
CITY should be sought and given
in this emergency all should work To-
gether with q single purpose-tne weitare
of the community
OrARANrrNE. s. l., September 1.-THE
orsatest excitement in the station down
bers tonight was the report OF the nvo
ceses of cholera which had been found IN
New York. Intense surprise was express
"a at the news by the officials, and Dr:
Jenkins EXPRESSED himself as confident that
:, Nod NOT passed quarantine. he said al
baggage was thoroughly olslnIecte9 h9t
only since the cholera had became epidemic
in European ports. but ever since the "
nhns fever. in fact, ever since ne mad oeen
officer Of the pert -,5
Ue said the best authorities IN the Worio
stated that stringent and complete quarsn-
fine could only claim to present seventy