The evening world., 1892-02-12
1wenty-one More Victims Of
the Epidemic Diseov-
cred To-Day.
All Found Among the Immigrants
Landed from the Steam
ship MassiIlia.
The Infection Thus Far Confined
to the East Side and to
Ellis Island.

+ Scvcnty-six persons suffering with typhlls
fever have to-day been removed by the Health
Board from tehementS IN Division, Essex,
Monroe, Norfolk, East Twelfth, orchard aud
iielanccy streets and from Ellis Island to
North Brothers Island. CnicCrS Of tho De-
partmcnt are hard ut work to-day searching
for other cases, and II islcnrcd that the
number OF infected persons may be Increased
to 100 and possibly more.
SIX cases We're this forenoon discovered
among the detained immigrants at Ellis Isl
and. They were among the twenty detained
from the quota OF the Italian steamship Mas
! si!lia. They Were taken to the Reception
| Hospital.
Great excitement ensucd at the Immigrant
station, where ABOUT ore thousand i,nmi-
grants were congrcgatcd. and many OF whom
were exposed to the infection.
At l.l5 O'Clock this afternoon Il was an
| nounced that three more cases had been dis
covered al 30 Norfolk street and the patients
removed to the Reception Hospital.
The disease was brought to the city BY the
stccragc passengers on the steamship Mas
s!llia, OF the Fabre line, FROM MaTscllics.
Naples and Gibraltar which arrived ia this
port Jan. 80. There Were IL. people IN the
stceragc, Of whom nJS were Russian refugees
and about two hundred Italians The rc-
mainder Of the immigrants came from nearly
all European countries.
ON the ships arrival 1t was found that the
disease had broken out after leaving GiDral-
tar, four passengers having died at sen.
Eleven were still Ill on arrival here, and were
all sent TO Ellis Island, ono OF tho slci; ones
Being woman who had but few days pre-.
viorsly given birth to a child.
Under the auspices OF the United Hebrew
Charities, 1T is stated, the immigrants were
landed ana portioncd out among tenements
III the streets named above. The house AZ
East Twelfth street was rented by the officers
OF the United Hebrew Charities and large
number OF the immigrants were quartercd
there
Dr. Leo Damn, OF 80 Rivington street, was
employed by the Charities 90 care for the sick
ones. lie found many symptoms OF typhoid
among his patients, ana last Wednesday night
decided to send some OF them To the hospital.
The cases were reported to the police, who
In turn notified the Bureau OF Contagious
Diseases.
FOUND TO BE TYPiIrs.
Health inspectors visited the premises, and
yesterday, when their report was made to DR..
Edison, lie Immediately pronounced the Illness
OF the people 10 be typhus.
With great vigor, DR.. Edsons Bureau pro-
cceded TO the work OF caring for those already
III. and To prevent tho spread OF the dread
injection.
The officers had discovered nfty- seven cases
last night, all among the passengers by the
Massilia, and ten more were added THIS fore
noon.
All the persons found i'll with typhus yes
tcrday were taken at once TO the Reception
Hospital. and during tine night and to-day.
with the ten additional patients, were re-
moved 30 North Brothers Island.
ON the island the sick people will bo cared
for In tents, It being Dr. Edsons belief that
they can lie treated much better In tents than
In wards OF the hospital.
Twenty-Five new wall tents have been pro-
vided to-day. each furnished with Il floor and
stove, and cots for four persons.
the force OF physicians and nurses on the
island Is to he Increased to sufficient num-
Der 10 caro- FOR all The patients, and the
Health Board has arranged 60 Increase The
numbers OF inspectors In this city, who VIII
continue the search Tor cases OF Infection.
New ambulancCs have been OBlaiucd, also, for
This service.
Policemen are stationed to-day al the door
OF cacn house whore cases OF typhus have
been found, and no person Is allowed 10 so In
or out, cNccp; that Cne member ul each lam
ily Is allowed to come out, under certain re-
strictions, once day to procure provisions.
TO rRBNENr ITS srREAp.
Extraordinary means for the sup
preston Of the epidemic are cN-
pccted to he authorized at
special meeting OF the Health hoard
Ia bo called to-day by President Wilson, and
II Is probable that the injected houses viii be
placed under rigid quarantine until danger
Is past.
The houses whence the patients have been
taken will be iumlgatcd every day.
ro-day's new cases were found at D Essex
Strcot, ~ Monroe street, and 1876 Division
street. Twenty-Five cases were removed from
> Essex street last night
The new case was taken from there to-day
Al 81 Monroe street, whore siN We're taken
away last nigat, three new cases were dis
covered.
Al ld6 Division street the inspeo tors found
four new cases. Seven we're removed froin
there last night.
('ntil additional quarters can be provided
no cases OF measles viii bc received ON tho
Island, except whore the patients arc taken
Sick In hotels, Hats or other hospitals.
fnortS are being maio Dy employ
ecs ot the Health Department 10 To-
cate all the persons who came
over IN the MassilIia and who came In con-
tact with the stceragc paSscngcrS,
II their whereabouts can be ascertained
they viii he quarantIHcd.
Thousands OF persons have been exposed to