New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
STRICT PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.

Attending physicians reported the deaths as slis
ricious or as due TO cholera" and in each case
rho Health Board caused careful precautions 70
bc observed I'm each hopsc a physician was kept
on duty day and night one doctor relieving an
other Mt regular intervals. Every piece Of bed
ding or clothing that had been in contact with the
person who died was burned. The rooms were
washed with strong diSnfectants, and the houses
were fumlgatcd. The doctors on guard have kept
watch of the inmates of the houses. FROM the
first the precautions were as thorough as II the
Health Board knew that the deaths had been
caused by true cholera The bodies OF the VIC
tins were removed from the houses with care. dis
infected after the autopsies were performer ana
placed in sealed metal collins for burial
There was twofod purpose in thos" precan-
tions II was desired TO prevent any possible
chance of IA spread Of contagion if the cases
turned out to be cholera, and the w'rk was ii
good training for the inspectors and members
of the Disnfccting Corps. So elective was the
work that when the eases were pronounced TO
have been Asiatic cholera no secondary cases
had onpcarcd i'm any of the houses which had
bccn infected and the members Of the Health
Ronrd were confident that there would be no
endemic of cholera in the city IL was declared
than while a few sporadic cases of L." % - -
micht be found In the city, the resources o.. 49,
Health Department were sufficient TO prevent
y spread of contagion, and that there was no
cause for public apprehension.
The delay in announcing the presence OF cholera
in the city, it was said, was due solely to the
lack of proof that the deaths had been caused
by that disease. Ii was announced that the pup
lie would he kept informed Of any other genuine
cases of cholera in the city
HOW THE DISEASE WAS DISCOVERED.
In the case of McAvoy, the first Of the cholera
victims, the Health Board made a public denial,
on Thursday last that his death had been caused
BY the dreaded disease. McAvoy had boarded
for three years with Mrs. Mccarthy IN the house
No. $40 Tenth-avc, anil had been incorporate
in the use Of linnor. lie went to his work AZ
usual on the morning of September 6, but returned
to his room at 10 30 a. m. and complained OF
cramps Vomiting and diarrhoea followed, and ms
condition became worse rapidly DR.. Robert
Dcshon, of No. 3jl West Fifty-siXth-st, was
called TO the house lie found McAvOy in state
of collapse. The eyes Of the patient had sunken
appcarance his respiration was slow, and his pulse
YVES feeble. DR.. Deshon diagnosed the case as
Asiatc cholera, and treated it accordingly. no
also called in consultation DR.. H. Eobinson, OF
No 402 West NItycighth-st., who confirmed the
diagnosis Information OF the case was sent TO
the Bureau OF Contagious Diseases at No. 300
Mulberry and Inspector Blauvelt was directed
10 make an investigation. McAvoy died at III
n m Dr. Bauvelt arrived at the house soon
after, examined McAvoy's body, made inquiries
rcnarding the mans habits and movements prevl-
GUS TO his illness, and reported that McAvoy
probably had died from cholera norbus
On the following day DR.. Deshon sent to the
Bureau Of Vital Statistics certidnat~ that Nc.