The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-19
VICTIHS OF TYPHUS.
Eleven More Cases Discovered in
New York.
TAKING EXTREME PRECAUTIONS
No Newly Arrived Immigrants Per-
mitted TO Depart Without Thor
ough Examination and Fumiga-
tion-The Disease Discovered in
Chicago.

ough Examination ana t'umlSa-
tion-The Disease Discovered in
Chicago.
New YORK, Feb. 16.-Late yesterday
afternoon eleven new cases of typhus
fever were discovered in the lodging
house conducted by the United Hebrew
charities at AZ East Twelfth street. The
invalids were removed to North Broth
ers Island.
Most of the patients at the hospital on
North Brothers Island are reported as
doing well. One of the women gave
birth to a child Sunday. 1t died within
five minutes after its birth. The mother
will probably die.
The health authorities of this port
have become doubly diligent since the
discovery that contagious disease was
being imported here ON European steam
ships and every precaution is now being
taken by them.
The Inman line steamer City of Ber-
lin from Liverpool, among the Storage
passengers of which case Of supposed
typhus fever was discovered when that
vessel was boarded by the health author
tiles, was detained at quarantine for
twenty-four hours, when she was
allowed to proceed to her pier. During
thesperiod Of her detention the ship was
thoroughly disinfected and fumigated.
The Russian Hebrews among her pas
sengers were put on the immigrant
transfer steamer William Fletcher, at
quarantine, and were taken to Hoffman
Island, where they will be detained until
all traces Of any physical ailment now in
them has entirely disappeared.
The jewess Deria Limenkos, whom
DIR. Caregule, of the City of Berlin.
found i'll when the steamship was forty
eight hours out from Queenstown, and
who Dr. Jenkins believed to have typhus
fever, is still at Hoffman Island, but so
far as could be learned today she has
grown neither better nor worse, and DIR.
Jenkins is not prepared to assert that
the woman's malady is typhus fever
She will not be transferred to North
Brothers Island until it is settled
definitely that that is her ailment. The
rest of the City of Berlin's passengers
who were sent to Hoffman Island are
held only for observation, and will be
released when they have been disin-
fected.
Accept No Russian Immigrants.
In view of the spread of the typhus
fever, and the consequent expense to the
steamship companies because of de-
tanned immigrants, proposition has
been made to limit the carrying of i'm
grants from Russia. The North Ger
man Lloyd has given instructions to it's
agents to accept no immigrants from
Russia Other lines will take care as to
what class of people they bring over,
and it is probable that other lines may
adopt the plan of the North German
Lloyd.
The central Russian refugee commit
tee of this city has notified the board of
health that all expenses, at whatever
cost, attending the care of the sick jew
lsh emigrants recently landed in this
port will be cheerfully paid by them,
and in addition the committee is doing
all that lies in its power to mitigate in
every way the condition of these poor
sufferers, and effectually to prevent all
spread of the disease.