The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-09
NO. OCCASION FOR A TypnUs SCARE
London and Berlin Have Every Day What
We Arc Fighting to Get RIA or Now.

We Arc Fighting to Get HSd III NOW.
Two patients at North Brother Island died OF
typhus yesterday. Rebeccn Katz. one OF them,
went TO the island two weeks ago from AZ Fast
Twelfth street with her two children. who
were suffering from tho disease. Tho second
death was that OF Joseph ZeiGler. who was
found suffering from tho disease In his fancy
goods store at 1888 Rivington street on Feb. 30.
Hamilton. the reporter who contracted the dis
enso at AZ East Twelfth street. is reported to
DO very low and likely to die.
Tho cases OF the Devins OF 301 West 143d
street turn out to have been scarlet fever. not
typhus They are traceable to another case OF
scarlet fever in tho house, Two OF tho four
children are now dead. and n third is sick.
Tho new cases OF typhus yesterday were
Batuch Itelson. 13 years old. OF AZ East
Twelfth street: Sarah Koslussky. 20 years old.
OF 1O4 Allen street. and Policeman Il. II. OCon-
nor OF the sanitary squad. 1telson was pas
sengcr on the Masslia. The second case arose
in an unsuspectcd quarter. and the young
woman has been sick In the house week.
The house is fvc-story tenement Probably
In tho week 100 persons came in close enough
contact with her to BIO endangered. All the
persons known to have been In any danger
were anarantined Yesterday, ,..
with the iisoaso on, Monday ocona:
p TS live. at m ro o% aaa Street. ms %ss
appointed to tho force in, 1856 and was de-
,ailsd to the Mercer stree. squad Last ye q
East Twelfth street has been n quarantine
station 10 has been on duty there as a watch-
60 into tho house and into tho rooms OF the
patients. Yesterday. morning ho reported
to ns Mn 3 hS r n a ss AND Vas Wsnt
hours s ph %s H Me Wh" % Visited him
fItts A1,.,A l,.x. r..tv., MALL
ieve!oped e cnse Of the fever. lie was taken to
the heception Hospital, and the boarding s,a linz;
SoarGer w"s in ho oSs They win al S
,Tsroline Melee Of tho :s;ix.story tenement at
ast sS:nins By ~ iIsHllh icsrd; TINS Waf ~,
w sn nt tbs ornnr '0'y
case Of Tho f@vsr ' was i here since
cases. and there have been eleven deaths
ierent houses and probably hl n Per
was danger Of the fever becoming epidemic.
DO S Mt think sa ns5s Is an 9aa ss
They have that many eases every day in Lon.
of 1t. We have the disease we'll in
hand here. but 1t. is a difficult thing to-
stump It out. do think that 1t is here to stay
u long while-porhaps u year. perhaps longer.
in Russia to-day makes it certain that we shall
have more or less Of It. and more certain that
cities in Europe will be afflicted probably
great deal moro than ours. We can stamp out
the disease entirely here in but ono way. and
that Is by stopping immigration fora time.
Emigrants from infected districts are found to
bring it with them. and tho most careful srru
tiny at Quarantine will not keep it out. 1t might
be possible to detain immigrants a sufficient
period to let the disease develop II they have
the germs of II. but do not think the plan is
practicable. We can simply employ tho best
means Of checking the disease known to mel
zeal science whenever it breaks out. and II .we
do that. as we arc doing it now. do not think
there is any danger whatever Of an epidemic.
or Of its getting in any way beyond our con-
troll"
II typhus does remain here year. one thing
that will happen will be that the newspapers
which are printing scare stories about it
will grow weary of the subject and will lenve
the healt inspectors to fight 1t without ndd-
ing to their burdens by harsh and hasty crti-
cism.
At meeting Of tho Health Board Yesterday
afternoon n resolution was adopted ask ing the
Police Commissioners to give the policemen OF
the sanitary squad full pay for the time they
lose through sickness contracted in the dis
charge OF their duty.