The sun., 1892-02-14
FIVE MORE ILL OF TYpHUS.
R00N FOR NO MORE PATIENTS ON
NORTH BROTHER ISLAND

Ttsts and rortabIe Cottages Enough for n
saussres viii be Up sy weanesaay-sev.
esty.ssur Casesia All Now-The Massiii.'s
Ses Italians seAttered nii Over the Country
~four Them Down with the Disease Al
Ne~surGh-The Nevada's Hebrew Fas.
SeuGers Detained at HOFFMAN Island.
Five moro cascs Of typhus fevor were found
yesterday afternoon. nearly twenty -four hours
after the last Gaze previously reported. Two
ot the victims were jacob Hoffman, boy Of @.
and Rcbecca LebofI. 35 years old. The woman
was nursing a ten m onths.ol baby. md the
Inspector allowed her to take II with her to the
hospital. The woman and the boy had been
brought to tho quarantined lodging house at
3 Essex street tho day before.
The inspector had been to the house half a
dozen times after that and Ind seen them, but
ehcy had not complained OF feeling Ill. nor had
they shown any OF tho visible symptoms Of
typhus. II was near o'clock yesterday after.
noon when he called for the seventh time. and
then no found them feverish and suffering
Tho disease had developed. or. rather. had
manifested itself with surprising suddenness
These patients were conveyed to the recep-
tion hospital at the foot OF East Sixteenth
street. The Health Department had announced
only few hours before that there was still
room for ten patients in the typhus pavilion
on North Brother Island. There must
hAve boon a mistake somewhere for
st the reception hospital tho ambu-
lance driver was informed that the patients
would have to remain there over night with
four Of tho patients from Ellis Island who
were still there. as there was no room for any
moro on the island.
The woman and the boy were taken to one
81 the warda and bathed in cold water. Their
IN ~ md th..u
lssris6 Bremde and dirtaiis sy were wets admin. %
tstsred; the former to soothe the nerves and
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que SSSser+ and b,,b regulate the action q The
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s Bsesssr 1saad II ade hospital were sent to
making total oi H. It s'v IS 'r reeaarIty SAi 81
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kusstRn Hebrews do not believe they are sick.
a. tbep 'a enemes inc physician ana the nurses
nTssIas%s %li;cHs A. Of the Board Q, Health
sll they can to prevent the plague from
probability Is that most Of tho 1i'i5
Russian Hebrews who nre under observation
tn the lodging houses Mt s Essex street ana ~
East Twelfth street will develop typhus fever
IN more or less severe form The health
officers expect this. and are prepared for It.
They are increasing the accomm odations on
North Brother Island as fast as they can, and
hy next "Wednesday there will be room for 100
put up yesterday. zach capable OF holding
three cots Four Decker portable cottages
we're sent to tho Island and will be erected
this morning. These cottages can accomo-
date from five to eight patients each.
THE MAssIILAs PASSENGERS SCATTERED WIDE.
Yesterday morning Dr. Edison obtained a list
OF the 3os Italians who came on the Massilia
and learned whittier they, We're bound. Bythls
and Tai.s some e, them have ,,, reached indiana:
shows their various destinations: