The sun., 1892-02-16
INSPECTING NEWCOMERS.
. SEVEN CASES OF TYPHUs FOUND
AMONG TIE RUSSIANS YEsTERDAY.

Thus Far Detained st North Brother
I'iaua- Eaorts to Prevent the Spread O,
the Disease. and Other ImmiErants Thar
Those on the Massiiia Dssaines.
The typhus Hague continues to spread. bu,
oil the cases reported so far are confined Ia
the Russian Hebrews and Italians who came
over on the Massilia- As far as the Russian
Hebrews are concerned. every one Of them
sick and we'll. is At -ounted for and kept under
observation. The Italians. unfortunately
spread all over the country before the first
case OF typhus came to light and the reports
from Newbureh. Chicago. Trenton. and other
places. TO the effect that somo OF them have
developed Suspicious symptoms. cause tho
health officers in this city considerable ankle
". Among the Italians who remained here
the fever has not yet appeared.
There were seven new cases among the Rus
elan Jews yesterday. and all wero promptly
sent to North Brother Island. This makes
eiRhty.fonr cases thnt are now in the care Of
DR.. Percivnl. Within n couple Of weeks some
Of thon will surely die. FOR In many cases tho
fever is growing rapidly and ilercely. and tho
patients. who ut their best were weak and
puny. arc slowly sinking beneath its vigorous
onslaught In the early hours yesterday NOM
ing woman. pale and cmaciatcd. gave birth
to n child In the hospital on North Brother ISL
and. The little thing gasped and died. and its
mother will soon follow II. for the physicians
say there is no hope for her.
late =, no Eonnr.sd Abraham Mcmmcr' a bov
, Of II. who had hcen sent to tho Iuarantined
lodging house at , Essex street became feyor-
ish worry suddenly In the afternoon. Ito had
been romping about the house In tho morning
in tho best OF spirits. Abut o'clock he
stopped in the middle OF game Of soldiers
which the children were playing and sati lie
had pain in his head. He sat down to rest.
ana presently became so nervous ana ieVerisa
that they put him to bed. When tho inspector
nnv smhv,.nn. nv p0''' - '"O' anu 's"' W. ''''
Am puiAhce
Twelfth street Yesterday. Yhe victims were
Alta WittUenstein ycars: Guitn Wlttgen.
H s,sn rssrs Fpeda prasa 1s io ysors an
nah Rocenblatt, "a years: her son Daniel 3
years; schendsI Abrahnt1. years, and
exception OF Mrs Rosenblatt they were all
children. who. only few hours before tho
dread headache had seized them. were full OF
liis and Joy. They were ,, carried out Of the
Pspa,5ttmsn. wagon which made three trips to
and mo,iSnIess staring at the blaek top Of the
VnSvus 1ue IlolutlS VI tuo anu
thSpir hen rd.o, n.. or,.ro, tno ,oDomsDt ,ou..
st 32 Hester street to be kept under clos" OBJ
eeryatign; twas here that two children were
found sick With tynh4s, ,;,, ~ sunday night. They
stEsst before . the Iag,e broke ont. -. 49,,
the Mass "a and s @ Sarsa @ al sea-" "'r4 Tns
g. s sRa sst # &. Sns; ss; IT, Ed
ieye, the sEmptoms q which hare ,nsIsd
tyeSas and a eempieats IA and I @ S 90.
week ago to-day the Hirschkowitz family.
consist CONS "a lg g o. father: mother and three chl-
sllia. ieit the % city and ND vent % to oakda. ' Mass.
The Officers ot the United Hebrew Charities
hna Guaa wSk for them in the T of e
s.Ss sSsi .s ssd ssyslsEsa ,,Sse;sio%s, , q , ss%s:
Re impediatey sent trained nurse t. Oak.
tSsss 20 .oee ooe % "a ens rsa s not II
wllI b very serious matter for tle i.'nily
asss vsh II Snds and Aad mingled
from Trenton. Proyidence, Newburgh. and
caFo It apnsas,s. that the italians from TIE
picious sympte@s and given the autsorites
eeonsidersbIe alarm. Health 0nlcer Charley.
ShdpIu VI ALONiueuCe. II. A.' tclcBIApucu.
Italian taken sick tuesday: took to bed Wednesday
5smpsraturs, SATURDAY. loan: to-day. lo.Ia; flushed
The Health officials at Trenton teegraphed
that theylhad two Italians there who had come
pieious symptoms. They asked DR.. Edson to
take them to New York. as their pest house
Eason was constrained to refuse ti;e request.
aian Hebrews in the steerage They told DR..
Jenkins that they had travelled more than a
they embarked. and that they had been on
board the vessel sixteen days. They were
stronger and healthier looking lot Of immi-
grants than the usual run. I'M but neyerth.Iess
baggage was disinfected
SThe Hebrews who were taken off tho City Of
Berlin on Sunday are all on Hoffman Island
but no symptoms OF any disease have devel-
Gped among them. Dara Ihmenkos. the
Jewess who was taken sick on board the ves-
sel nvs days after leaving Queenstown. is still
on swinbnrne Island. Her condition was un-
unable to say whether 1t was q case Of typhas
eIi,t,k aco Dsnt