The morning call., 1892-08-28
TO keep OUT CHOLERA.
The City Officials Propose
Defensive Work.
SEWERS TO BE FLUSHED.
Immediate Measures to Be Taken Against the
-. Deadly Foe-Avsnues Of disease to
- Be Blocksd

+ Panic is spread by a more subtle current
thaa that Of electricity.
Let whisper of fire" find admlttance to
crowded theater-it spreads quicker than
thought from foyer TO gallery.
Soitis Of the whisper cholera" in the
crowded centers of civilization.
Cholera.in a city is the most dreaded con-
tingepev Of these modern days of hygiene
r. and science as it was formerly the most cer-
tain annihilator of ancient ignorance.
London, which pTides itself as being the
yerv focus Of sanitary and i9SanItaTy expe-
F. rence; is arming herself in earnest against
the foe.
Once letit get a foothold In Europe. and
bow long a time would elapse before it ap-
reared on this side Of the pond?
For years we have been diminishing the
miles between the old and the new worlds
biz means Of our ocean greyhounds." but
il was not in view OF any such passenger as
. This deadly pestilence of Asia. In every
pound of. manufactured goods received
from Europe may henceforth lurk some OF
the dread germs.
What can we do about tp
The Board of Health aud the Mayor Of
p. tie city are both alive TO the need of action
Cholera, they tell Us, Is nend which de.
lights In NTH Foul sewers, foul cutters,
r: foul denominations Of all kinds OF garbage
arc its delight and its breedn g-plaCe.
IN tie cities Of STA it Invariably breaks
cjt In ana devaststes the poorer quarters.
. .I-abhors light, cleanliness. fresh air.
=. lie, Us fight OF its approach with the very
!. :E:eapCnS Il fears So much IN Asia
- Read the timely letter written Yesterday
: hv Health 0fficer James W. kseney to
!: Mayor SsEdersOa on ire subject:
August %. 1892.
To tn. R1r7.. george Sgudeyson, sfayor Of san
francisco: Tie Virulent character OF cholera
and rs I3tid spread tH5ouguout Europe is alarm
tfs.fa l.ll r1e 1aF-
fully suggest thGt immediate 4ciion lie taken 10y
. our cry authorities 10 prepare for its advent,
even though its coming oe remotely probable.
our sewers should lie thoroughly ndshed, our
streets aBd slleyways carefully aud properly
cleaned. aud al garbage aCeumulajl0ns should
beTemoyed TIE guters OF me streets should
be literally spr.ukled Nith chloride OF lime. The
:: citizens should lie urged 10 Individual care OF
= theit respective premises, and see that no
offensive material IS allowed To remain in or
about y slI homes. have instructed The Health
:: Inspectors 10 make a hcgse-tq-house Inspection
OF Chinatown. commencing August %. / am,
:. etc, JAMES W. KENNY, Health Onicer.
DR.. KeeDey knows the danger in which
Saa Francisco lies. It IS his business to
watch for The first far echoes OF advancing
" disease.
He.telis about ''tbe rapid spread through
. Europe knowing that as the leading port
. the Pac hc this city lies peculiarly open
: 81 attack.
=: But the Health Officer is no alarmist.
:. lie know that the peninsula, with its ptcu-
i'"A Aaeia-tTS 4Ol VI "4aasC anu ~ WIN
swept Ways, may be made almost cholera
:. proof.
: But he touches a weak joint in our har-
mess wien be names Chinatown. Here is
!. possible hotbed Of disease ready prepared.
o.: Ia The tenementS, hOneyeombed with COM
:. munlcadng passages and sublet housing
Places, the air Is already laden with etiiuYia
such as the cholera loves to Iced upon.
:. Mayor Sanderson even suggests a house
toeAQQse Inspection Of tie whole city. The
: Fire Board has agreed to provide 2000 ad-
diuou4l feet Of hose for the flushing of the
sewers.
II the city officers find cooperation in in
diyidual citizens, San Francisco may be
strongly entreBehed against the enemy, but
the stratessts al pOHt out that the great
est danger in anticipating an encounter is
10 uuderyalue the enenY's strength.