Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-22
is In NEW YORK.
The Scourge of Asiatic Cholera
Breaks Over the Barriers
mt Quarantine.
Five Deaths Found to Have Been
Caused by It in the Big
Metropolis.
The Board of Health Officially
Announces the Names of
the Dead.

son and DR.. Edison are now in consul
tation regarding it. Who the patient
is, or the location, have not been
made public, but the officials prom
Use particulars shortly.
The board Of health announced
later that from a meteorological e.
animation made By Prof. Hermann
Biggs on the bodies of several sus-
pected cholera patients there have
been five deaths from Asiatic cholera
in the cityof New York.
The names Of those who died from
cholera are:
Charles McAvoy. who died Sept. 6,
address not known.
Mrs. Sophia Wigman, died Sept. 10
at T6S 18th ay.
William Wigman, husband of So
phia Wigman, who died at the same
address on the following day.
Minnie Levinger, a child who died
on Sept IL at Al L 10th st.
Charlotte Beck, 80 years old, who
died at II o'clock yesterday Tuesday
morning at 1864 ID ay-
All these cases were originally re-
ported to the health officers as sus-
pected cholera and have been under
the Investigation of physicians con-
nected with the department. Prof.
Hermann Biggs, who is in charge of
the division Of pathology and bacter-
iology Of the health department, has
been at work making meteorological
examinations of the intestinal fluids
taken from the bodies Of those SuS-
pected cases. Prof. Biggs reported TO
the health department the result Of
his examinations and announced I'M
hesitatingly that the cases were
Asiatic cholera beyond u doubt.
William Wfgman was y years old
and his wife Sophia was 63 years old.
/ He had been sick for eight days and
his wife had been i'll for about the
same length Of time. She died on
| Saturday and he on Sunday. The
| physicians who were attending them
| reported to the board Of health that
| they believed the deaths were due to
/ cholera. By the order of the board
! OF health the bodies were removed to
the reception hospital at the foot Of
E 10th st.
Charlotte Beck, who lived at 1894
ID av, was found sick in her apart
mcnts Tuesday morning. She was
attended by DR.. Vandergaltz, Of 1913
2d av. who saw her at $50 o'clock.
He reported to the health board that
in his opinion hers was a case of
cholera. She, too, was removed to
the reception hospital until herdeath
which occurred at 1870 the same day.
Charles McAvoy was 30 years old
and a plaster's assistant. He died at
$40 Teath av.
Minnie Leyinger was year and s
months old. She died at+4l L 10th
st. where her parents live.
The physicians Of the health de
partment have been unable TO find
out how the cholera was contracted
in each Of these cases. So far as they
have been able to learn none of the
dead persons came in contact with
the cholera germs. Every precaution
has been taken tO prevent the spread
Of cnolera in these different houses.
The bedding Of each Of the patients
have been burned, and the houses
have been placed under observation.
The health department issued the
following bulletin today:
New YORK, Sept. lS.-I2:O0 p. NJ
Appended to this bulletin are the
reports of the bacteriOlogist who has
has made the examinations of all
cases of suspected cholera in this
city. The cases referred to in the
report have been treated with the
same precautionary measures as would
have characterized the action of the
board if they had beed Immediately
and positively recognized. Thus far
no secondary cases have occurred on
the premises occupied by the sick per-
sons nor have any eases arisen from
them. The board has under eXami-
nation the body of a woman who died
with symptoms of cholera on Sept. Is.
All suspected or reported cases Of
cholera since Sept. | have been care
fully investigated and kept under OBJ
servation. No suspected cases have
| been reported to the board since $50
a. m. Tuesday, Sept Is.
Blythe order of the board Of health,
CHARLES G. WILSON, President.
EMM0Ns CLARK. Secretary.
The following was received at l
p m.
Carnegie Laboratory. SSS E 9th ST,
| to Charles y. Wilson, President of
! the Board of Health: Strive would
! respectfully report that very careful
| biological examinations of the inteS-
| final contents from the body of
| Charles McAvoy, who died Sept. 6,
have been completed. Autopsy
| showed anatomical tesiOn of sporadic
/ cholera. but the biological examina-
tiOn proves that the spiritum of ASH
attic cholera were present in the in
| testineS. We therefore declare the
| case one OF Asiatic cholera. Respect
fully submitted,
HERMANN BIGGs,