New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-05
TYPHUS FEVER IN A PRISON.
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Anderson, middle-aged woman. who had been
employed a nurse and helper In the almshouse
at Blacliwels Island which has already furnished
one typhIs patient. This patient she had cared
for, aud yesterday morning was herself striker
down.
She was sent at once to the Riverside Hospital
Ind in five hours more was dead. lienry
knebel, man who had just passed his twentieth
year, was the first to die yesterday lie was fol-
lowed ~ Henry Gray, John SelslSy and Daniel
Brennan All four died before noon and all four
came from l'ayard-st.
All through yesterday afternoon Professor Her
man Bggs. III" pathologis: OF Bellevue Hospital.
busy making an autopsy on tie body OF
Curtis Davis. who. on Monday night hal del a,
the Gouverneur Hospital from what appeared 70
be- pneumonia. After his death il was thought
Advisable TO hold an autopsy in order TO settle
all possible doubt. Professor Bggs eifectnally
settled the question when lie found symptoms Of
typhus fever everywhere in Daviss body.
An instance Of careessness or Incompetence by
one of DR.. Roberts inspectors came TO light
yesterday. Among the houses visited Tues
day night were the Old Homestead House, No.
4Ol Pearst., and No. l0s l'owery. The in
spcctOrs In these houses saw William Little and
William Gande. touched them, talked with them
and passed them. Yet Little and Gande fever
sh and weak, tottered into Bellevue Hospital yes
terday and begged for help. An hour later they
were in the fever tent, displaying nearly all
the strongest signs of typhus. Gande comes
from Bayard-st.
The Health Board held q meeting yesterday ar
ternoon, and their discussion was even more
than usually animated and serions. All pro-
fess hopefulness for the future. Plainly they
feel, moreover, that typhus has so far beaten
them. President Wilson yesterday called be-
fore him twenty two clearinghouse keepers charged
with violation Of tie sanitary laws in pro-
vidIng beds above the limit prescribed
by law Each Of these lodging houses had
from twelve to thirty cots in excess VI the
allotted number. frastns Nobn, one OF the pro-
prietors ignored the Health Boards summons out
President Wilson warned the Others thar they
must reduce the number Of IedS ~ tie reputation
limit The board has asked the Board OF Estl-
mate and Appointment for S3,Ooo ior 'Hh'S
extra visiting inspectors, who SHAH be eihp'oye"
for thirty days. During this period the work Vi
inspection will be continued. Then the bard
resolved that all lodging-houses found in an I'M
sanitary condition should be cleaned and dloih-
tected and made 10 conform in every particular
Ia tie sanitary requirements Of the Board. DIR.
Joseph d. Bryant. chairman OF the Sanitary Com
inittee, made the following presentment, copies
VI which will he forwarded to each railroad com
pany:
It appears to the chairman Of the Sanitary Committee
TO be em!neny proper at this tune 10 direct the atte'
ton hi, Board tho sanitary objections TO the prechce
VI the textile fubhs employed IA the furnishings Of tae
surface and elevated street cars and the stages en-
ployed a. public cOnveyances in this city The teNtle
thus applied menace 10 public health by
reason continual exposure to uneleanne's and
Infection and Inability properly purify them. e.
pecsly when used In the pes'nce % infectious or con
agous disease their products. The contact with them
" the cloths of those who are associated WIN nese
diseases and OF persons suffering from su,n diseases can
.,y and prontly causc Infections contaminai ion Ok
these textile furnishings IL requires mention Of niue
TO convince sanitary ordinary Observers even OF The
liability u such CONTAIN nation by reason OF The
patronage bestowed upon these eonNcysnces by
;he classes Of people who are especially
subject 10 infections " Infectious aud contagious
disease The sputum OF dphthefia or ubescuoHis the
desqiamaton scarlet fever inea>le, ana smallpox;
the discharges of cholera and the emanatons OF Vphus
fever may each readily caus" infection OF these teNtih
.tcturrs by direct and indirect contact Or Assoc
catlon 80 hardship no- Inconvenience can arise rfrrd
e the owners patrons OF these cohN"ahce' tha'
,au ia any way mitigate ths evil Influences that i"y
result from their while bearing Infected textile
fabrics And In my Judgment for similar reasons. only
should be permitted Oh the bottoms OF such public
conNcyances sat.nats made Os wood principally
and can therefore. be easily ana properly sernbOrd ana
rest.
In conclson 1t +, recommended that the Sanitary Cod
le 80 amended TO prohibit the Use IN elevated ana
,uriacc street and stages used A. public 'on-
ycyanccs all textile furnishings aud that only sit-
mat. be permitted to be used upon the door Of every
such conveyance.
Referring - tie system Of distinction AMI
fnmi.ation. President Wilson said: In all in
fcctcd houses except No. 3; Bayarl-st., we shall
disinlcc or quarantine only the floor on which
the typllus fever patient has lived or slept Onr
reason i, that the frmigaton of the whole hous'
would drive all the lodgers into the street and
scatter them over the city, tlerc 10 spread fresh
ooutagion. While they remain IN the house II
= possible 10 keep some Kind Of check on them
and gauge the progress Of the disease.
Many men are rejecting Oh the peril to which
She. uolic.nirr Cf this city are exposed ny me
existence Of the lodging room SYSTEM Inc
lodging room attached 10 II majority, OF me pre-
cinct stations is given oven To NE hohi'l"s'
,ouL,,er who has no better refn~'. Here. 100.
the tramp may spread contaglon. superintendent
Ilyrnrs j. fully alive to III" situation.
think" lie said yesterday, that the ponce
lnlyjuU room il a standing disgrace To the "itN
and in the present epidemic absolutely a inrnar"
The tramp, all filthy AMI lolIl. Walks INT" th.
station and is passed by the sergeant VINO j. no'
- medical NAV and cannot iudg" tie man : yhNslrli
coalition II. is lei into the rear room by the
doorman: lie is led ont next morning pI rue uooI
man The same dDornlan VIII Fl-it ,'h" P''ioi
mems tLc rolmdSmcn's ia" serseant'S ana tue
""n;ain'. rooms, lie must awaken tin patrolinrn
for their call He handles the bed linen and thn.
ly TIL; means conta@ion may b. cair'e" "ir'''
from the tramp to thu Policeman A..
Gan nothing be- done to re>trlct or STOP Tue
ld,;ng. ronn system during this epld"mi
." That j. not in my province. said Mr. HNrIeS'
." hut | am most strongly of opinion INA, Spn'-
thing of that Kind shonid De u"h ;., VII '.'J
Heaven only knows where the miscliief vii ON"