New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-04
MORE TYPHUS FEVER CASES.
SPREAD OF THE DISEASE UNCHECKED.
MEDICAL INSPECTORS BEGAN An EXAMINATIONS
OF ALL LODGI NG-IIOUSES

! ihhu yesterday showed that the spread OF tho
disease was unchecked. Chief Inspector Rob
crts, Of the Bureau of Contagious Diseases. gave
the following list of persons who were sent to
the fever pavilion on North Brother Island dur
ing the day:
Henry Kneele, forty years old, removed from
the Charity Hospital on Blac,welIs Island August
lIuck, fifty, taken from No. l6 Sxtl-ave; John
Mcbride, twenty-five, removed from the infected
lodging g-house, No. "a Bayard-st. George Doherty,
forty, removed from the Almshouse on Black
wells Island Francis koenic fifty. sent from
the alcoholic ward Of Bellevue Hospital; Anton
Meyer, thirty-eisht, who had been lodGer at
No. "a Baysrdst. until December 26, and later
had lived Mt No. 80 East Twentieth-st, sent TO
Bellevue Hospital In the afternoon and trans
ferred later to the island: James Halpn, thirty
three, who had been lOdger at No. $50 Bow
cry, sent from Bellevue Hospital soon as
he appeared there: Charles Brown, thirty-six,
who lived at No. II Bowcry, but had visited
friends at No. "a Bayard-st., also sent from
Bellevue Hospital 10 which he walked n the
afternoon; Peter Mack, thrty-sx sent from NO.
81 Bayard-st Daniel Brennan. forty-five, re-
moved from Bellevue Hospital: Hubert Wemar,
sixty, removed from No. "a Bayard-st.
Information obtained by Dr. Roberts was that
kneee had been odger in the house No. "a
Bayard-st and had caught the fever there. lie
was sent TO tho Charity Hospital three days
ago. luck also had been a lodger in the Bay
ard st. house. Dolerty, before he was sent to
the almshouse, had lvei in the infected house
No. 1914 Park Row Kocnic caught the fever
In the alcoholic ward Of Bellevue Hospital, hav-
ing been exposed to the disease there about
two weeks ago. The patients in the ward were
PLACED in quarantine at that time. brennan had
lo,lqn Nn 4 =
Two of the typhus patients on North Brother
Island died Yesterday They were Lawrence
Hudson, thirty years old, and Henry Sailrce
forty years old, who had been sent to the island
from the infected house In Bayard-st. The cen
sus Of typhus since December l was given yes
terday afternoon a. sixty-nine cases and thirteen
deaths Gfty-six patients being under treatment
on the island.
d.. H. NJ Biggs. The pathologst of the Health
Department, yesterday afternoon made an autopsy
10 determine the cause Of the death OF Henry
Booming at the Gouycrncur Hospital on Mon
day. Boenning had been q lodGer at No Park
Row before he was set 10 the hospital. Dr.
Biggs reported last evening that the autopsy
showed Bcennng's death TO have been caused
by typhus fever. An inspector was sent from the
Bureau Of Contagious Diseases to North Brother
j. and yesterday to make "A second eAamina ION OF
Henry Ns1iasy, the boy who was removed from the
Deborah Nursery, in East Broadway, on Monday.
II~ reported that the boy undoubtedly was suffer
ing from typhus fever. Children usually have
the disease IN q mild form, snd physicians at the
uurrry thought tha, young Naziasky was suffer
ing from typhoid fever. Dr. Roberts said that
"A. the hoy had been IN wsl-ventilatcd room
on the top floor Of the nursery previous to his re-
noyal, he he'd not exposed other inmates Of the
house TO contagion. Several years ago there
was an outbreak OF typhus fever IN the nursery,
and all Of the inmates sent TO North
Brother Island
Sanitary policemen on Monday Inspected the
llG licensed lodging houses in tie city TO learn
how many OF them had beds Tor lodecrs IN excess
Of the number given in the licenses Tie r'-
port which President Wilson, Of the Health
Board. received yesterday showed that twenty
two Of the houses had beds in excess Of tile mum
her permitted. Only 2lO extra heiS however
were found in all the houses. Mr. Wilson snd
that the lodgng-hous keepers had not zone
much beyond the te.ms OF their H''>'s I,i''l'
bcring that the lodging houses WN' en'ltrr 10
| about - 900 persons, who are, ~ Il ruI' noH'-
lo~S men Forty of the lodslng-hous'S are u hc
! found in the Bowcry. t..., 49,,
entire force of medical inspectors d'idllci 10 III
spcct the lodging houses last nIehi ana cNanI'
all the lodgcrs ii posi- lc Inc oiurtN W. .r w.
|
] lnspcctor who also directed SANITARY poI''Nch
I 10 accompany the medical inspcctorS NJ every
| Iodging-housc where the policemen Aid loul''
| more beds for lodgings than the Nceh9' "io"c"'
riders wrIe given Ia rcnIoy, the extra brd,.
The medical inspectors begar their Wofh IN tnr tT
lodging house, about p m, ana hcpI a, II rirt ri.
into thc night Some of them WFl" AT WprN
with tIrir inspections until tins morning. Ia'h
inspector had a list of the lodging h9'iN''S "nloH
| hc was to visit, and was accoh'paIls' ~ ,hc
torv policeman. Tue lists mciudrd All pl INV
| lcd,iu, houses south Of Fourt""nth-~t. N't 9i
the lodging houses We're well hIlcd the plins so,u
weather driving TO them many f'l''r'rS ll,. ~ ~
odJitiou 10 the regular dodgers. lie Scehe' al
"'o ho'.o durinc an inspectors visit were much
tlr same as those in all the other HOUSES; "olis s
into house i'll the Bowcry, nur 'eG frn,n
Snuare. where the price Of lodgings rau&eu rom
Gf,nen cents to twenty-five cents. an inspector
showed his badge and said TO the night clerk
. am Board of Health doctor, anu an, ! omn ',n
here 10 examine the LJdgers ! don't want any
! of them TO leave here until get through. !,
The policeman In uniform to"k MS H.h..i H.h.'ou w
the door. and the doctor began MS cAa,.a' @ , un'
& mi,,'' wc,'. Iouncing about the Office or sitting
room were looked over first Ihey oil''rn ',p IL"
objection Passing from man TO my ,,ii u , .n",,oh
tn detect any possible symptoms oI icNrr: II
the icmIcraturc of imam apr'al"l 10 o' ILL.,,
than normal. the doctor quickly aPp''u" !" p"' Ti
thermometer, telling the man To non II uiu' liS
fonouc for a minute. Having satisfied hlhN'll az
10 the mans condition, the Goctor PhSS'' u"
quickly 10 the next man. =. H. c;co ,L,
After examining The mcE III the Once, 'l'
doctnr went into the dolmit rirS where lod%ciN
lav asleep on cots three leet apart l%ol'n %
nn fine forehead of a sleeping man ana slah,'
~ his f,cr were Sufficient In mort cases to SATISFY
the doctor that the man had no symptoms oi i"lrr
Occasionally man was h"IH'n'u an" Ms WIZ =
tu,. was tested with the Thermometers Nieh
rash was noticed on a mans face the doctor at
ONCE made n careful examination, compelling thc
man 10 uncover his body, pun out HIS lpn2u' io'
| n ,,,;u W and answer "A number OF uucs ions.
WLcn n suspicious case was encountered llr
doctor went 10 the nearest telephone Sa,ion ana
-.nt message TO the Bureau OF Con d-lo's Dsr1'a ~,
cVpcrt from thc Bureau u 20 10 the place h.'n-
,ior"nd in the report and make another cNamina-
ton ,,,. .,,,rioio,,s cosos
~ ho,, ,rnnrtcd but H. WAS SAID at tie bureau
HAT the reports probably would not be VERNE vel
nn1nrc " morning. II WAS believed that the IN
,.n,id disclo>c several cases of tXphuS.
fhe reports which Mr. Wilson viii receive to-