Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-06

Potomac water fHree of the consumers
of well water reeaved their supply from
the pump on E street betw cen 18th and
18th southeast. i2t1ts' go nag.
| "Of the 81 recoyeTies, Is were consumers
Of well water, StEere consumers of Poto-
| mac water exclusively. Seven of the con-
sumers of well waser' also drank occasion
ally Potomac water.
| zone of the ptiv3es contained a barrel.
partly sunk in the ground, and three of the
boxes were found to be leaky CT full to
overlooking. OneA case occurred at No. SOB
| 1 street southeast, In very good house.
located near a private alley, which was de-
filed with excrement by frequenters of an
adjoining saloon.
zone case received milk from a grocery
on f street while typhoid fever prevailed
there. In square No. 1041 there Is an alley
on the east, and in rear of lot No. 1892
Harrison avenue. which is used by the res
post of human filth, garbage and other
putrescible material, and the collection is
kept moist from the drainage of the houses
| on Harrison avenue and street, in the
same square. On September II a colored
man was taken sick at No. 1925 street,
and the dejecta were thrown into a leaky
and overlooking box privy. On September
20 a child aged eleven years was taken
much reason for assuming that infection
was carried from the insanitary conditions
referred to.
Southwest.
"Of the forty-nne cases investigated by
me in the southwest section six were i'm
ported. leaving forty-one cases as having
been contract ed in the District. Of these
sixteen were fatal; only four of the sixteen
cases were consumers of we'll water, while
twelve were consumers of Potomac water.
"Of the twenty-seven recoveries sixteen
were consumers If well water eleven were
consumers of Poto.nc water. Thirteen con-
usic
ally Potomac waser.
I'm fatal case on Half street southwest
the family kept COWS, and evidently raised
vegetables for the market. The privy a
mere excavation in the grounds was thirty
five yards from the well and the kitchen
drain emDtied within few feet f, ON the
well. The house was infected with diph-
liberia last spring.
Danger Spot.
"A fatal case occurred in No. 1913 South
Capitol street, and while the sanitary con-
dition of the house was good, the family
suffered from the disaereeable odors of oox
prlvies, unlawful surface drainage and the
filthy condition of some OF the vacant lots
in close proximity. Another case occurred
later at No. IL Q street in the same square,
and as the general surroundings pred;spos-
ed to the dissemination of the disease, es-
pecially the leaky box privies l recon-
mended,in the interest of public santa ton "A
house to house inspection. The results are
stated by Sanitary Inspector Il. w. Whit
aker as follows:
All properties in this vicinity were re-
Gently inspected by :ne, and notices duly
served ON Those responsible TO abate all
nuisances found. The privy boxes in the
frame row of houses OH the north side OF
street between South Capitol AMI list
street southwest wcre all found to he full
and filthy, and our of them lcalIy.
The tenants promptly cleaned the boxes
on notice to 10 SO. hut III las; ;nspec; lion the
owner. 7. A. Z. Judd. Tth and F. streets
southwest. mad failel 10 comply with notice,
and u warrant l2s been sworn out against
him.
The large open. lot at corner of South
Capitol and str3at and i:rmedia ely suutn
of these houses. .,Iornd. was used as n
dumping ground fora kinds of refuse and
Nth: Notice was promptly served on Jas.
NJ. Richards, llll Ncw Jersey avenue so,:lt-
east. to abate. Waic.i he mas failed to obey
and a warrant has Sa2n preI,lreI for him.
There appears to be leaky water pipe in
rear of l349 South Capitol street, which
only an expert cam locate
Central District.
From North Capitol to 18th street
northwest. north orthe public grounds and
south of the Boundary, have investigated
lO4 cases, twelve of which were contracted
at summer resorts and ninety-two at home
OF the Iinety-two cases, twenty-one were
teen among the cols-ed race. OF these eleven
were consumers Of well water. eight were
consumers of Potomac water. one melted
kennebec ice. one consumer Of hthia and
Potomac water
"Of the seventy-one other cases, forty
three were consumers of well water, twen-
ty-SiX were consumers of Potomac water,
one was consumer of melted kennebec
ice, one was consumer of Potomac and
lithia water.
"A pump on H street between 4th and
9th streets northwest, which was found to
be contaminated and closed September Z,
contributed three of the fatal cases. The
we'll corner of New Jersey avenue and
Pierce street contributed three fatal cases
and eight other cases; five Of the cases
were consumers of water from the artesian
well in the Palais Royal The pump on
corner of 10th and n streets furnished four
cases; a pump on Caroline street and one
on North Capitol and Randolph streets,
each two cases, and the pump on 9TH be-
tW cen F and G Streets three cases.
In seven of the houses there was de-
fective plumbing: in one instance, on King
man place, a defective drain from the wa
ter closet passed through the bed room; in
another case the patient occupied bed
re ON supplied with an unventilated wash
basin: in one instance there had been an
overflow of sewage from defective drains
two weeks before the attack. In one in
sta nee, in the rear of 10l1 9th street. the
patient slept next door TO a water closet,
or large tank, constructed 10 accommodate
several persons but without proper venti-
lation, and which was used by number
of families. In three instances the milk
supply was derived from infected houses
"One of the nurses at the Children'S Hos
pital contracted the disease in the line of
her duty.
"A trained nurse also attributed her at
tack 20 nursing a typhoid fever patient.
another case occurred in a lady who only
for short time during the extreme Illness
of neighbor came into intimate contact
with the patient.
In another instance colored girl was
in service where a case of typhoid fever
occurred July .. and the patient died Au-
gust Is. The servant was taken sick Au
gust II. and taken to her home. One of
her sisters was attacked September 10. and
a brother. aged eighteen, developed the
disease October IA. An explanation of the
channels of infection in such cases has
been offered in preceding pages. In one
case the mother of the boy attributed the
attack to his foudness for bathing in pol
luted streams.
Five cases occurred in residents near the
power house on BrghtWood avenue, and
whilst they We're not typical, and have not
been included as typhoid fever they are at
least suggestive. as the evidence shows,
that a continued fever lasting in different