The morning times., 1896-11-03

that the result was occasional waves of
typhoid fever. There Is Io l,asoi whatever
that typh, id fever should not be one OF the
results Of tie ever present scum ana rInd
ard rralarialty typhoid mixture OF the East>
Branch.
tween m;ilarial fever pure and simple and
typho- malarial fever. but it Will hardly fe
disputed that both forms of maiarial fever
YOU please, might result from the unspenk-
able compound that goes under the eurhon-
ions name of the Eastern Branch flats.
that ,he nImsbouse, in which are held the
victims of old age and misfortune, WIN
all their attendant ills, should be the nearest
point to the river, although not the nearest
TO the specially provided governmental
sewer for the increase OF the dlScaseprodnc-
ing material. This class Of citizens is the
least Of all capable OF taking care OF
itself and goes. of course, without pro-
test TO where the bencficcnce of public
charity has prepared mantle OF more or
less thickness and efficacy TO protect IL
from the flats and tie assistant sewer
which va WIS day aud night to carry out
its intelligent contract.
There rs, or course, il difference Of opinion
among experts and citizens generany as
to the extent of the influence of the
malaria which rises from these moraSSeS.
Mr. George w. Watson, Of the Navy yard,
writes to The Times To protest against
including the whole southeast section IN
the articles on the subject of malaria at
the jail He says that the jail may be subject
to the disease but not the whole southeast
section.
EXTENT OF THEINFLUENCE.
Dr. J. A Stoutenburgh, who has charge
of large sanitary section in The south
east, was asked last night how rar the IN
flucIice of malaria from Tie river extends IN
his opinion as physician. he SAID mat
its influence would extend as far as me
Capitol st rect. His DISTRICTS bounded by East
Capitol street, PennsylVanla avenue, down
IN the river.
1t has repeatedly been stated in The
Times that malarial fever is not fatal
disease, and it is for this reason that a
death from malaria, as reported in NOR
talitv reports, would rather be the eX-
ception than the rule. DIR. Stontenburgh
said further that there are cases o. ma
tended to at the Washington Asylum or
at any other city INSTITUTION: On,
Mr. Watson lives at 9oo EieVenth stfeet
souinenSt. and from his statement. which
is based on his personal experience, lhere
are evidently sections OF the southeast
which enjoy perfect immunity from 0he
yapors from the river.
.rSn inii authoritics. it should be noted.
are doing what they can to limit the In
flueuce from the flats. In the low lands
of their property and on 1e haas sIpes ana no ' n
| general doing what can be done To in
| Grease the sanitation. Workhouse gangs
are at work from time to tune IN inns
| service. but it looks as II the oP eiIect
is as If one were to heal the outside OF
a gaping wound without removing the
| internal cause. 1t is evident that the real
nanse is the flats and the sewer, and that
II remedies were applied there, or II the
| Institutions had not been built there,
| there would be tnly IN occasional need for
| filling holes and amusing the workhoDse
| gang with surface work.
| PERCENTAGE OF ILLNESS.
| Dr. shute, attending physician at the
| Jail, and DR.. Stoutenburgh of the south
| east district, and Supt. stoutenburgh al
the asylum, while not estimating pre-
| tients at about twenty in the hundred
The almshouse is more unfortunate than
! the others. 1t is inhabited by permanent
| dodgers, while the inmates OF the other
places come and go and probably great
| many are dismissed from these places who
| are never affected by the misamatic vapors
The alnlshouse people are foredoomed in
| ninety-ninc cases out of a hundred to the
its probability: In the almshouse and
workhouse, male and female. there are
] and fifty inmates who are wrapped Otter