The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21

Ehe conditions vsrs favorable. the inv9stiga-
T Ts'y, feq r SS aiaioaissy IL ssttiSn st ; sS,a qs,SS =
Marine Hospital Service WIN send Dr.; H., led z.
Iissips germ, The american Health A%..oGis:
fever commission mt to Havana Havana to % pursue ( sImi.
under he most ifa! 70 Soonditicn,; il PAT:
and the manner f IN which SRS iSiii i Commandment
are as yet unknown Some OF the heath ON,
fosls 'f iS s dhispS Sis IKE ts t sSans t SlSsa sn si iRsS's a1a
thither by the winds; Others. that the germ OF
8BGi'tGShi chs oF tssor slOW shy along moHsb tho t s%Tss aSS 81 FP &:
the ground and pavement as q means Of disin-
DRY By the fact t6st the disease was killed OF
along Ct Claude street, where II originally start
;S&il, snS where this system Of treatment t1ssnm and Y. s dis.
ported b., the sudden and wide spread Of the
disease; In this respect the present spids%io
fever In the past has usually spread .siowly
Prom some central point Of Injection. This time
hopper. 'q The Sye soo sas city Ssst e. % of cases s. occurred : srassi
ten miles distant from tho nrst. Within two
weeks e tie disease had spread to every ward rd in
months e accomplish this.
One Of the old theories, and only ono. survives,
do With the fever OF e t'S broke out in the poorest
part Of The town, but died out there. When -
eSg sTtS,. IN the beta, Italian an qSsrt u'rv ~ long oag. Sdd 8
panicky feeling. Az . matter OF fact 1t was
iot very bad there. It was, as of old. in the best
fsndso@s aSSo houses. q paved sRs '0 streets as and s'G general al
cleanliness that the disease was worse. Con-
s tT9sry t tS the e5 general ,S belief New C, Orleans e. was 2
ern or Western neighbors.. The sani larry sys-
tionally good. The cit was divided up into
small districts with . %eanitary comm hnder for
SsSe '3 2ooasd Or d s,HSt' d ThS sSteats ~. ,ser ssFs at.
local sanitary, officers every day. It was prob.
was kept 30 well under control: but on tho other
band, It was as likely to break out IN these
RoIss' a wh iS tb esery yb sapit al nl prsSSs Es sns pre- pro,
set ut defiance.
How the disease is communicated. remains
whether the disease is contagious or not. The
doctors insist that It is not contagious. but tho
tsiai ' the do e1%s fS%ns Ip sn snf SerohhO from o The
dif r. s. snS seemed sa d}s, to ssiSh \ tb yssy, s" tsSy ,,m,
n SSs GIEi ms Ser sn dIs sa9SssSS' and Sl 'G spr. az 'a aionI
s seS sst' was d forn slidess; Ha' 1nS t Gnised s aasini
disInfoctant. but most Of the Independent in:
positively that it viii mot disinfect q house or
stop the yellow fever. The facts seem to sup
port their view. The disease broke out again
and again in houses which had been thoroughly
disinfected with formaldehyGe. Many thou
sands Of householders In Now Orleans bought
formaldehyde generators and disinfeoted them
selves and their promises throughout the cpl
demic. Yet tho same proportion had the fever
as those who nevor saw the'disi.hfectant
The worst feature Of the present epidemic Is
not the failure to keep the yellow fever out Of
the country or to prevent its sprea nd when It got
here, but the failure to learn anything of bene.
Mt to the, country. In tho light Of scientific
progress this seems inexcusable TO many.