The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-12

results of the analysis Of the air in the
various rooms Of the building is ac
follows: ~
The report Of air analyses of the court
mouse @ and city hall court rooms show the
presence of many pathogenic micro-o organ.
tsms. to-wit N Sun
Inc staphylococeus pyogenes aureus, sta
phylococcus pyogenes albus, and
nle9'ocoecus nize9 as ,pyeg pyogenes are recog-
producing Heterogeneous. The strep
tococcus pyogenes Is the exciting cause Of
erSsipelas: ersIo as with the above named mi
cIopes tne dlplococcus pneumonia crouno-
sac may also be mentioned 1t is found IN
croupus pneumonia and is extremely patho-
genie for guinea pigs
Inc Dac1llus coli cummunis has also been
recognized as a pus-producer. Any of the
ABOVE named microbes may also be the ey
cltlng cause OF septicaemia when general
i neu nhIeetion has been acquired. The baci-
lus subtll1s mentioned In the report is natho-
genie Tor guinea pigs, but in man is practi
caily harmless. The mould fungi which de-
yeloped IN the cultures are practically harm
less in themselves but may carry natho-
genie micro-organisms on the spores which
ing disease. Spi eau
II: In three of the court rooms the bacillus
tuDerculosls was obtained. This speaks for
user 1nasmuch that the bacillus tubercuIo
SIS is recognized as the only direct cause
OF tuberculosis. These bacilli were evidently
deposited in these rooms by nersons Suffer
ing from pulmonary tuberculosis. Rv ex-
pectoratlng their sputum, which nearly al
ways contains immense numbers of tubercie
bacilli "a i'ie
we'll ventilated room should not contain
more than from three to six baclli per liter
OF air. The micro organisms mentioned in
my report are with the exception of bacillus
tuberculosis and bacillus diphtheria usua1Iv
present in the air of inhabited huiIdines
put should not be present in such large
numbers i'i &c
The sensation was not DELAYED a min
ute. County Commissioner DAILY look
ed over his copy and then grabbed for
bottle of microbe killer concealed in
his desk. al
WHO named them?" he shouted
Are every one Of them things in here
Help! Let me out quick 1 see them
mat one there is staphylococcus pyo-
genes albus. I can tell him. He has
been here for a month and never in
troduced himself. I knew there were
put never thought there was croupus
pneumonia" 49,
Mr.. DAILY spent the rest of the day on
the roof va
Capt. Ed Bean was one of the peonle
VINO was not warned. He was found IN
the clerks office drilling a small soua
OF streptococcus pyogenes, dressed in
oiue tunlcs with scarlet cloaks, while
a stalwart diplococcus crouposae was
putting few frisky pyogenes aureus
through setting up exercise.
Afraid? Not at ALL he said when
asked about the terrible state of af-
fairs. why Company D once drilled
against the Light Horse Henry Lee
dragons, Of Qurksville, Ark. Do vo,j
suppose I am afraid Of few subtiies ?
Not bit. Afraid? Why. T was in
Chicago last week and took a drink
of river water"
Sheriff Wagner was not afraid. but
ne was worried. 1t is said he was OBJ
served late in the day trying to poke
a staphylococcus through one of the
barred windows of the Jail, and thai
he was much relieved when he found
1t was too big to go through the graf
Ing. Until matters are fixed up and
the microbes have surrendered Mr.
Wagner intends spending most of his
time behind the protection Of his own
bars.
Clerk of the Court Rogers was quite
willing to discuss the subject. What
pleases me most" he said, '.is the
frank way in which the health depart.
ment has treated the subject. Mosi
men who happened to hit upon such
discovery would have tried to dis
guise the nature of it. Not Mr.. Miller
In plain. simple terms he has told us
Of our danger. We know just what