The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-02
FEVER OR
NO FEVER.
Board OF Health and Police
Departments Investi-
gate.

The Board Of Health made an inveatiga
tlop into the cause Of typhoid fever on tn.
western side Of tho city. But tho depar:
| ment failed to give out the result Of til
investiga alton. Then Chief Dolap sent hi
| special officers to the infected district ant
had n census taken.
The report Of Chief Doian follows: "A
canvass mado by tho Police Depart,non
OF that portion of the city situated be
tween Second and Sixth streetsand from
Harrison to Broome Streets inclu ding
both sides of the above men toned streets,
to ascertain the amount of sickness, to-
gether with the nature Of said sickness, al
SO to ascertain If the afflicted persons have
been using the water from the spring sit
uated at the corner OF Fourth and Frank
lin streets
Number Of houses 40l; population, I. 1877 /;
cases OF sickness, 157; typhoid fever and
use the spring water 81; typhoid fever and
do not use the spring water. 81 intermit-
tens fever and use the spring water, AZ; in
tsrMittent fever and do not use he spring
water,4; malarial fever an d use the spring
water, 81; malarial fever aud do not use
the water, 6; chills and fever and use the
wafer, s; dysentery and use the water, Il
lung trouble and use the water, l.; colds
and do not IL Q the water, 2; gastritis, Il;
pneumonia and do not use the water, Il;
neural gia and do not use the water, Il;
families who have sickness and use the
spring wntsr. 50; families who have sick
ness and do not use the water 32; families
who have no sickness and uss tho spring
water 1856; families who have no sickness
and do not use the spring water, 1903; dry
cellars a6s; wet cellars: 33.
Secretary Wigglesworth of the Board of
Health then got angry because the Police
Department trsspasssd on his domain He
gave out the following statement.
about two weeks ago the Board Of
Health received reports of sickness in the
neighborhood mentioned. sent the four
executive officers of the board there to
nioke house to house canvass as soon as
the reports became humorous. They were
starred at Third and franklin streets and
worked west and north to cover the hill
side in the direction Of the springs source
They found the sanitary condition much
above tho average.
Samples Of the spring water were at
once secured and sent to the Board of
Health of Philadelphia and to the state
psychological laboratory at Newark. DR..
Robin at Newark reported to me verbally
that the water is chemically pure. William
G. Robinson, Jr., The meteorological
chemist of the city Board Of Health of
Philadelphia made the following report:
Marked: sample of spring water:
Condition, clear, colorless.
'Acid reaction due to CO. 2.
Contains. Parts per million.
Cnloflne. e............"., ...nVo
Nitrogen as nitrates. None
Nitrogen as free ammonia. ..... None
Nitrogen as albuminoid ammonia. None
"Commants: This Is an excellent uncon.
taminated water
'Respectfuly submitted,
civilian g. Robinson, Jr.,
Chemist Bureau OF HEALTH
Colonel J.Lswis Good, chief of the Bu- |
rsau Of Health. also writes that the analy- |
sis was made under his personal suIerYi- |
sion and the water is excellent. At both
places the water Is now being submitted |
to psychological tests to show whether |
the water contains typhoid fever germs.
Until tho test is completed the spring will
continue to run.
"Our investigation shows large num-
Der OF casss OF sickness in the neighbor-
hood men toned, most OF which is a type
Of malarial or typhoid malarial fever
Since the epidemic of 90 called typhoid
broke out there ave been but two deaths
Tho average mortality from typhoid in
Philadelphia, New York and other large
cities ~ 1873 per cent. There Is much ty-
phoid feve. In the eastern part Of the city
entirely away from that or other public
springs.
The Secretary then states that he con-
siders the police had no right to take up
the census Chief Dolan had the census
taken because the Department Is accouu-
tabie for The public safety OF the people.