The sun., 1900-09-25
HAVANA FEVER SWEPT
Yellow Jack Vow Epidemic In Tie
Cuban City.
CASES BEING TREATED
DR.. Doty, the Health Officer OF New
York, Thinks That Congress
should Give Havana n Good
Sewerage system.

Washington, Sept. 81. ~ The surgeon
generals Office of the war department
has no information regarding the cpi-
demic of yellow fever in Havana, al
though it is known TO exist there to
considerable extent. Private adyices
from Havana indicate that the outbreak
is serious. The fever exists in the best
parts of the city and among Americans
who have gone there.
1t is said ut the war department that
no fears are entertained Of serious
outbreak among the troops of the United
States, as they are outside of the city and
not in infected districts.
The outbreak is not unexpected. as fe-
yer usually develops about this time Of
year and is even worse during the months
Of October and November than in the
spring. Surgeon General Sternberg does
not think there need be any apprehension
concerning the spread of the disease.
4 dispatch from Havana dated Sept.
"A says:
'srhirty-one new cases of yellow fever
have been officially reported since Friday,
making nearly 100 now under treatment.
Captain George 5. Cartwright Twenty
fourth United States infantry, quarter
masters department, who was taken
down with the fever last Monday at
Camp Columbia. is dead. Robert Thon-
as and Alfred Kilbourn, Second United
States artillery, We're attacked yesterday.
Governor General Wood suggests that
department clerks should not reside in
Havana while the fever is raging. as Fl
Vedado and other suburbs are preferable.
Accordingly the clerks in the adjutant
generals department will stop work daily
at 4 O'Clock
what Dr. Doty Says.
dispatch from New York says:
/ ."Fhe condition of affairs in Havana ic
very bad indeed" says Dr. Doty. the
health officer " the port. "and the work
OF stampius our the yellow fever there is
made difficult by considerable number
7 Of cases that are not reported to the au-
Z thorities. but here IN New York We need
not he afraid az it, The inspection AZ
quarantine is made more laborious for US
and we may find fever patient or two
but the disease cannot live in this climate
and there is not the slightest danger OF
its spreading. In the course OF another
month the weather will have become sc
much cooler that even the southern cities
will have little fear OF it. \ good fros1
is sure protection.
'DHt there is q very SERIOUS size 10 lnt
matter and one that cries out for actor
by congress. General Wood has done al
that human skill and energy could dC
with the means at his disposal. He hal
cleaned up Havana as it never has beer
cleaned before, and still the fever lives
And the fever will continue to live ant
break out every summer until S1O,OoO,oOI
or S15.o0C.o00 is put into first elaA
sewerage system for Havana. The street
there now are not properly graded o
paved. and many of the sewers, wher
there are any sewers, cannot carry OF
, the waste that is poured into them. j.!
house balt On the best sanitary principle
may be set over chokcd sewer ~ sew
age soaked ground, and then all its lin
plumbing is worthless. Nothing bat
thorough system Of new sewers and Il.
! removal Of tile wooden work on the wa
ter front can secure safety.
, Congress must do this work. Th
Cuhans never viii do Il. for they are ir
munc 10 the fever and don't care. An
E besides that, They won't spend the MONEY
: Il is Of the highest Importance. in N
I, opinion. that congress should take hol
i, Of this matter Business reasons alon
Z demand it, The fruit trade is practical
; shut out from the gulf ports during u
4 summer. no one can come from HavaA
{ u thi. country by way Of Florida, an
: even the shipping to New York is subje'
Y to serious delays aud restrictions. IL
n vana must be made clean, and consre'
n must pay for the work. !"