The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-03

/ the '.ugBdy Is Essiiessis AZ - s'-h-
/ iuEtor-,suttcr~ Considered Ey the
/ commissioners - Orders I,~ucd-
T Attention has been called 60 ga. 1-.va-
. iyn,, of olahjh.ria Ia the District. ana 3"
tine u,aI.y region of -ar.iaua Last
weeks health report showed 1h"- nine
. teen u,u cases Ha5 been r.r"r. -- chat
. eighteen Lau been discharged as .r,d.
600. Chat ta... w,Es siE.y cases under
treatment and ia quarantine During fne
. present week thirteen new cases a-E"
been r,augt,d Co The HsaGtH ONO. of
which tlreg were reported to-day Three
cases have b..a o..-hsl=.d a. and oE. has
been taken ou. of quarantine, lyaEt.E an
ilcg,as, OF nan, cases in tine District for
IN. present w.ek-
These --uI,z seem 20 indicate thal the
d.z,as, is gaining Erauud rapidly. ms this
mu-uIr- there were siEty-fuuT cases UU-
der tr,.Ju. at and in Quarantine e. ,alry
. mt the H,-'Eh DruartM. ut. however. dc
. N,lyu.i Eau.s relating 90 the situation
which show that In. number of cases is
not unusual for the tine of The year II
Was explained that diputa.ria and s.arlet
fever both increase considerably --Tlug
the months ~ pt,moer and october
This is rh, period wh.u residents Of
y. t1-t.-.rrs"a aat 1'lliia- hd'A To III. CITY %
and tAe officials of tIy Health Office say
that Jh,y invariably bring diseases with
Oh. m d. is well established that uo less
than zen patterns. al present sick with
GlTh,h-gla la the city, contracted jEc dis
case al country places and other points
where They hav, visited. IN two case $
under treatment thc patients came home
a few days ago from Colonial Beach. One
of the tIJIl cases was contracted there.
A little gIrI Was taken within two days
after h,- return from the Buffalo EApo-
si,i"u. other cases are traced Co Mary
land counties. and Two to points an the
/ Virginia mountains. II was remarked
that II Jnc disease was not imported in
this Way. the local records would not be
s." sw,-,d with digurh@ria and scarlet
fever IN September AMI October.
Upon map hanging in the Health
once il is possible To See where every
case OF uiUuJnoria in the District is To-
Gated Tins map shows that Tho disease
is Well scattered ard that il has not as
-umeu ANY of the characteristics of an
-li-,miy- Though there were zizty-four
cases ON record yesterday they were in
,hlrty-siN pr, misses, there being several
instances ia which TWO OF more cases were
Ia one house. Some Of these are at Fort
Reno, one is in HrooEIanG, three in Trini-
A-a-A anu rf-h .L.tl III ArtGT- low
Jorlty uI the cases are al present iu that
part of the city lying east of "a line drawn
north and south through the White House
Blue cards. indicating the location OF the
disease on the Health Department map
ar, close together along the line OF rua
baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks There
/ is another cluster OF cards within a few
/ squares "I the navy yard, ana they are
quite mick along the Ile Of a scmi-Circle
al Ll5Atl street northeast
. ire I-.a-lh Department records show
la cases u uluAtHerId from July ] 20
I october 2. 1871 For the same period last
. year there were lZy lu $50 there were
a., and Do 1885 there were l43, 50 that while
the number this year is above that OF last
ear II ls SUI! not above the average.
Al was SAID aL the Health DElCc today
JnaJ aside from the Importation OF tae dis
ease as described u ls not spreading rapid
~ E@th Ae" case brought AID generally
LlLects several others for instance E.
child brought in two weeks ago from one
OF Inc counties or Maryland was visited
f uy Two OF Aer sisters brother ana
cousin. all OF whom axe nov III with the
disease IL is thought Jha- there Will H.
no further spread OF The u-Iady from rli-
source. but the CaTeIesSutss or the friends
OF inls child resulted IA The illness OF four
It.pte before The Heath Department took
charge and enforced isolation and proper
care 10 avoid spreading The COuiaglou.
Daniel vs.. Reichard. Director OF the Ha-
. gCrstowu Fair Association. recently ap-
piled for permission to swing a banner
across Pennsylvania Avenue. from gI5 20
S-5. for the period Of TWO weeks. begin
ming September 90 The matter was re-
ferred 10 the Police Department and Lieu
tenant Amiss, of the First precinct. has
reported az follows.
81 think that Tie line should De dra yyn
with reference 10 the swinging Of banners