The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-09

day-Very Low Last N1Sht-Aeuon
by Board of HeaIth-Deaths from the
Disease This Week.
The mysterious and fatal disease
known as malignant cerebrosplnal
meningitis or spotted fever, winch
a short time ago was prevalent IN the
city of Hartford and in Bristol is now
declared by the New Haven board Oh
Health to be epidemic here. IL mas
been gradually developing in this city
since the first day of January, and, at
the present time it is estimated by
Health officer Frank w. Wright, M D..
that there is now between forty ana
fifty cases in the city.
DIR. Wright yesterday morning adj
mitted that the situation here was ex-
tremely grave and stated that the
board was seeking the heartiest coop
Grafton of the physicians of the city
in an attempt TO stamp out the dis
ease. The board has requested all ply
sicians to Immediately report any case
of Spotted fever" that may be noted
in keeping abreast with the spread of
the disease, and that when there is a
death, recovery or removal. the house
where the patient was stricken be i'm
mediately, fumigated. -e.. ........-
Despite the requests of the board,
however, the physicians of the city are
extremely lax in the matter of inn
mediate reports, although most doctors
have ultimately reported cases that
have come to their knowledge. Since
February % twenty-five cases have
been reported. ,..
The most recent case of note in the
city Us that of DR.. James A. Moore, a
well known physician of 236 Grand ave-
nue., Fair Haven. DIR. Meore's case
seems to be typical one, showing the
disease in its worst form. DR.. Moore
was about the city as usual on Sum
day visiting his patients. He was with
friends Sunday evening and seemed to
be in his usual health, except that dur
ing the evening he said that he seemed
to feel a little grip, and he thought
perhaps he might be going to have an
attack of that disease.
During the night he was suddenly
taken i'll and at o'clock yesterday
morning he lapsed into unconscious
ness and DR.. J. J. Cohane was sum-
moneds Attempts to relieve the pa.
TENTS condition proved futile and Drs.
Steven J. Maher and e. K. Roberts
were summoned in consultation. They
remained throughout the day with the
stricken man and yesterday noon he
was reported as being in an extremely
critical condition with practically no
hope of recovery.
4 Dr. Wright said yesterday that cere-
bro spinal meningitis is supposedly an
Z infectious disease, somewhat like pneu-
monia and influenza, but no one knows,
he said, definitely about it.
DR.. Wright said also: 81 feel that
the situation in New Haven in many
respects is serious. Cerebro spinal men
ingitis has certainly come to this city,
and is confined to no particular local
ity and no particular class of people,
though as a rule it seems to appear
among those who are rather debilitat.
ed.
At the office of Registrar Of Vital sta
tistics Carr in city hall yesterday the
record shows there have been seven
deaths here from spotted fever" so
far this month. Last month there was
one death, and in January five deaths
were reported.
The disease is capable of wiping out
family completely in a short space
of time. Tuesday there were two
deaths from the disease in the family
of William Gould of 317 Water street.
Edward, aged five, died after an ILL
ness Of nineteen hours, and John, aged
two, after an illness of three days.
Another sad case was that of eleven
months old Helena Heiza of 81 William
street who died after an illness of two
days. fs
Middletown, March S.--The second
death within two weeks from spotted
fever" occurred here yesterday. The
victim was Miss Alice Brophy, aged
twenty. She was apparently in her US
ual health Saturday. In the evening
she was stricken, shortly became UNI
conscious and remained in that state
until her death. The funeral is to be
private.
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