New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-04

49,, -.,o,+s for March have not all been COM
r,e.ea but the increase VIII be significant Ao-
.o-dine to the report issued yesterday, the tolal
,urnber Of cases in Manhattan for March VIII
he more than two hundred.
These latest figures have caused uneasiness
IN the Water and Health departments In the
latter there Vas prediction that II the DOT
ouvbs were TO be affected by the hatohao
sn,d.oic the reports would show evidence Of 1t
very soon. The evidence was forthcoming fuiiS
=. soon as expected. II was said at the depart
- ,ester5av that the full effects Of the upper
watershed typhoid would be felt here not much
sooner than ten days
There Is a tendency to attribute typhoid out
r-ssks 10 the milk supply. In the Pennsylvania
ol,ies tbev were traced 20 the water In ana
near BOSTON 10 the milk. Each is an excellent
o.rger Of the bacillus The officials in this city
stated Yesterday that If there should be 'y-
pboid outbreak in this city it would more man
Iilel, be due 10 contaminated water. and tnat
not necessarily from near Katonah me con-
s,,ions AZ Mount Kisco are so bad that there
&c a feverish expectation Of trouble as soon as
rbe warm weather sets in. with attendant eariy
heavy rains Tests there have shown that 'he
drainage from points near Mount hisco goes
a,rec, 10 the Croton Lake. Dilution VIII NOT al
.opether insure the city water supply against
danger.
Tie eqbt for nure water has been carried into
the Controllers Office In a few days engineers
under Controller Metz viii go over the water
sras ,,,,b water Department officials. and there
-r,u he lingering attention paid 10 the bad spots
ssDeciaIIv that at Mount Kisco The Water
Tenartment Is strongly in favor Of filtration, and
.be vol,,uinous reports urging this system pre-
nsred by Chief Engineer De Verona. have been
a che hands OF the Controller for several
months.
A reporter for The Tribune visited Katonah
yesterday for renewed inspection OF the ltal-
isn camps Ct Cross River With Dr. CARPENTER.
the Bedford town health oficer. The contrac-
tors compel cleanliness in the houses and
grounds but cannot. of course. control the Ia
borers after their days work is done Their
quarters were found 10 be as clean as usual.
The doctors have sent aTldavits TO the Health
Department OF this city regarding the number
! of typhoid cases that have been in the c0ntrac-
tors camps Dr. Darlington had not heard thar
cases had come from the Cross River camps
According 10 the affldavits. there have been three
established cases and one suspected case.
There is doubt in this city's Health De-
paTtment to the source OF the eight cases OF
typhoid in Katonah during the last six weeks.
When the disease first made us appearance
there the local reservoir was emptied and
cleaned. No recent analysis Of the water had
been made before the reservoir was cleaned. II
is believed that If this had been done the source
n the disease in the village would have been
found. Subsequent anaiyses-that is after
spring draining into the valley had been pro-
tected-showed absence Of typhoid infection.
The three children who had TIE disease in Ka-
tonah, as reported IN The Tribune drank water
from the spring. which is near-the school.
Or. Carpenter furnished outline map Of the
district 10 show how impossible il would be for
any contaminatiOns III the Italian camps TO
reach the katOnah water supply. Cross River
drains the camps and Beaver Dam Brook which
nows through the outskirts Of Katonah eTnpties
INTO Cross River far from the Katonah well.
There are no sanitary violations in the village
AZ this time. The cases still there are conva-
lescing. and il is believed that the record OF
eight cases, with two Deaths VIII stand for this
epidemic