New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
STILL MORE TYPHOID.
another Death and Eight More
Cases at PeekskiU.

o,e more death and eight new suspected cases
was the typhoid record at Peekskih yes'eiu"s
IT had been believed that there wouid DC ho NC"
cases. but the epidemic has not as YET run 10
oourse IT Is hoped however, that the last vi Il
will he recorded this week.
r,. nroporton of deaths to cases mas ho"
-eachea he normal More deaths are expected.
however when VII. probably in the emu h'o'"
an abnormal record OF fatalities
And this sact causes doubt as 10 the na'"'0
re III. disease because Of this doubt there 'idS
e.ar :r i-ltiu,. OF experts into the town.
,rb.re has been only one known case or
cerebro-spina1 meningitis in the town. Among
tho v6rIxinymen employed by the contractors
there are several who came from Panama BUT
they are in good health. The only fevers 'hey
might bring with them would be ,Cnagres ahc
ve,low fever Neither could be spread at TINS
ti,na or the wear Some of the cases have had
resemblance to pernicous fever, but this is aiso
a tropical product
DR. Hastings has come down from Corheii ~
physician. said to be from the RocKeieher III
stitute of this city, has been making inquiries
The Health Department of this city had two ex-
perts on the scene. Drs Shears ana boiouah'
The former is in doubt as to the nature Oh tiie
disaasa The latter is sure that it is typhoid Also
sure is Dr Curry the Health Officer of the town.
who diagnosed many of the cases and IS saIu
to know what he is treating. The consensus oi
opinion among the local physicians is that the
epidemic is typhoid.
If was generally admitted in Peekskiil yester-
day that the reservoir should be cleaned IL Is
on high ground, but the water is pumped up
from a section where there are stables cess
noo,s and other means of contamination. In
fact the Peekskll watershed. II is HsiS'eo 10
far from being in good condition
ha hpad
of the place is certain that the contractors
canp IS the source of the Infection and il ne
has his way there is likely to be drastic actloh
to compel the contractors to subject their WORK
men to the most searching kind of a clean-
ing up.
DIR RoIduan. of the Health Department, SAID
Yesterday that the whole Peeksklll Watersheu
needed cleaning up. He has spent two days III
the region and has enumerated sources OIL Poi-
Iution There were stables, cesspools. chicken
wards and drains. all leading to the Peekskill
brook whence much of the towns water supply
is secured Dr. Bolduan also took several cult
ures but he has no doubt that the cases are
tvphoid He is also sure that the cases had as
their source the water supply. He Will report
the immunity of public institutions where ar
tesian we'll water is used and where no typhold
cases have been reported.
ut seems to be beyond question: he said yes
terday that the water supply is to blame The
cases are also so scattered that they cannot
be attributed the milk or other food supply
Another fact is that the cases are principally
among the wealthy and well to do Very few
cases are among the laborers.
"An this leads to the belief that the water is
the source of the disease. The last analysis of
the water showed that it was very impure The
watershed should be cleansed. And L have
found that the water supply of this city is not
endangered by the epidemic at Peekskill. The
Croton Watershed is far to the east that
there is possibility of the city's supply being
endangered. But we must look after the camps