The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-11
TYPHOID APPEARS IN
WALL STREET DISTRICT
Said to BE Due, Possibly, to
Bottled Spring Water
Used in Offices.
ONE DEATH Is REPORTED
Board Of Health Reports Less
Fever in City Than Usual at
This Time Of Year.


within the last week or 20 and has led
to an inquiry in the banks. brokerage
and law offices and business concerns. In
certain cases the fever has been at
trlbuted to the use Of brand Of bot
tied spring water. and has led to the
substitution Of filtered Croton water In
some Offices.
An investigation yesterday that Gov.
cred only a few banks and brokerage
offices disclosed eight cases and one
death. Statements made by officers of
banks and employees Of brokerage Of
fees indicated a genuine alarm over
the situation and showed that the con-
cern handling the brand Of spring water
in question has had q heavy corre-
spondence lately from the Wall Street
district, and in Its defence has sent out
chemical reports as to the purity OF It's
product.
The first death reported was that
Of Harold Hasbrouck OF the Office Of
Post Il Flagg. 3s Wall street, last Tues
day. 1t was learned at the Office that
Theodore shulke. another employee.
had been III at his home. Hillsdale.
". Y. while a third. Allen Gillespie OF
Stamford. Conn. had recovered from
an attack Of typhoid and was back at
work.
While II. r. Hand, the office man.
ager for the firm, said he didn't. think
the Illness Of three employees out Of
120 indicated that the cases came from
the same source. It was learned that
spring water has given way to filtered
Croton water in the office.
In the brokerage office of johnson,
Wood Rogers. on the fourth floor
the same building. two more cases were
reported. II was learned that AS soon
as one Of the clerks came down with
typhoid there was u change Of water
in the office. One Of those III is WILL
lam Watson. who has been confined at
his home In Orange for a week. The
name OF the other was withheld.
AT the Liberty National Bank. In
which II was understood there were sev-
eral cases. H. q. Barlow. the assistant
cashier. after a consultation with an Of
fetal Of the bank said that there had
been one mild case within the last week
Mr.. Barlow wouldn't 20 on record as
saying that the sick man contracted the
disease in the office or thut it was
caused by water.
The treasurer Of trust company near
the Liberty National said that while
there had been no cases Of typhoid
in his institution the managemen.
had become alarmed because Of reports
from the Liberty National. He said
that an official OF the Liberty National
had told him Of three cases, which was
sufficient to cause his trust company
to have an analysis made OF the spring
water furnished to II.
This trust company official said he
knew OF three prominent bank officers
who are III at home OF typhoid. but ne
thought that milk. restaurant food or
week end trips were as likely to be the
source Az spring water. He sad his
company had made an investigation of
the water furnished because there was
great deal Of discussion among the
clerks as to typhoid cases a:.d the com
pany wished to have it's employees fully
protected. rms omcial SAID that the
trust company had changed Its brand
OF drinking water ana ne Understood
'hat the iAperty Nat'ohs' a'so hao zone
80. ,
The STATISTICS NJ the board OK Health
snow that there IN even iess typhoio re-
ported ABOUT 'he Guy 8eherai'y IMAM 10
usuai al ."'s ''he Vi 'he year. Late
'ast summer 30 many cases were re-
porteu III the WY as u MAKE the stua-
uoh a'armihs was pointed OUT that
the boaro Oh heaith wouio not oe hke'y
10 kho" ABOUT an unusuai nCmner OF
cases con'rac.eo IN tne hhanciai oistrict
pecause neary al '"e persons now I'LL
i've ou's,oe we" iork cny ana no re-
poI, vi '".,t oases niaue mere
Nea,S wv eas.e VI Spho'o te'er IN
the ne" tUecn' anu Borough Fark
sec'!o"s Oh prook.yn nave peen reported
10 tne noara OF hee"h IN the last
!e" aays, rour.eeh cases were addeo
10 'ne ,ls' yesterday twehty-tour OF