The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1900, Page 1

T Tall. INVESTIGATING EXPERTS INSPECT CHINATOWN AND 5 FAIL TO FIND A SINGLE CASE OF ANY ILLNESS Ty O A TATH s*@tsis*@*o*s*sw*st%mww*ww*s*@fi.’ Dr. George F. Shrady Critically i NO CASE OF ILLNESS OF Examines Germ Specimens Sup- ANY KIND IN‘CHINATOWN plied by Health OffiCCrS. « ESIRING to become acquainted as much as possible swith the conditions of Chinatown, 1 took * ¢ Chinatown Placed Under Quaran- -k SRS S tine by Orders of the Local Board of Health. ¢| ¢ another opportunity of wvisiting the district last night under an escort from the Chief of Police. ()| PR T R, ’ ‘ ]’ CE ( As I had scen Chinatown in daylight, I was anxious for obvious reasons to visit it at night ) . . The FamOUS Expert VG’IVCS Hls ’mprCSDl?nfs x n the inhabitants wwere more or less at leis and had congregated for corference and amusement x; COOIICS Evade at WIH the Decree Of the Of T_h: Cf)niltlons Prevalhflg mn thz Flltfl = ) ;i other tword g ito xcv.s‘(:n[u* ;f"l/:: /‘f(?{l:u‘{/[if:‘ nf'f the Clu’:mmc.n.v ’:’ Officials and Reduce the Restrictions . . . th obfect of the wvisit, that of sec sick n ¥ District of the City. x : B i e aimity it : % Upon Them to an Absurdity. STt e * ] C t all the scarch of q to % T l Oc ¢ e { other than the 4 ¢ 1 in highbinders' quarters, mei and () = oF r ) murdercrs, no case of cven suspected plague wwas to be seén nor iliness of any ki cerpt from * Sar 2 nd day's report of Dr. George F. Shrady. * have been one of 1‘\ ath, the body a very advanced s B R B o N i N S P e = o o e S S e e e S e e e g common heart muscle e vellowish an s marked Intestinal cor able blood abdominal cavity v much enlarged The inoculat .;g‘ ve b eig e anced stage of decom- e organ. The inoculations s previously removed were oe . s as possible after death S s he result that the animals died— * cal indications of the plague. The E imals were guinea pigs. and they dled | with all the usual symptoms | which were corroborated by ination and the re- covery of plague organism from the blood | and spleen of the animal IS NUMBER EIGHT. the hea Case elght was a girl who was seen on | 10 ! the second day of her illness by a repu- e female physician, Dr. Worley, who ear stated that she was called In to see this girl and found her suffering from a high | | fever. Temperature 105, headache, pros- tration and bordering on delirium. The | female sald she had been sick for two | days previously with headache, backache PY J and giddiness, and had to lie down several @+ 0+0+04000e00000Q S eDebrDedeDereD et oedec® attentic | casual vi fered me | ental fashion people. After the tions with differ stituted spokesm. concern would as almc news, | would refer to | threatened | be a unanim this proposed | of Health. which | ferent degrees of v quarantine ant Chinaman medicine, | was there B S e e S S S S culiar to the to crack o -0 doctor, fee medicine in arm day fever ¥ n P - - | most favorabl oughness of anied me | than_anybody | lected. Tht | come upon [hr\vel! as a p Gibson had a the emphasis of a kick, e words unintelligible to me i the door. a | a few Cht | and then | opened ana we were ‘Having such fa main object of any sick in Chinatown—was that could be wished for. Whenever I entered the dimly lighted apartments I looked for | some sick verson. In all the tour. how- ever. in all the search of Duarters inac- cessible to other than the police or Health Board, even in the highbind auarters, those of the hatchetmen and murderers, no case of even suspected plague was to be seen, nor illness of any kind. 2 s BOARD OF HEALTH ORDERS CHINATOWK QUARANTINED O SHRADY = BESINS i i ExXarmmgTiory T * "[(EGE(D T Busor e ZAGUE GERN7S MY DEAR _JR Kimeyy GEF OFF 7HAT CAne - @ nd which1 In this case the authorities were not able to get any clinical history. NUMBER THREE. J‘ Ng Ach Ging, male, aged 35; died March | 17_at 95 Dupont street. ] This case was one of the four which pre- 4 sented the characteristics after death of | bacillus either in | rapid decomposition, occasioning the body. And here | plack appearance of the body which is so ented by Drs. Kin- | commonly assoclated with the disease and un sent his ving to it the name of the ‘‘black | es and Dr. eath.” | . > i 3 those micro- | “In the specimens removed from this | & » k4 ad Chinamen a: himself had | pody the typical plague bacilli were found with characteristic bi-polar staining—two | little blue spots right in the center Supervisors Give It Proper Authority and a Cordon of Police Now Sur- rounds the District. HE Board of Supervisors held a special meeting sterday morn- ing lstening to odies which Now | gf the field. That organism decolors with | aluable testimony Gram's method and conforms to all_the | > A CRowp oF QUARANT/AEp WAGORLS gatlon. Al | cyjture tests of the plague organism. Thjs camined with | (rgapnism was compared with two cul- By Orders of the Board of Health Chinatown Is Once More Quarantined. 'i?g'xi'a:l;cor{?ofi'f D e e | e 003 00040 +06649 41 00004000400 0000 EARCHING FOR & onally | gists cf & orid. i | SEARCH!N® FOR DISEASE | s B NUMBER FOUR. {actly at what place. The histery of the| well defined swelling in the right groln, | times during the day. When the doctor | N ENC F ) wN no shadow of doubt Lee Sung King, male, aged 47; died |Case as given by his friend. Li Bo, who This was opened and found to consist of | examined her it was discovered that she | ’ DhN 0 CH'N TO sure as these were removed from the ' March 18 in (,m,lfia place. lives in \Vashington alley, is as follows: | @ mass of large glands. and the diréct ex- | was suffering from obstinate constipation | Hospital bodies =o sure am 1 that the cases in | The body was discovered In an advanced | The man had been sick for about ten|amination of W ich revealed the plague | and acute pain in the abdomen on the Board of Health ice Pre ” point were those of plague. Tk e of decomposition and supposed to | 3&¥S, having chilly sensations and. fever. | organism in great numbers. Animal in- | right side. She made a diagnosis of ty- | Stubbs of the Southern Pa Dr. Shrady, the Famous Expert, Fails | of the n! cases occurring been dea(Y for several days, and | He grew rapidly worse a few days be- | oculations were made, which conformed | phoid fever. On the following day t and Willilam F. Thomas. to Pird a Single G £ I ¢ to May 15 is very interesting. there were no - buboes obsery The fore his arrival at the city, which com- | in every particular. temperature was less. pulse had increased | zr e Sl o to Fird a Single Case of Illness wing facts relaied | glands removed, however, were found to | Relled him to stop work. He arrived in NUMBER SIX. in frequency and the girl was delirjous, | FUIt canners. adopted res in the District. . nd Kellogs: | be reddened. but supposed to have been | S&n Francisco on the evening of April 2| pyret Chinese girl, from the gland and she immediately took steps to have | €ring the Board of Health CASES NUMBER | due to decomposiiion. Microscopical ex- ( 3bd went immediately to his friend's.| ghort bacillus with rounded ends, with|her removed to the Pacific Hospital.where | persons. houses. places and 4 mins ¥ 5 =] ed on Sunday morning. Dr. " it Is deemed amination Tevpaled, NS Presence of SMort. | for him as he was very stek. 1 - Bo| bibolar stain Many diplo-bacilll’ scat- | the Dhvsician in charge. stated that e e o e ed March®%. was | which corresponded in all the tests sup- | POt having room in 1Ivashington alley . o girl arrived at the hospital in a moribund{ Infectious diseases. The ordinance went €, male, age 41, jected of the plague germ. | took him to St. Louis place, a small alley NUMBER SEVEN. condition. No clinical history could I_n ectious dise: fhe owd . It M s {{ust In the reas of the old iheater, where| Chu Sam, male, age 3. obtained from the case except that fur- | nta effect im ely and thereupon the sod 388 aled A‘-r" e iy | he (L{ Bo) had retaineld a room, havin, This case was discovered on Mai 11 at | nished by the attending physician. as the | Beard of H h adjourned to its own Ts7all” that is known | _This man left the city some time ago. | him untll 5 o'clock in the afternoon ‘of | visits, discovered the corpse of this man-| o'clock Sundas moraing. IWhen the case | ot i the fiatrict bounded by Broat probably at the date of the first exodus | the following day, when the patient died. | Not being able to satisfy himself of the | was admitted the doctor examined it and | ~hrne in the district bound®d by Broad- ER TWO. | when the }Senl?h Board Lcommenced fts | He was removed to an undertaking es-|cause of death, he asked Dr. Kellogg | found practically the same as had been | WaT: Montgomery avenue, Kearny, Call- 3 g e b B inspecticn of Chinatown in March_ He | tabiishment on Pacific street and was | to come and make the autopsy. No one | stated by the attending physician. partieu- | fornia and Stockton streets. The resolu- Name. Chu Gan . aged 22; dled went to work on a farm on the Sescra- | seen by Dr. Kellogz. who made an exami- | saw the case before death. was seen | lar attention being attracted toward ti tions follow: | March 15 at 723 Sacramento street. | mento River. It was not ascertained ex- | nation of the body and found a large, | ten hours after death by Dr. Kellogg. | trouble in the right side This was very| “Whereas, After a careful and minute R SR SRS and >+0+3Q | the State t J C Company yright, 19 v ~ Herald Publishing The first case that of Wing Chup Gi Dupont street L T nder the observation of a N afier having been 1il Chinese phy six months. a of the lntter. Fran- | of the clinical ne Hospital service of San