The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1900, Page 1

\ = @The VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 192, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SPORADIC CASE OF BUBONIC PLAGUE DISCOVERED, BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED FOR ALARM Dr. George F. Shrady, the . Fa-}®'= s mous Specialist, Outlines the; Ordinary Precautions Which; Insure Complete Protection. ; 10 JOH OO 10 manifest. plain truth must be told. the time comes to face the issue calmly, deliberately and judici have already occu trivial moment in themselves. This might be the last case and it might not. any unnecessar tions are obser erly quarantined there is re known te the public lated and properly The great point, sco. and now seems t rre sonable safety for all outs ntined district. a however, is to 1O O1O 4O OO OO 1O O Empty every infected house of its inhabitants. then resort to the radical measures of burning. ny infected house is to take no chances short of the firebrand. vields a large revenue to many of the wealthy men of San Franecisco. swer the guestion regarding the feasibility of this radical measure.—Excerpt from third day’s t of George F. Shrady, the famous physician timated liés left Chinatown roofs that nearly on Tuesda to houses tined dis on the we: € which are not gar rgo on men aply farcical. The | crowded with pas Board b where the quar. i providing food to be d they e is proble es to be a diffi- The Chinese Six s so showing signs that attempt to resist the quaran- | s yet no legal action has been Coi i : - < ¢ EVIDENCE OF PLAGUE 3 . IN THE CHINESE QUARTER beuts ; . | Dr. George F. Shrady, the Great Spe- | ik cialist, Counsels the Public That wtrgyio e There Is No Need of Alarm. by the Company. | | 1 Herald Publishing | [ of plague 15 to be 1 Chinatown, a corpse has | been discovered in which the | f that disease are manifest. w complexion on the | lull of security extend- weeks, that too much gare taken in properly interpreting After having taken v this morning I have no doubt, so far as the invest!- have gome, of the existence of n th vy examined. It is with regret that this statement le, but the plain truth must s I understand it, is what s asked for. Now the time face the issue calmly, deliber- The few cases | e e B S e an I S S SR RS - , are of com- ! moment in themselve: called to dount chances for might | hopes . no rea- So much | mysterfously con his disease that it | the danger of | one re n communic another 1| infection than | nal _contact. It must be looked after | individual. There is er from contact with When world utside is the rs have rep- in | or cases when s d. Thus | sured that when a :s Is the from wounds received in then the fnocula- tside n infected house is properly quaran- | 5 tined there is 1 ..x"]namfl safety for all . . attemns | OULsiders. The small amount of danger i e 2eMPt | from actual contact with the sick ©ig d pose of abundantly proven by statistics regarding h vl e ysicians and nurses who | s stter is one of the disease, notwith- | . pe e of San nding their most intimate connection | ped et the same. The greatest risk for-| v - | | of this con- and the nurse | appear to have a charmed immunity. -It is well for these facts to be kitown to the public, as counteracting unnecessary alarm when a case occurs in a given, 180- lated and properly quarantined district. The transmission of epldemics of this disease is mostly due to solled clothing | | and dirty and infected houses; thus the main remedies are within easy reach. The 3 sec aced in them is not > and come in the district oy the cheapest and subterfuge to escape district and to return to it'at THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR ALARM. LTHOUGH it can still be said that no living case of plague is to be found in China- town, a corpse has just been discovered in which the evidences of that disease are It is with the greatest regret that this statement must he made, but the This, as | understand it, is what the public has asked for. d as adding to the ordinary mortality statistics are of comparatively We are simply called to count chances for the future. In either ry alarm. There is no danger from contact with cases when ordinary precau- ed; thus the public can be assured that when a given infected house is prop- iders. It is well for these facts to be teracting unnecessary alarm when a case occurs in a given, iso- prevent its gaining any possible foothold in San Fran- be the time to make assurance of safety doubly sure. Then, as to the house, let it be so thor- disinfected that there shall be no chance of any infection remaining. If this be impos- | believe the safest thing to do with f assertion. of -9 0-0-9-60-0-0 0o “THERE IS NO PANGER FROM CONTACT WITH s s WHEN ;° ORDINARY ot PRECAUTIONS ¢ 24 ARE o Now ¢ OBSERVED.” +? ously. The few cases which .8-9-0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0-0-¢ L i S e o e e e e ] . S * case there is no reason for fe @10 40 1O 1O Q1O If prompt | am told that Chinatown It is for them to an- o o S Qe e 00060 srededededed Ol Ol Q10 1Ol D10 010 OO OO 1O O 1D latest observations also point.,tor the transferrence of germs from one loc!flty‘ to the other by means of the infected rat. | Here also is a condition which can easily | be met S(‘lr;r\vv thus far has unraveled ysteri connected with the | courge and the re: d 50 extensively be- | nt of that knowledge | igation has placed at | disease. | y £ on virtually and people can be assured that | authorities can meet it on its appear, in view of sensational . .5 07®+¢+®+@+@r¢1 ) — T fecarron, statements to the contrary, to be a bold Physicians are no more afraid the plague than they are of typhus, which, by the way, is the most dangerous disease of all. ersonally I may be per- busybody out. The merchants, instead | enue keep quiet and stimulate them to be even more alert and fearless. In the end they would always gain by speaking the truth | mitted in view of a firm beiief in this d when such would do the best service, | trine to state that'in my mind there was | rather than being forced to do so when | were no more fear at the autopsy this morn- | it is too late. Policy is mever an excuse | ing than in any other case of similarly in. | for implying a lle. Neither the health of- fectious disease. As a still greater em- | ficials nor the other publlc officlals can phasis to this assertion it may be stated | afford to deceive the public on any issue, that all the other gentlemen taking part | particularly on a matter of public health, | in the autopsy had been injected with | which necessarily concerns the safety of Hafkine serum. The disease is not apt | every individual. Ideal protection consists tosepeeas sipily at first. We must re- | in knowing the danger at the start and mark also in this connection that it has a |in working earnestly, persistently and in- special predilection for' the Asiatic race and exceptionally attacks the whites. The great point, however, is to prevent its ning any possible foothold in San Fran- quest be ne: Yes been the p: telligently in overcoming it. To the latter end the health beards are always the es- sential means. Therefore, I say, take care of your health boards. Don't invade | save of bulldozing the disease watchers, should | Francisco. radical measure. lar bufidings in which the tion down to a simple and pra formed me that he had at the In Dr. Wilson, the a: picious case which had been under thy care of Dr. Fiteh, who was called to see parently rectly to the existence Lsumal glands assoclated with a like con- ition of the glands under the jaw. fChinatown Is but Authorities Take Measures Under Quarantine, Neglect to to Secure Obedience to Their Orders. O e e O o O O ] THE Hovrm any PACLF7E ST W/ITERE THE JSPECTED T CAIE W [ TR Pictorial Incidents of a Stirring Day in Chinatown. ‘curred, as 2ddingE 10 [ @O 900400040090+ D 006000400000+ 0 0000000 +9 69000 ePedoed0dedeo0d to many of the wealthy men of San It is for them to wer the ion regarding the feasi v of this So far all that seems to cessary {8 to attend to these particu- dead hodles This reduces the whol: found. terday afternoon Dr. K ee the bod summoned to SUuS fstant city phy: yofa atient on May 24. There were ap- no symptoms which pointed di- of the plague, softening and infiltration of the in- On cisco ‘and now seems to be the time to % asil leave the | the left side one of these glands had make assurance of safety doubly sure. If | feis Are HIes Rot O s to be naw | broken down into an abscess. Ir. order prompt action Is taken the disease, wher- essary for Francisco to do at the present | to_clear up any reasonable doubt con- ever {t may be or whenever it may come juncture is to empower the health author- | Cerning the existence of the suspected can be easily and absolutely compassed |jiioe to draw the fire lines, so to speak, | disease. Dr. Kellogs removedsome portions within safe limits. round the infected buildings. Empty every | of boxm geis olF L-é?r?s mfcmi‘::r‘ég?g;fil No better {filustration of this can be | infected house of its inhabitants. Keep | SXaminaton. B ndug FCREOPIcEs ere these tenants in quarantine in some safe place—some house of detention—until all danger from the disease with them has passed. Then, as to the house, let it be So thorbughly disinfected that there shall be no chance of any infection remaining. It this be impessible then resort to the radical measures of burning. 1 believe the safest thing to do with any infected house is to take no chances short af the fire brand. It may cost money, but what is money against human life? It seems to me there is no argument that will hold ood against such an assumption. I am {old that Chinatown yields a large rev- offered than that afforded by the manner in which fires are extinguished. Take, for instance, the working of the Fire Depart- ment of New York, the greatest, most alert and most efficlent of its kind the world over. When the firemen are fight- ing a fire in his neighborhood, the average citizen glves himseif no further concern as to the outcome, nor has he any busi- ness inside the limit of operations. Why should not the health officials stand in similar relations with the public? This applies not only to San Francisco, but to every city and township the world over. The quarantine line is drawn to keep the Bush: | vice, culty vided | gist in the University of California, myself were invited to take part in the said autopsy. we repaired to the morgue in the Chinese quarter. errand in view of the surroundings in the street made npgarem by the diffi- viewing the Decoration e he decided to make a more thor- examination of the body this morn- ing in order to obtain additional facts. Dr. Kinyoun of the Marine Hospital ser- Dr. Montgomery, formerly patholo- and ‘With such an end in view It was a strangely significant of wending through a gay crowd lay parade. Pro- with the requisite passes from the -5 . e B S e SR S A S L At S e S o ] L e 4| at the resulting revelations. All the pathological phenomena ob- rved were those usually assoclated with The body was a good state of There were no spots r e left side under nces of suppura- previous inflammation of t we no enlarged glands n the groin t protuber- dts- is material was Dr. Kellogg for n. otes of the au- the preparation from th of the corpse. After exa men_with him I was a istence in it of the typic ‘ DSF DR. CROWLEY WOULD | BURN DOWN CHINATOWN Radical Measures Suggested by the State Board of Health’s Repre- sentative From Oakland. | 7 WOULD advocate the complete de- | || struetion of Chinatown by fire as the 1 best 3 stamping out the plague, D. D. Crow- ley, member of the State Board of Health from Oakland, at the Palace Hotel last night. “I think it would prove the cheap- est course in the end, too, and the one best calculated to reassure the Eastern people, who have so great a horror of the scourge. Now that there seems to be no further doubt that the disease is here, we should stick. at nothing to rid ourseives of it. Fire has at all times proved the surest treatment, and we have the best evi- | dence of it right before us in the case of | the Hawailan Islands. There the torch | was used without respect to property- owners and property interests, and the | plague was stamped out with dilligence that reflects great credit upon the Homo- lulu Board of Health. We have, fortun- ately, had the counsel and advice of Dr. Day, president of the Honolulu board, who has been in this city for several weeks and who did all in his power to assist us. “Chinatown is a natural plague spot, and, although the local Board of Health has improved the situation much by put- ting into effect the strictest sanitary yet. In my opinion, the_ only od f8 to apply the torch. Under anagement the infected district the adjacent districts Likely to be in- fected can be burned without danger to L o N e S S Health Board we were escorted beyond | the quarantine liné. Judging from the r of Chinamen who crowded the sidewalks of their district it was evident also that there was a holiday there, al- though for a very different purpose. Ser- geant Mahoney of the police force of San Francis has command of the | the remainder of the ecity. If it is quarantine took us duly in|then decided to rebuild a new China- accomy by other members of | town on the ruins of the oid, let the anied by The inhabitants of this now . | buildings be sanitary and arranged with district | regard to proper drainage, and their ten- ants compelled to observe laws of | sanitation.” i | OUTGOING STEAMERS officials. Large numbers followed be- | REFUSED CLEAN B'LLS hind us from apparent curlosity and in- | terested motives. | When we arrived at the morgue, which | o R was on the ground floor of a low, hovel like building, the crowd, for obvious rea- | famous much exercised over the outcome of examination which was to be made. They lined up on the sidewalks, in many cases to the very curb, thickly packed, In evi- dent expectation of the coming health were very the evidently The Peking and .icstralia Carry the News Abroad That San Fran- sons, was more dense. 'No violence was | offered on the part of this closely packed | promegy WSy sy assemblage, nor did it seem intendel. » There was an ominous quiet alon HE Federal authorities have de- whole line, each Chinaman appearing have that stolid gaze so characteristic of | his race. There was a disposition as we | entered the building for many of the by- standers to crowd uround us and obtain an entrance if possible, but it was con- sidered prudent, where there was such lability for the possible spread of infec- tion and also_for other reasons for the crowd to be kept at a safe distance. clared officially that this port is in- fected by refusing to issue clean bills | of health to foreign-bound steamers. | The ruling was made in the case of | the Pacific Mail steamship City of Peking, | which salled from here on Tuesday with | & Jot of passepgers for Honolulu and the Orient. Dr. Day of Honolulu yas & Das v 4 home with him full re- B e e A e EaUdY D | SCTs of the situation hers and & history covered by a rude but peculiar pall. | of all the cases that have come ‘Ender the The autopsy was performed by Dr. |observation of the local Board of Health. Ke‘ulog‘, Dr. Kinyoun and myself assist. | ing. 1 confess I was somewhat surprised Continued on Second Page.