It was a tragic week.

We did everything possible to alleviate the suffering.

Much of it was heartbreaking, especially the gasping misery of the little children and of the worn-out mothers.

Every resource of the Health Department, of the Police Department, and even the Fire Department (which flooded the hot streets) was taxed in the effort to render service.

The heat killed such multitudes of horses that the means at our disposal for removing the poor dead beasts proved quite inadequate, although every nerve was strained to the limit.