Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-07-25

IL ever the Of this city is injured, it will
be by the gross inconsistency practsed at the Qua
rantine station, Staten Island DIR. William Rock
well, health officer, has been in Office for about two
years. and during that time has enforced the quaran
tine laws in very queer and singular manner. The
laws Of this port say that when vessels arrive from
the tropics from June LIST to October Ist they arc
liable to quarantine Of thirty days, and the passen
gers the city, unless the vessel has
been fifteen days from the foreign port whence she
comes
Now it seldom happens that a vessel from Havana
or Matanzas, or any Of those West India ports, is
than seven to nine days the passage, and
sequenty the passengers are compelled to remain in
quarantine from five to seven days, liable every day
TO sickness, inhang, they mast, the atmos phere
from the lazaretos and their business suffering by
their unnecessary detention. But this is not what
we are driving at. We intend to show by compar-
ing the laws Of this port with those Of Of Boston and
Philadelphia, and by referring to the manner by
which DIR. Rockwell gets rid Of the passengers that
the commerce Of this city will be injured ultimately,
il not Immediately.
If vessel arrive at Boston, she together with her
passengers undergoes observation Of forty eight
hours, and il malignant disease shows ITSELF the
vessel is permitted to proceed directly to the city
detained, hut the passengers allowed to visit the
city after having undergone few hours fumigation.
The laws Of Philadelphia are the same.
Now, in consequence Of the laws Of Boston and
Philadelphia being so much better for the owners
OF vessels and passengers from the West Indies they
will naturally turn their attention to those points,
aud trade must eventually centre there.
When passengers reach this port, DIR. Rockwell
will not permit them to directly the city for
fear OF spreading disease over the laad, but will
allow them to proceed to Boston, Saratoga Springs
and TO any point in the interior the coast by
giving bonds not to show themselves in New York
till the fifteen days have expired. In this way the
passengers get clear Of the Lasarettos, but lose
several days which often Of serious importance
to them in business point OF view, whereas if they
arrive at Boston they lose but day, matter
if thty have been only three days the passage
from Havana.
The Quarantine laws Of this port are radically
wrong, and il they cannot be corrected they should
be administered in proper manner. Every one re-
collects when the pilot boat Lafayette arrived here
that she was permitted to engage in the business Of
supplying vessels with pilots the very day she
reached Sandy Hook. This vessel had been TO
Havana, had laid their several days, and arrived
here with the yellow fever board. Every pilot
attached to her has been sick, ard two have died
In the heart Of this city. Three vessels arrived
soon after, and each one is compelled to undergo
rigorous quarantine TO make up for the neglect in
suffering pilot boat with the yellow fever on board
to cruise and supply healthy vessels with pilots, and
shus placing in jeopardy the lives Of hundreds The
doctor must be consistent in his movements if he
wishes TO prosper in this world We shall refer to
this subject again
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