New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-17
THE QUARANTINE.

The first consignment of Cholera to this port last year
arrived on the lth Of September, and from thai time, un
til the latter part of January that fearful scoure was ia
ported to these shore the cost Of thousands of vau
able lives upon the ocean, and hundreds Of Others, after
their arrival here But though singular it is nevertheless
true that the City Of New-York, rcekng in It's hugest
nth az II was and is escaped the visitation of this disease
and the consequent defamation to which il was 80 emf
nently prcdispoed for in did tie disease preld
beyond the persons who brought it hither.
Thi- almost miraculous immunity il solely etdbu;able
10 the excellent system Of quarantine which Observed
and to the unceasng vigilance of the occupants of the
Health Office Of the port, and 10 The experience and skill
which the Chief Ply scian Of the Marine Hospital and
he assistants brought TO bear upon the numerous malg-
rant diseases with which that institution constantly over
flowed.
This year Cloore hos made IL appearance again.
After brief respite OF three months have less than
three Cholera ships arriving in the por. within few days
OF each other each OF them losing large numbers OF pas
songors Mt sea and orc of them still larger number after
arrival.
The first Of these was the uhip North America, Capt.
CLARK with 75s passengers p days IRON Lyepool she
lost Il passengers during the voyage and on arrival at
Quarantine several others sick The infected were
taken into the hospital and the well all landed and
bestowed in the L. y Store House their persons ccansed,
her clothing aired and themselves supplied with good and
nutritious food. TIC period required fcT quarantine OF
passengers in spparot health Il - hours this time Is
deemed sufficient together with the cleansing and good
Diet TO develop any latent seeds OF disease that may be
lurking in their systems. The course, we have
shown worked admirably last year AMI its success in the
present instance will be- acknowledged Within that ~
hours Asa,ic Cholera broke out with great yiruence
among the landed immigrants, and above $50 were attacked
Al that the skul physicians could DO wa done ont
this outbreak resulted in mortality Of nearly hfy per
~ hon he ~
nothing could have saved NowYork from ihe; devastating
-courge.
Mex came the ship Progress, Capt thase, with 10 pas
scneors from Liverpool This .hp arrived here after
voyage OF - days during which time Il deaths occurred
from tn same Her passengers ell healthy on
arrival.
The las: Of the TITO was tic Chares Crookos, which
s cd in 80 days from the same port on the Sd Of June
with IL passengers, and lose % " 81 much great
er relative proportion OF mortality than exhibited upon
either OF the former ships. Her passengers aso land
ed and subjected the sanitary treatment but not
Jingle OF chcere occurred among them at Quar-
antne.
The Commissioners 81 Emigration cannot Tail % rec the
vast importance OF such aniery reeinen to the citizens
OF til ~, and indeed the whole country let we re-
gret to say thar ey have hitherto di--egsrded the DE-
man- which have been made upon them for the erection
ofcme tenporry building suitable ,c the ACCOMMODATION
these APP arcnty healthy passengers, while undergoing
te>,yersntne which sound experience bee demonstrated
10 be, mera;vely necessary 10 the safety Of New-lork
Heretofore the United States have permitted them b. make
use OF s;ore-house for this purposo bu recently
Collector Rcfeld served them with notice quit wit
which they were compelled to comply. In this
extremity, the cargo OF eIaigrar,s were placed IN
vacant hospital upon the hill. the buildings then oc
cupied by convelescing smallpox pesieni- These pen
limited that il impossible to observe even
due sexual separation, much lees national one The
result thar the German and I-h passcngc--between
yhcn usual during the voyage the most fierce AM
mostly had eAisied-broke into most fearful not. the
Germans using knives and firearms Tor weapons, eni the
Irish tearing down the woodwork o; the building Tor the
sane puspose For time the te.iserens defed ell
authority, but eventually subdued.
This lot Of immigrants communicated the cholera 70 many
Of the smallpox convaescen and the res was inYsris-
bly, fatal. With proper building, al due distance from
the convulescDg shantcs, this mortality would not have
occurred.
Al the present writing there no cases OF cholera in
the Marine Hospital except a few patients who arc re-
covering Smallpox patients have been numerous a.
rorder Il necessary open new Hospital for their
commodroB; present there about 30 cases. The
mortality attending this disease has been about per
cent We believe several Of yellow fever have also
been received tbs but Of the not positive.