New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-17

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Schooner Evergreen. Hncklsy, Is days from Tam
pico, via New Haven, with fustic and skins.
Brig Milton, Patten, ~ days from Jacmd, With
coffee. Hn
Brig Fannie Butler Atwood, 10 days from Aroys,
p. R., with sugar and rum.
At present there is DO apprehension Of yellow foyer
showing itself on these crafts. They will ride out the
customary quarantine, and then be allowed 10 proceed
to the city, in nothing occurs that would varsat
the Health Officer sending them down TO the lower
| anchorage
The brig Truxilo. which has been below for over .
week, has been thoroughly clesn.ed and will b al
lowed to come up to the Marine Hospital anchorage
Monday This vessel had all her crew Of negroes sick
with yellow fever while in Port-au.Priuce The hands
recovered, however, while the ship was lying there,
and have been healthy on the voyage. HereargowN
be scbsrged at the storehouse, old Quarantine.
Brig Crotor, having been down five days, viii have
the same disposition made Of her The Crotos bad
Sickness on board but from Port-au Prince whae
the fever bas been very violent sf times this season
is tt found necessary TO send veeees below, and
this viii be the case until ell arrive here which
on the way from West India ports. II Is doubtful Il
those about to sail from the West indies viii suffer
an unusual quarantine here when they arrive, for b.
al accounts Of sea captains, the fever IS generally
subsiding and has disappeared in many ports alto
sether
The bark II. ID. Breokman, Higgins IL dsys from
Havana, with sugar, tobacco and cigars, has been
sent down. All hands were sick on board Of her
while in port and one died. She lost Of her crew
coming home and another was sick with yellow fever.
Bark Express Boss. ten days from Havana, with
cargo Of sugar and molasses.
prig Croton, Blye fourteen days from Portau.
Prince, with logwood and coffee.
All these vessels were supposed to be infected
or lees in the cargo, and considered dangerous to lie
of the upper anchorage. The Croton was thougAt
not very bad bu. sufficiently to justify her removal
to the lower bay. Captains Of vessels naturally
ar xious TO suffer the least possible quarantine, hence
they put the best face on the matter they car, and
their statements are to be taken with due caution.
If they may be relied on, however, it would appear
that yellow fever is subsidipg throughout all the West
India isands.
The Health Officer states that in the following ports
the yellow fever has sbated altogether disappeared:
Port-au Prince, Gonaives Trinidad, Msysgues, s..
Domingo City, Kingston and Black River. In *.
| Domingo City and Gonaves the fever has made ssd
ravages Probably Havana is as badly infected any
other southern port at this time. It Is also prevailing
to great extent in Matanzas. Vera Cruz has been
pretty bad but intercourse is comparatively limited.
| At Humacoa, the fever appeared about four weeks
sgo has been some what severe but Is on the decline.
The largest pumber of vessels detained at Quarantine
this seassn has been from Havana Of vessels which
have touched there. The arrivals from Portau-
| Prince have also been abundant. Ship owneu arc
rather tenacious about sending their vessels to Havana
on account Of the pestience; but especially are sea
captairs 10th to make the voyage, although large
freigbts and high wages are promised There Is little
| or no fever on the Spanish Main. It broke outs
Maracabo about month ago, brought there by YES
sci whose captain had died of yellow fever on the way
from St. Thomas, but the disease has not manfested
itself to any great extent There was report that yell
low fever had made its appearance IN Florida, but no
cases have to this port from there's in fact very
few vessels quarantned from korda except those
from Jacksonvlle il is seldom they arrive fom other
ports The disease has been brought from Havana to
| Charleston, Savannah Norfolk and Philadelphia ths
season but confined to the vessels, while no yellow
fever has broken out in the port of Now-York this
season, which shows our good fortune paramount
as sanitary regulations also unusually stringent.
Quarantine Hospital This Institution is under the
care Of DIR. Bissee, Physican.n. Chief, DIR. wases.
| Assistant, and a Wardes beside the usual nursss.
orterlss and helpers.
| The buildings three large Hospitss-ths Hos
pial for infectious diseases being the fafhsa away
from the Shore residences for the Health Officers.
| Drs. Thompson and Waller, the Physicians Of tho
Hospital and the officers attached to the Custom.
Hoase; necessary Office budingr storehouses wash.
house, and other neutrality-suspicious. well ar-
ranged structures, though rome of the warehouses.
sheds and docks are in dilapidsted condition from
age and use A substantial stone wall surrounds tho
| premises.
The importance of the Marine Hospital as an essep.
tal department Of the Quarantine establishment Of ths
port Of New York, together with the public intsrsss
now taken in all the facts relating TO the sanitary
condition of city, renders every thing connected
with Quarantine matters worthy Of consideratioa.
1t was understood that at present there is 70 yellow
fever in the hospital very little ship fever some scar
let fever and measles and 60 cases Of smallpox. The
aver ge number Of patients admitted annually may be
set down at 600; perhaps 900 Of those die Besides
Rle sck admitted to the hospital there are stvsrious
times large companies Of immigrant passengers placed
pnder the care OF the physician Of the institution Iof
sanitary observation. These are principally from ves'
GELS upon which smallpox occurs during the voyage.
The total number Of this class would probably reach
$500 The dseases treated usually are yellow, scar
let, typhus remtteut intermittent, and simple feven;
smallpox, malignant measles, eryspela, cholera, and
dysentery and dianhes Of an aggravated type.
OF the number of patients received in the Hospital
during the year, four-fhs are enigants: the balance
sesmen. OF this number, some 80 or 60 are infsats
Typbus ship fever appears TO be gradually dmia-
ishrg in the Hospital for some years back. Typhoid
dease Is very different from typhus, and Is seldom or
never infectious. Smallpox and other eruptive dis
eases are mostly confined TO recent emigrants. Tho
Doctor Gays the ratio OF deaths Of these diseases dur'
ing the year is very email. 1t would be better IL .
commodious sanitariun for the reception and cleens-