The New York herald., 1863-10-30
uwssrssslns Facts ConesrninR Our Quar.
Antfne Reg uIatf0ns.

n~ssrssslns Facts ConeerninR OuS Quar-
antiae Regulations.
We rus.sb 10 day very interesting synopsis Of ccr
..,uss,ee between Doctors walser and Anderson, IL
., 10 tse occurrences and statistics Of the Qaaraa
a., ,-vsvsneut The foowins The ssbssassial facts
,..uca NJ the able report Of Dr. wasers III rssasn
snys,caB and deputy heath ofhcor;-
s,s roa,us Hospital for the establishment Of which
an sret,l y due 70 Dr. Anderson Of Staten Island, has
seea since 1859, tae Ier.d ~ when ne eommis
Of CuAfantlhe ~"''9o" 'ne 'aai"o osP"s' w
ss Yards containing sixteen beds, are we'll ven.
...ss "a sraeous wbie In the lower main decks,
oar beds ready for convaIescents or persons IN
e4sTsniine. ..,. ......- a. a.. ,,... H..
,,i ~ uahluy 70 infection-urged almost infal-
800 seguence by the oontagonsts has happily proved
and the t 81 easing antcipat'ons Oh s pro-
sslar have been fuy realized under the most severe
~, solitary case has occurred among the en-
- ith-tanding their constant contact with tho
- ,.I thoush matt On which some OF the most
sent cases died been used by myself and others,
al he sa anp csan occurrence has resulted from IL
= i. nfevetlve being the most scrupulous cleanliness
G h ara and tbe entire exclusion OF everything from In
sSa voss The sick N All stages Of me disease.
- a yelru lever have been treated on board or
..ein IN 1879 eghiecn IN 1850, twenty seven In 1861
ass lse2 seventy three m isoS with the aggregate Of
~. ,,ssrns 4 vessels was great left to
shs so q ne pos ~ns s's G sex n,srS sna wen % ,ho %
. h.d ,ss 10 vat for many hours before they could
n. r.asossd from tho Infected vessels.
an ,1s prsssnt boarding station the contrary, the
s.s,,s n a vessels distress and others subject 70
ss.gs,ae cotsdsred special iayor 10 bs boarded at
sssa shere thsy had 70 ass urcr all circumstances,
xIitu bali a me, and where tbcy could como wishin
saaias distance wihoui the least inconvenience.
Vrom July 10 October I hundred and eighty six
xn..es were ae.sned two days r observation, fumga
oa apd ventton; tweaty-eight received conditional
a'rs.a ), sSsass .,syedoses and IisnsSrmcn al the
sptsr saaFantae. aud oneths United States steamer
Esnsma-was taken 10 New hnmpshirs by order OF the
n smfi'1nes wllh The law and 10 fala its conditions,
tns e4h therefore compelled TO yield to the
prusssl O@rd Of Underwriers, the Pilot Commits
souss captains aud owners Of yesses, against the dis
shsrsng q vesses below The Narrows. as the law pro-
skonAy Directs discharging vessels have likewise IN
y.uabiy reoeiycd The order % anchor ~ . point
ess a5d haa miles from statee, Long, or Bed
hes isands'-snd a. This distance an injected
,es sa.ssee q oaasd lighters from the Lower nay
wouia nnt alxsys have been unattended with danger
1c cargo, nor could DISCHARGED vessel ride safely
o. aBchlF-points which will all require considera-
tOn s.s ns A~ Gao be fully pat into execution
uus vet stll more imperativey demands the closest
sieniln sHd Q, the Health oncer, which that
may become infected IN ports apparently healthy
Houeyef paradox Ell this may seem some OF The yer!
wofst gss a have been u this class.
fhs m~i sirkDg and perhaIs the most sirnlent pes
slip that entered tho hArDor oi Ne@ York for many
ysars that Of the Alabama. she had passed the
wuter a. the spring IN the West Indies, and on
her say 10 Key West sppped only one dy Ia Havana,
~hcr TIE port a. yet was conrarativey healthy ana no
lad occurred M the harbor. After remaining two
weeks q Key Wet where yellow lever was known TO
east she saied or CIe Hayu, the rendezvous of the
American sluadron 90 the day Of her arrival the nrst
yellow occurred on board. Turing sixteen
days prey 10 her ARRIVAL Ia this port twenty eight
had occurred ten o. which bal to- minated iatiy and
ieu were transferred 10 my charge.
Tue entire slips COMPANY we're Immediately trans
ferrod q the Mssuoia without the permission 10 take
suyth out. suit Il clothes, from the Alaba;na
for nye ats ghsc Iueut 10 the traps'er We admitet
daIy new cases among her crew, rni the total number
u admissions IRON that vessel amounted 10 lOriytw0
bat aite- the expiration o the pefGd o. menotton ol
the disease al rcni et perfectly healthy, whle eut I"
nc ship keepers who In The meantime had bcen placed
GA boasd Tie AZbamt, h,e were taken W on board The
hth day, twO OF whom died 0i yellow ley =.
But my report hss already become tao lengthy aud
the mote and conditions OF Infection are rather suber
of medica thesm. Though hss been saih 10 Prov
that quarantine h ~ eeciual and useful Ia New lcri
u nas proved 10 have been m New Orleans tina
tho most sing0e aniii stous " ts friends cDsciucn
its impr.ged condition have ben reaiise, and tina
nothing remains % insurf rs Iuil aud cnpete sue
bat the fulnent OF all the csndtors which the in
proved Qua raDene law rcqures