The sun., 1865-11-22


Health officer, VI. on Monday laid before the Com
missoners Of Heath:
WALTON, Del Co, N Y, Nov. IS. 1865.
Hon. G. GODFREY GusTnEk-Sir; see that tho
proper Authorities have under cunside ration, mea
sures to be laken with view 70 prevent the intro
dueton Of eholers into tho city from vessels nov ar
rvns from ne por" In Europe, &c, whore that dis.
Having been Health Officer Of the Port Of New
York In 1874. ths time OF s Ctho eholsTAJ last vista
tion, have thought that stsiement Of the Iacts
In relation to It's appearance ~ the Quarantine at
that time might be OF some aid In enatlins you to
take eltici.nt measures TO tecuro the designed oh.
jeot. Being Jacts, they poinI very siynifcAntiy 10
tho only plan 10 be adopted to prevent tie .nGroiuc.
tion Of this deadly msadJ from our shipboard lou
will rsoollee that 1864 vas the year OF the great I'M
migration, The number Of vessels arriving in the
month OF May alone being tour hundIo cd and twenty
four. The hrst oa.es Of cholerA were found on t6e
North American, which arrived on the 10th OF NAV,
Vailed on The i4k Of April Their, had been mo- .es
ness until The weasel had been more than tlso Wssks
appearance. The snip vh dstain ed and the passen-
sss all landed theiI bassase and clothing, thor.
oushly cleaned aud disiniected, and none Were al.
two days They we're detained about wseI
On the iIth the Prosre" arrived, hsying len Liv-
erpool with 100 emisrAnt. Thirty mine died on the
passage and 80 taken from tho vessel aud
| new case, we're hourly occurring Tho well pssssn-
placed IN the yTounds around what wa. Inc 1,
called the hin Hospital, aud the sick With the III,
ease placed in that buildns, being about Twelve or
fifteen rods south Of the shAnty buildings in which
placed the csses Of typhoid foyeI, nu.t OF nom
we're 1T the tlmo conyAescent
| About the same time The ships Charlie. Hill the
| Plymouth, the Robert Parker, tne u j patten aud
some others arrived IRON havTe, all having large
| number Of cases OF tmApoI OF q very mAlisnant
typo. These we're all plsced in the SMALLPOX Hos.
ptAl to be treated, In the noTthv angle OF the
QuAranuns grounds, At least eighty rods from ths
hospital aud grounds whore the sck aud VOL from
the cholera ship we're placed. The passengers anJ
their effects from these yessels wore .ubected 10
very thorough procea of cleansing and disiniectns
and allowed 10 leave for the CITY, No case. OF eho rS
we're .ubsequenny !I.eed 70 Ihem but the GONZALES,
| cent patterns in the thAuty luildIngA .ho serr
recovering from typhoid ieS OF, began 20 die of ehoi
era and in eAs than one week strsnt Isr c.ut
| Of ths patients IN tho SMALLPOX Ho.pi.ai died o,
| cholera.
ON the 2lIt Of May the Driso Arrived from.
think, Glassow with small number az emiFTAnt,
On her passage she took from the wreck OF a v..s,
FROM LNerpool about tLiTt, pGtIensers There had
been no cholera in the STeeked Susre anl the m. n
sons tAksn nom her ,lyei only the ciolhing upon
their persons. The vessel bang heal hy, ali Sers
AloHed 70 80 up " Tie e.,y, some OF tho first ca.r,
Of cholera that occurred IN the cl,y woe trseed Il
thess wrecked ehi.TAnI, from die above incts
entire certainty
fiIH-Ihat with thorough eloan.lnr and ai.lpfeet
ihg Npy ehloIlhe y! v'"urste. VI tie baggage e.on
lns OF other eueeu tat LAte Gseu ~ Sopf .ct y nj
J Me sseEeuoaA VI sIos1i0Gs toE slnAa.ting ua.l