The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-27
TINE CHOLERA IN NEW YORK BAY.
Important Letter from DIR. John Swim.
burme, ......

HrALrH OFFICE, QUAR- ANTINE, s. l. April rs,
1875 = To the Met -opoltcn bcH-d Of Health Cen
tier I'll beg leave > report that L Yesterday
sItcd the over Qrar~ ntine and found matters
prog1 nrg iavo-a ably, both on the s,.ameIs and
either on bos-d the Engiasd or YIrOinia nee last
report. The c0ndI-.On of the SICK on board the
ire NUDE typ2-ahe perce1tsgo of deaths being
much less than here-o ouo fne incrC rscd number
OF admissions in the Hospital to-day may be attrl-
buted 20 the sudden chan OF lomperature, ale
though the majority preJent tie mider foim OF this
have received writ On stltements from those who
have been famii r with the management of Quaran
inc 1Or many years in reference to the alleged tn
rom T tie ~ YiroirIa to tIe "Eioatine HospitsIS
Deputy teal { iTicer DR.. ID n. b seed who was
four y = Ply siciln OF the Marine Hospital and
sube qrent.y two years physician of the hOsplt Il
chip in Il @ lower bay, sta,c3 that the manner of
transfer Of the s'ck from the Virginia was bo'h
hrTane and proper and the same that hal been fol-
lowed Tor many vea.S, an1 that the sick and well
under quarantine have b IN ccced 4Or accordane
with the dIc-l' g of humanity. H..
The Venerae.e DR. James Harcorrt, in answer TO
my inquiries, s1tas that as DepuSy He, ith o1ieer,
aud physician OF the Marine Hospital, he has bc en-
associated with Quai antIne nccrly thlTty RS and
has kpi intended the .arsie of thou Inds of sick
from vessels under Quarantine ID the hospital with
out SINGLE &C odent occurr NJ, eud the plan of
transfer Wes the same 81 e1op.od IN the care of the
The superin. endent of the Hospital Mr.. James
O'Rourke, states that he bcl been corn cted with
Quarantine over four zen yco-s Fnd Tor the pest
seven years hes been boa-u the FO1 5ng Hospital
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''FrOm experience and personal KNOWLEDGE of the
lower bay, must ssv Ihet the OrlY safe wav to
transfer The sick by lcrge rowboaI the pat ents TO
be lowered IN c1aT or fogshe ID in the 4orm of q
ell air" Cep ain Prowse, OF the sic nsh1p Virgisid
says frat this form OF chair IMPROVED from hogs
lead, is the only saIe and humane method trans
feTi ng the SICK 70 bO4ts and the only he would
adopt under ike circumstances
IL is the of all connec I'd with quarr utine
t it ls utt-rly imp. .Icticabe and improper to de-
pend upOn q .ug-bJGt for the transmission of sic <,
mt Of the roughnesJ of the waters of the bay
not only, but more particularly Tor santa reasons.
fhe "ll-a Iorbing question with the public is, are
for the pro ection o public health lf not, what
cod; ional means should be ADOPTED 1t is the
opinion of those fanliiar with the regulations of
QuaIautlne now belnP carried out thlt public
health is p )iccted, while commerce suffers, for the
want OF lcilltie3 to carry out a proper system OF
qua antiue The inhumapitY of OBTAINING we'll per-
sons upon hClks cc1not bo called in question. All
this be ohvIatedp This whole subject lald teIoIe
the Legisa lre IN report made by the Quarantine
Comm 'SslOners, 1895. .......
! he following language was rssd by me (see page
eJ 10 show that If trusted to fOi tune, and made
provision fo- the future 1--WE may b. called upon
cur es of onr neglect, when repentance will not re-
u to Us the victims of our indiocfetioa. and the
knowlcdGe of what we might have done 10 DrotC;t
oul elves agasst the ivaR,3 OF the d zee D. will only
tend ID incTcCse the horro-J we my be "Qcd upon
10 experience therefrom" And again, the whole
CubjCct is dscu sed by me- end sugg jSlons made in
the Quqre 1tne COMMISSIONS > report OF this year,
from page % to 81 iuClrs.ve. ANY one who will
take the trouble TO IC2d there repor'1, cannot to
blind TO e iPct tb 1t the Cu1rantine Commit 5ioneTs
End Health offce-J have no. neglcct1d Gh lmpor-
mt question. John SW INIURNB, Health Officer.