The New York herald., 1866-04-29
The Cholera on Wards Island.

NATHAN NEsBlT, superlntendent
Major JOHN MISSING, Secretary.
The Cholera on Wards Island.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
The following report sent TO the Metropolitan
Board Of Health in order that they might correct their
statement OF "tweny-scven deaths by Asatic
cholera Wards Island, in November and December
ast; but see by the report Of their transactions that
they ordered II con file without permitting to be read
thus proving that they attempting to suppress IT,
mony order their false position and have
therefore, deemed it my duty give the facts tho
public. LEWIS A. SAYRE, NJ. d., 2s5 Fifth avenue.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
70 THE METROPOLITAN BOARD HEALrH:--
Observing the Report of the Metropolitan Board Of
Health as published in the papers of yesterday see
q DR.. Crane read lengthy document in reply to the
card OF Dr. sayre refutng the assertions made by Dr.
Stone and the Sanitary Committee, in relation to the
number OF deaths from cholera alleged to have occurred
on Wards Island. The various which resulted
fatally, are cited In the communication. and from the
records and the testimony Of Drs Ford Gueke It
established beyond cavil that between the 22d OF
November and the Goth of December last thirty. one
cases Of cholera occurred Wards Island in build
ing and that Of these twenty fatal These
cases were entered on the death books of Wards Island
As this is question of veracty between these gentle
men and myself beg leave to substanriate the truth
fulLess OF my former statements by referring first
DR. Ford's own published testimony is found in the
Annual Report OF the Commissioners OF Emigration FOR
read ad-"Darrh9a and dy sentery much prova.
lent than in former years. but did appear OF cpl
demic or fatal character until the rainy PERIOD which
occurred in November, when it assumed epidemic
choleraic type. On the 22d day OF November the FIRST
fatal case was recorded, followed daily by Others cntl
the middle Of December when II mitigated owing Droba-
bly, to the favorable change which had previously ken
place in the weather and the sanitary then
adopted to arrest it, Still 1t continued in the same
building in which 1t had commenced up the 10Th of
December, when it entirely ceased There thirty.
died ~
This statement is dated Wards Island, Jan. I, and
signed George Ford, NJ. d., Physcian-ln Chief" Here
Dr. Fords official statement in tho annual report that
these twenty died Of diarrh9a and dysen-
terry How then can these gentlemen state thai, from
SETTLE
some of cholera morbus appeared the Surgical
wards well as in the medical department AZ this
time considerable excitement prevalent In the city
regarding the appearance Of Asiac cholera but after
careful investigation these to be
common choer. complicated with typhoid symptoms
ness OF the opinion" Signed officially, 81 NJ Carno-
chan Surgeon in Chief"
In looking the statistics of death on page 56
which purport TO be record OF all the Of death
having occurred In that institution during the year.
fnd Cholera infantum, o; cholera morbns a." and
In the whole list Of deaths, embracing the entire year
Enquirng at the City Inspectors office learn that the
record of death from Wards Isapd rendered TO him
officially every week by James Pagan, superintendent
contains no case of Asatc cholera som that gentleman
during Tie year 1865 And yet We s:s lniormed 2 oy
twenty Of death were entered cassG Of
Asintc ehoerA" ask Mr. Pagan where he makes u6
his statistics froms / ask the Commissioners OF Emil
grafton and Dr. Ford where do they make up their sta
tistics as published In their annual report, ON page
S Are these statistics S.hsH furnished the CITY n nm
uhnual report, the true statistics OF death In
the hospital do thew keep another book of deaths for
the investigation Of Doctors Crane and Stone IN which
the Of Asiatc cholera recorded, which they
have failed to publish TO the world as it was their sworn
the Commssioners Of Emigration we find another state
'DiarrhGa and dysentary prevailed much In the
latter part of the year until in the last week In November
and OF December During period OF rain and damp
they assumed choleraic type, much resembling the
Asatc cholera It spread rapidly in the building where
IL first appeared, until twenty seven deaths occurred
This caused great alarm the island, which reached
the city, though the time which had elapsed since the
landing of the emigrants attacked made IL highly i'm
probable that the disease could be the Asac or import
ed cholera
''After a careful investigation the cases pro-
nounced TO be common cholera, complicated with
typhoid symptoms, which opinion confirmed by tho
subsistence Of the disease which passed OF by the
10th of December and has not reappeared." This an
nraI report signed c. verplanck. Andrew Carrigan,
Cyrus Curtiss, John p. Cumming, Wilson @. Hunt, A A.
and sworn 10 before bernard Casery Notary Public as
being corrcct the best OF their knowledge and be-
lief page 80 ask these gentlemen which Of these
reports to believetheir sworn statistics, which
made up from the records OF their hospital or the
death book which Dr. Crane and DR. Stone had access
and IN which they state twas entered twenty-seven
Sustained as am by the facts recorded and sworn
90 by these gentlemen OF well known reputation In this
community again repeat my first assertion that no case
Of Asiatic cholera occurred died Wards Island
during the year 1885. LEWIS A. SAYRE, NJ D.,
Late Resident Physician
DE-. Marsden, Of Quebec, En Route for
washington.
Qumc, April %, 1885,
Dr. Narsdcn Of Quebec, the originator Of plan Of
quarantine for cholera which 10 in operation In
parts of the United States left this afternoon for Bat
more and Washington, . delegate 10 the American
Medical Association TO represent the College Of Phys-
clans Of Lower Canada He intends TO lay his plans the
result his very great experience cholera before tho
President Of the United States and 70 visit the different
quarantine stations operation before he returns TO
Canada Dr. Marsden contends that cholera may be
arrested or exteminated after has been
been landed has broken out In . place BY absolute
Isolation He says that the at Havcrstraw and
washington arc not Asiatc epidemic cholera, and
will not spread.
The Cholera In L1xembourg.
fwieta Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg tApril 81 CORES
pondence Of London Timss
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