New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-17
QUARANTINE.

THE PROCESS OF BRINGING AN INFECTED VESSEL
INTO PORT THE HosPITAL-slilP-"E WEST
BANK-THE NEW BUILDINGS BEING bhECIED
-FUMIGATION, ETC.
Comparatively few Of our citizens are acqualht-
ed with the tolls detentons, and difficulties "hch oeset
many Of the large vessels entering the narDor Oh Ne"
York. through the hands of the Quarantine ocas There
are numerous veXatious delays TO almost every traveller
nv sea He has 10 submit to the rude manpulations OF
he Custom House Inspector and then 10 run the noisy
gauntlet OF hackmen cabdrivers hoterunnefs ana the
ike. but the tale has never fully told how he may
en- fer az ouarantine IL one of his feOw-passengers hap
pens TO be suffering with an infectious diSsase
have been in an unsettled condition. owing chiefly 10
conflict OF legislative authorities sluapoes WIN the
Board of Health sbbornness on he part OF
10 mart with her sandhars and other causes The hosp
tai ship the station the furthest away rom NeW-for
-, over Raw about miles south from the
taten Island shore Sandy Hook the true geographical
spot Tor general quarantine establishment has never
e oeen op what is called the West Bank shallow be
tween the present position OF the hospital snip ana
the staten Island shore, which VIII eyentn
ally answer the purpose of the Lower Bay Hospl
tai The west end of Coney Island has been appropriated
Tor quarantine purposes In short time the faVOrite
beach for surf bathing will be declared to the public who
away where however the facilities for bathing ex
cellent Buildings also being erected on barren Is
land, almost Immediately off Rockaway, and these VIII
likewise be occupied very soon ihen going ~
through I'll NarrOws, the old Quarantine StaO OF
the first landing OF the Staten Island ferry boats from
New York portion of the shallow bank in me upper
bay, OFF Bedoes Island has been selected py the Com
At the present time the vessels arriving inspected
Indies the OF Africa and other tropical quarters
likely lie infected with epidemcs stopping in the
Lower BAY and their patients, If being placed on
hoard of the hospital ship The vessel is then fmgated
and after being thoroughly ceansed the vessel is per-
The Health Inspector is DR.. John swinhurne, who re-
des at the upPs be entire taking
vessels through Quarantine boarding hny soi sci ~
placed Mt each station one at the hospital snip anu one
AT he Island landing.
cias Is TO board all vessels coming In learn the sanitary
vessels are detained In the Lower Bay for sufficient
length OF time TO determine the course TO be ekcn WIN
them by the Quarantine officials.
For Instance a vessel rounds the Hook in this hot Sum
weather from Havana or 81 THOMAS, anu heav v
to in the lower bay The Health Officer boards her Win
boat load of men to help him 1t Is fair suppositon
that she brought either the cholera yellow fever
she happens TO be crowded with passengers Inc report
the captain surgeon is first consulted Az general
thing it is toeraby correct, but not always MOI oDg
ago there thirteen cases OF cholera ionnd on Doau
OF ship which reported by the captain to be per
If the ship is found to be infected with any epidemic
all the inmates are summoned deck, preparatory 10
fumgation. Employees of the Quarantine auth9Flues
20 through the ship TO make sure That no hNlns
human being Is left below the upper deck dhe sae
and through the mattresses for the fungaton VIII hll
anything that draws breath THIS prfcnutoa rs eSes
women, and have been suocaed When every one Is on
deck the chemicals placed on the lower deck, the
matches battened down ana the lhleIor VI ue i btn
ship is permeated by The plrylng or dscaSS hiine
gases ali the doors Of stae-rooms, IDS OF tluhks ~e
being left open for the purpose.
The assembling OF al hands deck gives capital OPP
portunity 10 the boarding physician 10 Inspect them,
and ascertain their sanitary condition Those VINO are
found 10 actually under the influence OF the epidemic
conveyed TO the hospital and those VINO arc n0t
are conveyed 10 the receiving station there 70 listen
10 the mysterious music Of the sad seawayes til permit
ted 10 proceed To the city. The process of fnngatoh
generally occupies about two hours At It's conclusion
the matches taken up, and the vessel IS CONSIDERED
purified ,--, -,
Many Of the passengers are much Inconvenience ana
mortified ut being thus detained but the necessities OF
the public health must be first considered So far tho
examination OF vessels is concerned those coming through
the tropics from the tropc ports taken care OF NJ
the hospitashp In the Lower Bay and those hang from
the line Of our zone are boarded and Inspected NJ
the OLD Quarantine landing on Staten Island
There r. almost quarantine business whatever IN the
Winter. The frost Kills most epideInics much morSS
fecuslly than any regulations enacted by man when
The progressive accommodations are completed, New
York will probably have the finest system Of this Kind IN
the world.