The New York herald., 1870-01-27

JANUARY II, l870.-TRIP
for "a O s.:s yss.: ;.s on &:
1N In the Quarantine hospitals ana SoS OF
q bringing :p IS fever % ;s :sS SS Ss
board OF these the passags ana
crews were exposed
number q Sns.s swapS. e e. ibis pS 70, sas
to the .mpo. sospSS: III. 81 .sa:s s:sfSSs S
s passage So% wss
BY DR. Lones the residue had either had or were
source sraasaton 70 add Qasranne eecords
The Sick 5uryng the dead and =. other snploymani.
which has never been squad u this other port
?, ~ also a ne dAss
70 me upon which either o. these eases
sas a sss sss sssa
h po also - .aSw. s s entirely
spars after ten days when The vessel not excessively
proper sanitary regulations. Carried Immediate rs
III p: az. % who % s and
Appended . table showing he various diseases for ins
without presenting sOn'Hsys aa. 2, rssTsnss Msys
pSs s.sa s'' with Sa'ss .ns
that could havs niroduced BY Immigration. The
S % s
that during the tive months previous December 1852 only
on.s Dsesmoer howsvsr seven aaaitcnal death.
become isarfay epiis@ic throughout California, and Is
known to be spreading Of Eastern and
Unsd state. i probable" belief further
.s ,ssaasS I @ ssr ~ hat
H s sonagon % IN h metropolis Now the
Il. 's
Sa9 Ssnc. bringing sm:pHT had
in the fac. tina. during the year 1855 many
Ss ss
& wss q y
large extent this continent and that this disease, Of
y I
s sd % s be taken s. e re-
cords Of tho smapSss hospitals on Backwe Island show
seved in February twsnyone and in Marc thirty
February ordered 1900 printed and
isn: i a %5Isa any II psr.sas ' may
Board Of Ha Dr. HsT. o. TO ss Bosa
under date Of March iss9 ma. a sections Of the
informed that vaccination greatly neglected since the
known TO ~ " on s: sonnent right
nua of this Board shows that IN the month OF May
found necessary appoint sixty
sanary inspec.os 70 % ad The Officers hs board in the i'm
which whole peroa the records Of the smapo Hospital
om an2s
we now compare this outbreak Of smallpox IN the month OF
poian district until The following NAV,
e & psod
ri, @ vessels soaa n Ss nSss S
period over ninety cases q smallpox had been received az
saac1ns prove oaibreak smallpox
e & be due Other causes than
grafton and that not until smallpox mad beea prevail
care appeared among vessels bringing immigrants to this
physician At Castle Garden further OF the
sixsev immigrants whom Dr. Harris states were sent
pox Hospital on Biackwel's Isand from January to
ssn 70 the M n Messa in N this sas
twenty-ene of these had been in the country
viii BE- ss nsa As %
sss 'q
and INA. was sent dee. from Castle Garden to sackws
smallpox had been endemic several iaonins in New York
grant with smallpox who been landed from Quarantine
% a Ss s Il se 3 Ss
persons with smallpox directly onward to places
from se & a Anton % Is rsrS 70 .ys I had mad
sa. Sss alter sHssoa
fa week at Quarantine where the wei passenerp were
yacsnses BY DT L9m. and were not & released ua he
fully concurred by the Sanitary superintendent Tho
May after SMALLPOX had become epidemic. The captain and
sss yess al ws spd & e
then thoroughly fumigaed. II subse lnenty
ws al was
Just before coming 20 Quarantne was from his place
double purpose Of avoiding detection aud him from
death BY asphyxa If secreed in OF the closets adjoining
the steerage Thus he remained unl al the well gsssen.
transferred to Bnckwers Island without going the city
Prior 20 1857 hsd had been customary for the asasa ocsr
charge OF the steamships bringing immigrants without
time arising caused to believe that reports
not gven since which time Immigrant vessels vistsd
passengers are submitted TO- personal Inspections and the
IF Snd Which sseSn srs are S1sa 70 ana make an affidavit M Che
months the steerages all fumgaed The has
Ing smallpox OF which not more than half having smaox
board reported The residue discovered
show that Or Harris stating tie rates
imported csses amounted to neary half OF the domesti;
udins $50 hospital, bg reports
and that Of the Commissioners OF Emigration show that 52
Island The report deceptive assumes tina:
large proportion Of these 93 OF foreign origin
roveroy establish that all the above spoken of
9I sIesps hs s. one e bore s TO- Te
poz were received from this district At Blackwe's
Were ans s o s and m a
Quarantine II those 50 Of smallpox received from
the large city win be seen that in.
stead OF oneaf Of the being imported not than
rccty to Backwes Island and did the city
and am unable 10 find the public records instance
arrived immigrants their effects Besides during Pc
riod Of months, when smallpox incuoatg
en is neees Tor these facts show that the reports of the
Sanitary superntenden not borne out by the
AL OF which Is respectfully submitted.
JOHN sWINBUKNE, Health ofnccr.
QUARANTINE, Jan. 70, 1870.
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