New-York tribune., 1870-10-19

and taken largely from poorer Of ce. Such rendezvous must
esss and history show: tbs. disease: like hS,,. % %
country and ocaed within the corporate limit; the city ,d., .
sPpaIc1 Ppa,n S Of The Health authorities city and be far
under their control as to be compelled to enforce necessary ,
for the Po U , s OF cd%mno s n%0 q Gen MsDoTsS ss
Signed by order o' 'ne tIoRasi Cscc,Rrs NJ d. Chairman
=, os roso,ved that n copy Of the communication he
sent TO GEN Mcdowell and that copies OF the resolution
originally passed by the Board requesting ths c@van @
buildngs on the Island, the reply OF ten
Mcdowell and the final reply of the sanitary 'o''o''
be forwarded to the War Department
WEEKLY REPORT.
The following is Dr. Morris's weekly report
SANITARY IS:rEcTIoS Health - pEraHrAkS a1s
Esxos. CLARK Secretary to a< S Hala Dpa,l",n
sR: bav the honor to forward the oo"ing eo9pss % @ % %
ending Oct 8:
VIZ ending Typhus Typhoid Resl.. smpoI S'nrana Measles
OF ,ss.,''....23 i is u
snce Of TYPHOID fever better shown N By nbSg u. B1
death each absolute while ,tPGIg OF S %
but ndsereny complied with For instance hG GsTni i m
cases of tpd fever reor this Bureau while during the same guar
se ic5 SeIs ie Hs BSru S S Vts shc. T reec
report the Health Deprment eo3aoHs ats ihe 1es
movements prevalence Of certain diseases can De aosI
contagious character the Application Of measures of aesuns ne
spread Of such disease RespsS'iay SANITARY ,pector
The Sanitary Committee reported tna they took ex
~ tho nortaitv report of last week. wherein he stated
Shat he was satisfied that several deaths from yellow
consderab pr"porton of cases typical have recov-
cred without recognition OF their medlcai atlehuan.''
The Committee say the facts ~ the case are as iplons -
There have and q recovery from yGT lever
this city The CoInee have eaeai hS ,b tl % " aSe In each
instance was contracted on Governor ] h N, ik ana dead on
be ISLAND There Is no evidence satisfactory to the Committee that
than tho mentioned in n W York City
COMMISSIONERS OF QUARANTINE-A DISCUSSION
ON THE DETENTION OF VESSELS.
The Commissioners in session yesterday re-
ceived from Health Officer CarDoehan the following re-
port OF arrivals at Lower Quarantine, from miecteu
norris since the nth instant:
Il 5sys from 4rccebo P H. arrived Oct L? had death
'G R n 6 dsys from Sntos arrived Oct G; had two Of the
crew sick with yellow fever before leaving santos 90 - +,
Bk Ea Naia 10 das from layuns arrived Oct 3 Sa 5 das in
port during which time the whole was in hospital With yellow
Brig Peor arrived oc - The captain and
the crew were e in ho & At sy,n1 ,e Ti, " & IS ' m ON. man
in hospital Fayaua Had been at s Lwl and ke Wet before 20
s5 ag ma n S"S tso oe S ere sc S' Go % ke Wet '
Esther q day, & from H. hATaa, c1 ss s rcS S ,, & I'D The he
| mate lisa ~ rtcome died IN hospital .,o,,r =
Bfr il Kennedy lsda f.m M.t,H MA a ,ry Oct, ,., H. Oct f.,
steamship Crescent Citv sd,s ir1n New Ol I srei o' i
yellow fever a, West Bank Hospital eve hs,e been
lived Thrtwo couvueces returned to the Island last week
b Pa d pSfeI Of aiient. at West Bauk is hry,vr nug
those o Is Quarantine Two Of the patients rom tue Ne" oi'
leans ''A"'' were J. 81 Cu,Socn.S Health OTeer
Mr. G. wheeler President of the Atlantic Mali Com
pany applied for the release nom Quarantine OF he
steamer Missouri which arrived from Havana ON lhc
I7th claiming that there was no sickness on DoaId nor
a aprotcfef dscission in which the Conmiss toner's de
Tended their generally in reference To me yellow
fever while Mr. Wheeler with his colleague, Mr. POND,
made s0inc very plain statements to their intepreta
tOn of public opinion in reference to the proc'edhs'o Oh
Dr. Carnochan defined the position Of the applicants TO
he that they simply anxious that their vessel
mil uot IA
the advertised day. viz Thursday; ana iha teS were
fore hc and his deputies had mad sufficient time to ascer
tain whether not the vessel was infected Upon tlls
lie owners re0re that somebody connected with The
Quarantine Interested In the ligheTagc OF vessels
there, and that the merchants were generally diss.
claimed for the ssou that she bad never before been
similarly detained and asked special consideration Tor
The suggestion regard to lithrage was met with ia
denial ana the applcahts "ere reniuuu ,' aid he
had set out on the 18th of September Ia release all the
PEELED TO hold them that day. and for several
days following ne found And new noS S' he added
lit is October i and pn nave DrncSsv cHSeI r %
ceived Governors Island and on that island To-
day, the Surgeon and the Chaplans ssier-n-law are
stricken down with yellow fever Under these circun-
stances il would be criminal to make any exception ~
favor Of your vessel which has come rom an Injected
detento OF the vessel is not great as would he
the injury you and the community your vessel nom
being allowed To come to her pier ana dschfgc hrt
cargo 10 introduce pestence IN that vicinity IL
that the passengers might oi course come 10
the ctv as there danger from that cause; that
the tobacco the cargo would be harmless but that the
sugar and the vessel herself coming out OF the tepd
waters of the Gulf which could not be dsnfected were
dangerous until touched 10y frost. II there should come
heavy frost last night, the promised that
! the vessel should De released to-day.
Commissioner Bell expressed the desire of the Board
interfere little possible with the interests "t COM
nercc hut he reminded the applicants that there was
danger that vessels clearing from NcwGOrk would pres
emily come he quaranned in healthy ports. He re-
ferred particularly the excited state of the public
mind in reference to yellow fever, and said that the
ptw1xr
ms well the public health, by the strict regulations OF
! which merchants complain so much.
! The apulicautS again intimated that somebody
aiming to make something out Of the merchants by libel
vessels and said they would he satisfied the steamer
could be released Friday The President Of the Board,
Mr. Sche, then put end tO the controversy, saying
you'd better wait for "a few days you can't reasonably
expect, under the circumstances, that your vessel
| be allowed 10 come straight from
injected port yOur pier-yOu apparently troubled
by fear Of indefinite detention al quarantine; hut the
Health officer tells you she may up tomorrow, II
there's frost Tonight at all events, that he requires
short time to make thorough observation ~ 10 her
sanitary cOnditOnand you ought to be satisfied with
! that