The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-09
QUARANTINE.
Report Of Health Officer YanderpOel to the
Commissioners of Quarantine.
improvements Introduced During tho Past
Season-The Yellow Fever and Cholera Yes
sels-Sanitary Inspection and Its Pow
ers - The Value of Quarantine
Condition of the Various
Quarantine Establishments.

Mr. w. L srrARs President of the Commissioners of
Quarantine -
SIRThe past year has been of tranquility in this
department Not only has the community on the one
hand been relieved of all anxiety from the introduction
OF contagious Diseases but those whose interests 1t was
necessary whether in persons vessels
cargo have checruly acquiesced in the
directed This not owing to the absence of sickness
few to nterpose the sanitary power. Quite
the average amount has entered the port brought in by
above the number of vessels The large area
over which yellow fever has prevailed epidemic
during the year-extending from Buenos Ayres and Rio
JanerO the SOUTH from most of the principal ports
the Of South America north Of these places from the
three principal ports of Cuba and from portions of our
Southwestern coas-has called continued vigilance
the part those entrusted with the duty of limiting
its progress With proportion above the average of
of yellow fever entering the port; with large
number Of vessels from infected ports, and with
many where sickness and death had occurred upon
the passage, but their arrival the number Of
vessels subjected to iighterage was necessarily large
Even by the large number whose rights and privileges
were thus coptravened not word of complaint has
made The method throwing open the lighterage
to all and allowing the merchant to control and regulate
all which pertaned to the commercial relations OF the
passengers and cargo and which last season was neces
sarily experiment. has been confirmed success Not
cashing interest has occurred among the different
of cargo while the rivalry Of trade among the
different stevedores and lghtermen has avoided any
extravagant exorbitant charges Nor the sani
tary interests less closely guarded venture the
assertion that never there stricter observation
maintained than during the past The police
patrol never relaxed by night day while the
visits of the Health officers made at all
stages of the discharge OF the vessel An
other practice which has been wholly abolished
is that of detention OF infected supposed to be
injected with the formites Of yellow fever The gener
ally accepted principle that the individual in no way
conveys the disease transmitted by cloth
ing certain articles of merchandise, and above all by
conditions In the vessel itself relieves passengers wholly
from observation the period Of incubation has
elapsed after the last since leaving infected port
IT, them have only to deal with the cargo and vessel
common sense and reasoning tell that the the
vessel relieved of her the less danger there of
Its becoming infected and the all parts of the
lie reached thorough cleaning dsinfecton
The action OF the formites of yellow fever assmiaes in
its features to that Of erment Let little
trOduced into the hold OF vessel and the vessel remain
closed its bilge unremoved tropical heat
ing upon it. and 1t requires but short time to render
sucn noid deadly pest place. The longer such a
vessel is detained for observation" the greater is
the intensity OF the DANGER the cargoes of sugar
meado with which such vessels usually reighted
are by such processes induced to Preventative action
and become vehicles the propagation OF the
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ping interests resultant Of the above action The
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In additional wete until the biigs returns clean and
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make their entrance into any community by way of the
nests rsuge DARK rsessse so' u the ho wife
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detective oxygenaton resulting from crowding passen
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rather to much greater degree Incumbent Upon
as h. When nos day Is
exotic scourges yellow fever and cholera, will. to
sa fss
either be compelled Or instructed to employ the national
and when vessels al such places IN yaasi thererom
resting pIace-then viii there pc no foserins element
y 9eprodcsVe the srans ma 1Sa
essals arriving with cholera. While vessels with
ysST fever the germ cSnyeysd almost wholly BY re
disease Sslns wholly ~ he passens.r.
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%sosse%snt ali persons SEX ana we'll nom M the
s oS and e sss d s placed aSsss
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Ih@s quite as instrumental in the
as soon 8 We be ASSURED that the a ss IL
GnHefa the are Of e
baton has passed and no new cases have appeared
go At once to the city.
captains Of vessels coming yellow fever ports in
taking Drecsuton.ry to prevent Infection Of
Sess qp sse
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the captain and and surgeon Of ship conveying
their pSwsr 70 eradicate sss the
before their fney nave but single duty
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the immediate disinfection and removal tho excre
tons Of tho cholera patient the person ut the drst
premonition promptly isolated the Objections disin
feced every soiicd linen destroyed aten.
dants wash frequently their hands u everything
y which these deecuons can possibly cling be promptly
Cholera no more than yellow fever strictly speaking
IRON me persons Of the SICK I'd inc one case
the poison transmitted la the other the clothing
other accessory, which the germ has found a..
INDUS be useful to know that tue cholera deiec
0n at the time of Its passage Is not contagious and only
after the lapse OF An apprecable time does become So
H. theB absolute cleanliness Is observed with prompt
disinfeciion attendants and with almost i'm
punty, remain at the bed side
There then, at the outbreak of cholera shpb0ard
prompt active, energetic work TO be done by those
charged with the aud welfare OF the passengers
II they are content to sit supneIy down and allow the
epidemic full force In its they must not feel
sggeved II on their arrival at port the authorities take
aggressive their ignorance. Hap
ply there is growing feeling Of responsibility on the
part Of Ofdcers In this matter and It has been In
power during the past to allow three
pass up with only hours Of detention EACH being
uly satisfied that at the time OF the cholera board
exsry rational measure TO prevent its spread had been
ndopGoo while in two instances the period OF incuba-
ton nag elapsed without the appearance Of any new