The New York herald., 1875-01-18
THE HEALTH OF THE PORT.
Annual Report Of Health Officer Van
derpoel for 1874.
Contagious Diseases-How and Where They
Originate and the Way to Prevent Them.
hsALra o,Eluss's Dn,A,rxsy+,.-.

L. u.
sioners of Quarantine -
In presenting my third annual report It gives mo peas
ure to state that less sickness Of CONTAGIOUS trans
mssoe character has entered the than during
season for several years sxtveRht Of sick.
moss have been removed from vessels
CONTAGIOUS pIsKAsxA
Ihere have been ii cases Of smallpox. exposnR S25
persons as compared with $50 exposing 7os00 in
1877 and 50 cases, exposing 4.7a5 In 1873
OF ship fever five cases. compared with In
1877 and seventeen in 1878.
ofyellow fever twelve cases compared with forty
two cases In 1872 and sixty 1878 No cholera
has entered the port In 1874
Various causes have conduced to produce this result
and In the few words which will be devoted to this
report shall be content notice of the principal
For a long exposition Of my views the principles
and practice which the workings of the depart
ment reference is made to the preceding reports
and TO papers published In the transactions Of the
Medical society Of the state for 1874
Frss-One chief cause for the diminished amount Of
sickness 10 the great falling of in the number Of emil
grants who have arrived not reaching half the number
of 1879
SeeonaThe results sanitary supervision at this port
not limited in It's effects to the Of sick
actually present vessels but enforcement of
hygienic conditions in all that pertains the health
and comfort of the passengers only its effect
upon their welfare while the passage, but the
panes engaged in the business hnd that it inures to
~ M by ,S santay
ened with contag ous taus prevented
1t has seemed 70 that the misapprcheuson upon
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in their character and had reasonable precaution
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lore that he has but small par. Of the duty
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which can directly Or indirectly favor recurrence Of
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result OF such are liable to modied restric
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hous diseases and tends to conhne them to and
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degree amenaee M to III IN the
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drcds thousands OF human beings brought
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Such however should not 9s their relation & TO the
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OF duty on the part OF those engaged in transporting
We tand here in somewhat similar relation to the
u siar,ns pom, sas GANGS have
the place Of its inception. ours Should be made at the
new starting ioc the vessels .hemseves il successful
its further h, ssyagfs are Iad sayed III.
speson ni be eney '' eHof'' 0 n
When The officers Of vessels understand that they will
OF bs
&C. aS e @ ina ssse
senssr travel is conducted By the steamships ISeir
depends upon the regularity and speed of trips
with them then acto the highest Import
ance have therefore, double incentive of pecu
mary gain ani seprcservaon to STIMULATE to the most
appreciate this and has 6sen one Of the most sraty-
ing experiences OF my position to be able to second their
Every vessel now carries experienced medical Off.
order specia isolated SspaI = at once improysed
Knowing that the responsibility does not in
rival here they held 10 rigid both in the OBJ
nec,isus diseases they cause carefu examinaon Of
all steerage PASSENGERS TO be made previous TO their
ae Ssnsisia slies,s This Drastee are think ap
b e hays sssf s the port ssss hs pS
In European countries, very Jew have found heir
way ne % nGrng the first year
week elapsed but smallpox vessel. This
va ooooun chrsLsESi hr s,, Mkt TO eopLissss,
yellow which have arrived n During ing the past lew
years trade with yeow fever ports has undergons
to aing vessels which made long passages ANA lay for
disease had ample opportunity to the mold Of the
vessel and IN It's hidden recesses TO gam orce and
virulencc, the trade Is conducted steamers
which make regular and frequent transit lying but
limited period in the injected The Officers OF the
vessels are fully alive to the importance OF protecting
the crew by cleanliness aud regular habits, and allow
out little opportunity Tor the disease gain
through this source he thorough pnrincaon they
undergo on each arrival at this port precudcs indus
o; niih or The development OF the disease germs
is tie pracuca working OF this principle. carried
out BY the masters OF vessels which has enabled me
during the past summer to be lenien: than has
been the custom Tor many years past Each year has Il
been polne out and the result shown as folows:ln
1877 no vessels were Hphtercd; in 1878 ll2 IN 1874 81
TO snow also that the commercial facilities may be in
creased without risk and that monopoly exists In the
ghterng stevadorns &C. there nincte licenses
esPranted tor these purposes in 1874 twenty-five
1878 ana twenty-slx In ls1i
Nor car II be said the comparative immunity from
yellow ever was owing 10 want prevalence in its
favorite haunts The epidemic At Havana during the
summer was especially malignant In the proportion OF
DEANS 10 tose attacked rsng am informed by ono OF
the prnclpaI physicians o that place to near eighty
| cent mere nave been years when the number at
tackled mas heen groater but few when the centage