The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-13
THE YELLOW FEVER FRIGHT.
Drr vauderpoei and James Administering q
Timely PiII 10 the AInrmisis.

DIR. Vanderpoel, the Health Officer, says
that there is no occasion for alarm ut the ap-
pearance Of yellow fever In the city. The YES
sells that ply bet Seen here and Savannah when
the fever Ii raging do not carry any passengers,
therefore they are not likely to Introduce the
malady here. The railroads carry passengers
from Savannah but" said the doctor, " have
vet to hear of the spread of yellow lever by rail-
1t Is carried In certain kinds Of cargoes, espe-
cially fermeDtiDg cargoes. like sugar and mol g.
SEES. IL comes In the bilge OF a vessel, and 1t Is
brought In the clothing Of passengers" In the
doctors opinion, II Is too late In the season Tor
the fever to make any serious Roadway In New
YORK. He reminded the writer empha tically
that yellow fever Is not contagious, and cannot
be taken or given by personal contact. 49,
The first case OF yellow fever IN New YORK TINS
ye was that Of Capt. G. N. symons who came
from savannah on Monday 81 last week. he
was taken i'll on Wednesday. WAS seized with
black vomit on Thursday and on Friday. after
he had been taken to the Quarantine Hospital
he died. lhe room In which he died was thor
oughly disinfected and closed against new occu-
psnts for q time. ON Monday MIR. John Evans.
a savannah merchant, VINO was lodging IN the
Aloetperls Hotel, uie1 81 yellow fever after q
very short illness. His remains we're boxed IN
an .ir tight casket and sent To Savannah. The
Health DO. rd took away the bedclo hing and
every otner thing TIA I could retain the germs
Of the disease and the apartment Itself was
clos d. ON the same day one OF the crew OF "a
schooner from Savannah was reported 10 the
Board OF Health. he patient WIS sent to the
Quarantine hospital without delay. His case -
a peculiar one. Tue period Of incubation with
yellow fever IL generally understood not to ex-
coed i've DAYS. TINS sailor sailed from savannah
IN the schooner W. +. Cushing on the 18th Of
August, and reached Quarantine ON the 4th
inst. after ten days passage. The vessel was
scrubbed and cleansed, aud IA no signs OF the
disease were noticeable Ia the condition II any
81 tue cte,', shc was allowed to continue on her
wav tn the citv. !na patient was not stricken
down until the Qth inst. hiteen days after her
sailing from savannah. Had tho cargo Of the
schooner been OF KIND That might ferment,
the delay OF the disease In making It's appear
ance might rave been accounted for; but tue
cargo WAS OF Georgia pine. than which there IL
nothing iess likely to retain maiarinl poison.
Ibis patient was taAen to the On ranttne hes
seemed to be in no immediate danger OF death.
A Correspondent writes to THE sun that the
inv I'D synous was n elected tie says; he
doctors men, after they received their orders TO
20 to the Battery ard put the SICK man on board
the Governor Fenton, were obliged to Nod an
other engineer. because the engineer u that
n bO { alongside the wharf at Clifton, Staten
Island. about two hours after her arrival before
he " as taken 10 DIX Island. They pulled him
on the hospital wharf In the rain, and when he
reached the HOSPITAL he was dead
In hts repOrt to the Sanitary Bureau. yester-
day, DR.. T. IA. James, tue Assistant Superintend-
cut wrote:
Il 10 proper to remark here that there 10 not the
slightest for alarm apprehension the part Of
the public the IL not considered contagious
means Of "fomites" or articles OF clothing ana
chsn1lsr from tue infected locality II may be further
vsrlsb, Oy shipping. for witch We have An efficient
quarantine, aud nat whle pass myers arriving W raw
may taken sick after their arrival proper care Of
tueir baggage coming, aud bedding wi protect the
CITY from all run.
There are four cases Of yellow fever in the
Quarantine Hospital. The average number Of
cases during the summer IN this hospital has
been about nneen month.