The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-28
QUARANTINE REPORT.
What Doctors Logan and MuscrOft Say.

At the meeting of the Board Of Health
to-day the following report from the Quar-
antine officers, Drs. Logan and Muscroft,
was subhitted
CINCINNATI, O., Oct 22d, 1878.
To Thomas C. Minor, MD, Health Officer OF the
City of Cincinnati:
DEAR SIR-In compliance with your re-
quest that report be submitted to you
from each of the different Quarantine Sta
tons established upon The various routes OF
travel entering this city, we. the under
signed have the honor to submit the follow
ing statement in regard to the steamboats,
quarantined at Station No. l, on the ONO
River, near Delhi:
Here follows list of the names, with
number, date and time of arrival at Quaran,
tine of 240 steamboats,
Most of these steamers were found to be
in excellent sanitary condition. The Col
den Rule, from New Orleans, which arrived
at quarantine August ooh, under com
mand of Captain Shinkle, and the Memphis
packets, under the superinteHdence of Cap
tain Wise, although arriving at season
when, and from ports where, the disease,
quarantined against was causing frightfui
havoc, were found to be perfectly clean,
while the atmosphere throughout was
strongly jmpregnated with the best disln
fectants known. A few boats found to be
in other than prime condition were thor
oughly fumgated and disinfected before
being allowed to pass quarantine.
Since, at the time of your first instructing
us as to the manner in which quarantine
should be conducted, and the method to be
pursued in quarantining steamers, you re-
quested us to report to you any improve
M i'm, tI,ot nm ptI11p X
perience might suggest it may not be amiss
TO state that we have made a careful study
of the subject and are convinced after ma
ture reflection that the method you origin
ally prescribed, and which we followed
throughout, to be the best known.
FiIst-Because steamers are thereby de-
tanned but few minutes, causing them no
mentionable loss in the way of time or ex-
pense, and consequently no reasonable
cause for complaint.
Seeond-Because it is thoroughly efficient
and safe, so far as the health of our city is
concerned precluding the clandestine and
promscuous importation of prescribed cases
Of sickness, as we'll as that of other trans
portable sources of infection.
In closing we beg to tender you our sim
cere thanks for the kind manner in which
you, and those associated with you, have
treated us, Sparlng no means 10 make us ana
our quarantine assistants comfortable and
happy. We believe we will be excused for
remarking-sotto voice-as it were, that it
is with no little feeling of pride we re-
ceive your kindly assurance that the
duties performed have proved en-
tireiy satisfactory to those by whom
we were employed. And we would
also beg TO commend to your special
consideration Sanitary Inspectors Captain
George Hadey, George knoppe, Thomas
Mehan and John Ostendarp besides Messrs.
Huseman and Webb detailed temporarily
as substitutes, whose good judgment and
strict attention TO duty rendered their SER
vices of the greatest value, and contributed
largely to the success of our quarantine.
Very respeca fully submitted,
w. NJ. LOGAN, NJ. D.,
c. S. MuscRoFT, JR., NJ. D.,
Quarantine Officers.