The New York herald., 1879-08-01


IMPORTANT ORDER FROM DIR. vANDERPoEL-
FoRBIDDING INJECTED SHIPS COMING TO THp
rcIrY--Two NEW CASES AND TWO DEATHS Ar
THE HOSPITAL.
In view of recent events DIR. vanderpoel has de.
cided it to be necessary q precautionary measure
to issue peremptory order prohibiting every vessel
from infected port that has had sickness on board
during the passage or while at Quarantine from
going up the city to discharge cargo at her dock
She must discharge and take board cargo at Upper
Quarantine. There is no exception to this rule. II
applies well to the Havana steamship lines as to
sailing vessels The passengers will be permitted
to go up after submitting to the usual quarantine
regulations The Doctor holds that there is not SO
much danger of people themselves being infected in
the neighborhood OF the docks where the vessel lies
as the dock itself, from which the disease likely
to spread in all directions.
There two new cases and two deaths at the
Quarantine Hospital yesterday. or the former
was that Of the steward Of the steamship City OF
New York. from Mexican ports and Havana which
has been some days in Quarantine. and the other
that of the third cook OF the steamship Morrc
Castle which arrived from Havana on Wednesday
evening last. The case from the Moro Castle Is /
presumed to be of maaral fever but the patient
is mild mild type Of yellow fever. Tie deaths were
those mentioned in yesterdays HERALD as likely
the steamship City OF Merida and that OF Reth. the
barber OF the steamship Saratoga.
Esty. of the schooner +. G. Ebbitt from Haytial
The British steamer Clarbel. Captain Webster
from Haytian ports July 16. arrived at Quarantine
last evening. Captain Webster reports that on the
10Th of July John Murphy. fourth engineer. died
and was buried at Jeremie; on the 2lst. il Ber-
gan, pantryman. died and was buried at X 'ston
allowed to come up to the city. either to discharge
or take in cargo
In regard to the OF the stewardess of the bark
Wallace, it is Dr.. Vanderpoels opinion that some
withheld from the notice of the inspecting officers
while the vessel and the clothing of the were
being fumieated and disinfected. She probably re-
tanned some of the clothing until after she
shore. when she exposed and perhaps wore po ton
of it. Dr. Vanderpoel was more exercised about the
sickness from the Wallace, after so long time had
elapsed since the vessel arrived at Quarantine than
lie about that from the City of Merida. for the
former was as thoroughly cleaned and fumigated a.
possible.
The romans OF Margaret Cregan. stewardess Of tho
bark Wallace from Havana the particulars Of whose
death from yellow fever were published in the
HERALD yesterday. We're removed from the Presby-
to Harts Island for burial. The Superintendent Of
the hospital the Rev. j. g. Ward. says that there is
arising ing from M Infection Every precaution had been
taken. however. The bedding ON which Margaret
Cregan died had been burned also her clothing and
that of the men who removed her body from the
ward and laid 1t upon the marble slab Of the
Morgue. In reference to the two patients who
had left the ward. having been discharged
cured-one or the morning Of the womans
death and the other in the evening-he did not think
there any danger from infection In their case.
Many prominent physicians, he said were Of the
opinion that yellow fever was not communicated by
personal contact. The clothing Of these women was
not taken outside and they had had no contact with
the dead woman. The hospital authorities regretted
very much heintroduction of Margaret Cregan andf
they had known that she suffering from incipient
yellow sevcr she would not course, have been adj
mitted is contrary to the rules to admit con-
tagous Infectious cases. She stated when she was
admitted that she came from Dublin, and it was not
until time aferward that they learned that she
had recently arrived from Havana Had they known
that they think they might have been rather more
suspicious.
WHAT DIR. JAMES SAYS
DIR. James said that no report OF any other yellow
fever in this city had been received yesterday.
Everything had been done by the health authorities
the Presbyterian Hospital to prevent infection.
The ward in which Mary Cregan died was ut present
empty, and would remain 80 for several days II
had been subjected to the action ofchorine gas and
everything in it had been well tumigated He
thought the Mary Cregan case was what the physi-
clans would call an 'obscure case" inasmuch as it
was not made certain that the disease of which she
died was yellow fever until the autopsy had been
made. Then 1t demonstrated beyond doubt.
In that respect il very remarkable. and explained
somewhat now it was that so long after hcr arrival
at Quarantine the disease should progress from re-
mittent to yellow fever.