The New York herald., 1879-07-30

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to be dsnfected at the rate Of at least one to each
100 square feet.
No patented compound known to the Board is
superior u disin:ectant to the agents above men
toned and none is cheap Some of these patent
disinfectants good deodorants. but the removal
of unpleasant odor Is no proof that true disnfec-
tion has been accomplished.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
In districts where yellow fever prevailed last year
the following precautionary measures should be
taken -
l. Textile fabrics of every description which were
exposed to yellow fever infection during the year
1873, and which have remained packed or boxed In
closed place since. such exposure should not be
opened or unrolled, but should either be burned or
placed in boiling water for half an hour more or
in suitable heated ovens dsintected according to
the nature and value of the individual article or ar
ticles.
2. Every house room in which cases of yellow
fever occurred in the year 1875 and since that time
have remained unoccupied. should not be opened
for. occupation until they have been thoroughly
cleansed and disinfected by persons acclimated to
yellow fever.
tern. dry well closed cellar connected with
house in which yellow fever existed last year. and
which may not have been opened since that date,
should not be reopened, but il possible should be
covered with several feet OF earth.
4: Every suspicious should be at once
isolated and every possible precaution taken to
prevent injection by providing attendants who have
had the disease and through disinfection OF all dis
charges from the sick. II the disease proves to be
yellow fever, all articles of clothing bedding
used about the sick should be burned tho house
should be vacated and every room tightly closed
and tumigated with burning sulphur.
NEW JERSEY TAKING PRECAUTIONARY MEAS
UREs
ley TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
TRENTON. July %. 1870
Dr. Ezra Hunt, OF Metuchen, president of the
State Board OF Health. was in conference with Gov
ernor Mcclellan to-day the subject of yellow
fever. The Governor received letter from DR.. Van
derpocl. Of the Quarantine station at New York,
relating to the matter. and asking that in case of
emergency necessary precautions should be taken
by New Jersey to prevent the disease becoming ep-
demic As the State lies between the two great
cities the Governor gave the subject the serious
attention. and officially empowered Dr. Hunt. by
letter this evening" to be on the alert.
NO NEW CASES NOR DEATHS AT QUARANTINE
NO DANGER OF AN OUTBREAK OF THE
DREADED sCoURGE IN THIS CITY.
No new of yellow fever were reported rs
having been received at Quarantine Hospital up to
Ave o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remain
ing from the day previous-that of K. u. Esty from
the schooner Freddie G. Ebbett from Miragosne.
Hayti. aud that of Albert Reight, from tho Havana
steamer Saratoga-were before reported. the for
mer Of mild type, the latter Of dangerous one.
Bartholomew McKeon, from the City Of Merida, re-
mains in q typhoid condition.
The crew of the steamship Saratoga will be al-
lowed to up to the city to their friends and
families and obtain changes of raiment in sections.
a few at time, with the understanding that they
must to the vessel So much time has elapsed
since the arrival of the steamer that the Health
Officer considers it not dangerous for the crew to
come to the city in small squads. 1t is thought
best to send the same back to Havana in the
samo vessel rather than ship new one.
The City of Now York still remains in quarantine.
The remainder of the Memphis refugees will prob
ably be allowed to up to the city to-day. Mrs.
FitzebDon has partially recovered from the
prostr4tion by the death of her husband
vt the hospital.
Dr. vanderpoel has received no information in re-
gard to the reported sudden outbreak OF the fover
in New Orleans. His reports are of contrary
character. He says. however, that II the fever
should spread there similar precautions will be
taken at the New York Quarantine regarding vessels
coming from that port as were adopted last year.
The statement that John Hennessy contracted, the
fever from which he died while discharging cargo
from the hold OF the steamship City OF Merida do
MED by the owners of the line, who state thxt no
stevedores were employed. tho work being doA% iy
the ships crew.
WHAT THE HEALTH COMMISSIONERS SAY.
Commissioners Chandler and Janeway called upon
Postmaster James yesterday afternoon in reference
the letter addressed by the latter official to tho
Board of Health Friday last. The Commission
said that they were not aware that there an
instance on record of yellow fever having been COM
municated through the mails. Ii fumigation were
necessary OF the letters from Memphis it
could be readily done, aud perhaps. q
matter OF precaution, it would be well Postmas-
ter James suggest the Memphis Post Office OFF,
cials that the letters could be efficiently fumigatcd
either by the passing OF them through birthstone.
over the fumes from brazier, or by placing the
mails in dry goods box in their transit satu-
rating them with the fumes OF birthstone. There
could not be very much necessity for a large corrc-
spondence by mail with the outside world for the
Commissioners understood that there not more
than two thousand white persons left in Memphis.
Postmaster James said that inquiries had been made
of the Oldest clerks in the New York Post Office. and
not ot them could remember that u OF con-
tagious disease had been communicated by letter.
but he would make the suggestion to the Memphis
postmaster.
CONDITION or THE CITY.
Commissioner Chandler said that he had no fear
of any outbreak OF yellow fever in this city. Pre-
cautionary measures had been abundantly taken by
the health authorities. There u complete
OF tenement house visitation organized. and nifty
additional physcians were already engaged in this
work and in a lew days forty more would be ap
pointed The rooms occupied lately by the refugees
IRON Memphis, ono of whom. Mrs. Brennan, had
died. received second fumigation yesterday. The
floors and walls thoroughly drenched with
bolic acid and sulphuric acid. There really
absolute necessity for that but 1t deemed better
to err ON the side Of over-precaution rather
than take any risk. There is no anxiety felt
by the persons residing in the vicinity, and
the most thorough confidence felt in the pre-
cautionary measures. There had been during yes
terday several false alarms arising from sick
in the Seventeenth and Ninth wards. An in
vcstigaton showed that the persons attacked
with the most ordinary summer discusses In fact
this scare about yellow fever is rather peculiar.
said the Commissioner, when you consider the fol-
lowing anomalous Iacts. In New Orleans last year
there were about two tho usand deaths from yellow
fever. During the visitation the active and pecu-
mary sympathy of the civilized world aroused:
every human being that had an opportunity CO.
operated with health authorities to prevent the
spread of the contagion. Yet have scarlet fcvcr
this city every year. which far contagious.
No means taken by those in whose families
the disease exists to prevent spreading, and in the
State OF New York alone had last year more
deaths from scarlet fever than New Orleans had from
yellow fever, and yet such alarming condition of
things in received with apathy. We could stamp
scarlet fever out in ono season II we had the same
legal power and the same cooperation OF the public
as il given us when yellow fever breaks out.
Commissioner Jancway said he supposed IL
accounted Tor by tho fact that 1t only hldrcn
who died from scarlet fever.
YELLOW FEVER.
'It was not or yellow fever" said DIR. Ray
mond. of the brooklyn Health Department, yester-
day. to q HERALD reporter. Had it been, would
let the public KNOW. Tho Doctor spoke In refer
ercc u death which had occurred the day previous
on board OF the Italian bark Federico, iy ing off
Pinto's stores. that city. The vessel arrived this
port the 10th of June last with cargo of salt.
She from Sicily and had been thirty
la ont heinz thorouuhlv ineda at