Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-27
CHOLERA ENGLAnD's RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ITS SPREAD - IEEFFEcTIvEHEss
OF ITS QUARANTINE.

It appears. according to that reliable
authority, EI SigEo Aedico, and by DR..
Cordially in the Sanitarian, that the per-
manent Sanitary Council of Constantine
pie, as early as the middle of last May,
pointed out the existence Of the cholera in
Egypt, and asked for means to take steps
at once to arrest its progress. But the
English, whom the journal referred to de.
nominstes modern Phenicians, who look
upon the world as = prize luna fruta re.
dondal whose possession belongs exclu-
sively to themselves, hindered and delayed
the efforts of the council to enforce SAM.
tary regulations for fear that the promul-
cation of the proper orders would inter-
fere with the commerce of their merchants.
Precisely similar policy ia being urged
upon local authorities in this country for
precisely similar reasons, and it ia fair to
assume that there will be similar results if
the advice Of these short-sighted people Is
taken. Spain, on the contrary, having
learned lesson by bitter experience,
took prompt measures, and in the early
days Of June, through its health board,
declared all arrivals from Lower Egypt to
be infected that all arrivals from Tunis,
Gambia, Morocco and Cyprus be Suspect"
as also those from Gibraltar and all points
in communication. directly with the seat of
infected districts. Il named COM
mission also to examine into
quarantine conditions at Mahon it FAMED
a like Commission to watch over ell sea.
ports TO prevent the incoming of the dis.
ease, and to keep the Government fully in
formed as to the progress of the pest and
to report for punishment all persons violat-
ing the established sanitary regulations.
Notice was also given by the General
Health Board of demand for loan of
l, 900, 600 pssatas to meet the expenses of
these extraordinary measures. So, too,
France, Greece, Spain and Turkey took ac-
tive and early measures to prevent the in
PRODUCTION Of the cholera, and it is very
encouraging to look over the columns of
the journals and note. the self.congratuIa-
ton of the people at the prompt steps
taken. They feel that even if the cholera
assaults them they have done their duty,
and so in the case of Turkey, the steps in
the direction Of sanitation have been bene-
foial notwithstanding the fact that the
plague has entered some of her chief Cities
The Journal de Medicine de Paris COM
plains bitterly that while France, Spain,
Greece and Turkey took ali possible pre-
cautions to prevent the spread of the dis
ease. Italy did nothing, and left her ports
open for its introduction. That Journal
asks:
"What is the use of adopting strict rules at Mar
settles, when passengers and freight can land at
Brindsi and in few hours be brought TO France by
| way Of Mont Gents Italy, the writer continues,
has for long time endeavored TO attract the COM
meree of the Indies from French ports and now she
has found favorable opportunity. The journal de
| Medicine CT dc ChirUTgie PTdtifUes, edited by J..
Lucas Championniera, assures tie public that the
| Governments maintaining sanitary coTdons ex-
! asperated against England for taking no active
expected that Malta will be the point from which it
| Will spread throughout Europe. The writer coz
| tInues II the present attitude OF England con.
tinues. she will be very cupaole but there is
| son TO think that she will adopt more stringent
measures. The manner OF enforcing quarantine is
generally bad, yet there is much in tneir applica-
! ton worthy to be retained"
Since that writing as we know, England
has taken steps to check the march of the
destroyer, but she was fully month too
late. The same paper adds that detention
in quarantine is not security, as science has
now established that after passenger
from an infected port has been detained
fifteen days. and then allowed to go free,
he may spread the disease. Complete
disinfectiou. it insiets, is necessary, as well
So detention and the preserving and the
detailed nee of sntiseptics. Quarantines
must not be abandoned, but they must not
be implicitly relied on.