The daily gazette., 1883-07-28
THE CHOLERA PLAGUE,
ITS REPORTED APPEARAficE
IN LCN1 ON.
A CARGO OF INFECTED RAGS.
Danger OF the Introduction of the Plague
IN This Country-Precautionar Meas
ures.

LONDON, July 27.-The burden of the
| news to-day is the choler, and there Is
some excitement here over the report that II
nao m Ade Its appearance here In this city.
| Ihe individual In the London docks who. it
| Is SAID, has the disease, was taken Ill on
Wednesday. The supposed case reported
| from Wales occurred at Llanfylln, and re-
suited in death "a hours after the victim was
few days ago The victim, who was a
drunkard, died two hours after he as taken
| i'll
The officers of the Local Government
| Board do not believe that isolated cases i'm
ply an outbreak of Asiatic cholera Several
deaths occur In London weekly at this sea-
son of the year, which are classified as chol-
| era, but which are difficult to distinguish
| from aggravated diarrhea There have
been several hundred cases of the latter
disease weekly this Summer, which is In ex-
| cess of the average
| Dispatches received here say the number
/ OF deaths at Cairo yesterday was 81, and
that British lieutenant and eight soldiers
| succumbed to the disease At Ghizeh there
| were So deaths, at Chibin 4S; at Mehalla, 80,
| at Tantah, 30, at Mansurah, IL and at Kafr-
| el-Hamza 25.
| In TIE House of Commons this afternoon
Sir Charles Dixie, president of the Local
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| Northcote. said that in the last fortnight
there had been three suspicious cases of sick
/ ness in England which were declared to be
cholera, but it had been ascertained that
| they were what is known as simple cholera
| There is no Asiatic cholera, he said, in Eng.
land or in Europe. The deaths from simple
| cholera in England this year, he stated. had
not reached the ordinary average; last week
the number was only half Of the usu 4l aver
age. Mr.. Cross, under secretary for India,
stated that 1,161 deaths from cholera oc-
Cured in the Bombay Presidency during the
first week of June.
1t is officially reported that the total num-
Der OF deaths from the disease in the British
Army in Egypt to date is 25, The authori-
ties here say they know nothing of any
death from cholera In the Docks. Lord Car
lingIord, president of the Council, stated in
the House of Lords this afternoon that the
Government had no intention TO enforce
quarantine against shipping arriving at
English ports, as it was th ught impossible
| to establish an absolute quaran tine gstem
He said medical inspection would be adopted
instead.
Mr. Packard, the American consul at
Liverpool, has appointed doctor to inspect
passengers and cargoes of vessels bound for
the United States Mr.. Packard has sept to
washington detailed dispatch concerning
the shipment to Boston of rags received
from Egypt.
dispatch from Alexandria says: The
khedive is suffering from a slight soreness
of his throat. 1t having been learned that
this ailment of his Majesty had caused re-
ports to be sent aboad that he was suffering
from an attack of cholera, inquiry was
made at the palace as to the truth of the
story. The reply was that he had no symp-
toms whatever of that disease.
ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-Immediately on
the receipt of telegram from Liverpool to-
day, OF the departure from that port for Bos-
ton, OF steamer having as a part OF its
cargo several bales OF Egyptian rags, the
Acting Secretary OF State teegraphed our
Consul at Liverpool to appoint two AL Il
tional inspectors of vessels leaving that port
fol the United States. At the Treasury De-
partment Secretary Folger was engaged with
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine
Hospital service, considering the best means
to prevent the importatit n OF cholera or
other infectious diseases to this country
Inc most serious question at issue was
upon whom the responsibility rested for
official action in the premises. The law
formerly gave such authority to the Sur
geon General of the Marine Hospital SER
vice. Several years ago ii was transferred
to the National Board of HEALTH The latter
body having had its business eurtsiled by
| Congress, the Secretary finally concluded
that 1t rested with the Marine Hospital SER
vice, and instructed Surgeon General Ham
ilton to assert his authority until further
notice. The Secretary then indited the fol-
lowing letter to the Collector of Customs at
Boston:
SIR: Because of the expiration of limita-
ton of act of June 2, 1879, | conceive that
chapter &c OF April 30, 1878, is again in
force, and the regulations by circular, dated
March 3, 1879, are again promulgated.
telegram from Liverpool informs me that
the steamer Bavarian sailed on Wednesday
for Boston, having 55 bales of Egyptian
rags in her cargo. You will enforce the law
aud regulations against her from the mldest
the severest, the occasion shtll de-
mand, reporting from time to time by Il e-
gram or letter, as you shall find it necessary
| 10 proceed from one degree 10 another of
severity"
The old law thus revived provide. tha M
vessel from any ptrt OF HE Hatk Sza 5t ~ea
ot Azaf convey IN Any ra.ts, IN skies ftsa,
feathers, ,heXed OF b led; e3e hin or i5e4,9ina,
or any similar articles liaht,, tt,co4yrv in
lection, nor aay vcsst I" IN avs par; OF t,la
Mctiilcrranca or Red Sea hapIa2 on hoard
,uch articles, cante from south ia t,ussf L,
s all enter any purI al TIC GHfeI Sit.fcs
M.lll such artlcitS shall it.Ve b 81 rsiif1t. d
from ihr vrss, Is, an, liz Nsss J. tliSfitrctpI
aud thoroughly vent lated and scstlSptt,i d
agents and eXposur to free currents oi arr,
or by burning, as shall bc aetJfm ned in
each case by the surg, on general OF the Ma
rine Hospital 3eryice.
Surgeon General Hamilton, acting under
instructions from Secretary Folgcr. left
here tonight, accompanied 10y Health
ffieer Townsend, of thu District of Column
bia, for Fort Monroe, where to morrow
consultation will be held to take steps to
guard against the spread oil yellow fever re-
ported at Hampton Roads, and to protect
the Chesapeake bay, Potomac river and At
10 ltic coast l9om that point. There will be
| present by invitation the health officers of
Richmond and Norfolk, the Mayor of Ports
mouth, and collectors of Baltimore, Norfolk
a d Newport News, and Assistant Surge n
Glennan, of the Marine Hospital Service of
Norfolk.
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