Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-03

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WAsmaa1cN. =. g.. Dec 2-The annual
report Of the chiei 81 the Revenue Aarine
Service shows that the relief work per
formed execls that Of any otheF year. They
assisted 1S merchant vessels. shipwrecked
Or ii distfe~, valued. with their cArsoes, at
over t7.ov,ooo. and saved many whose Lives
were inperlied Ia addition to this, veA-
sells have tacn retained In tbe sanitary
palrol alosg the COST against The introdne
tion oi cholers aud yellow fever BY ships
sriying flom toreign ports The work Of
the Revenue Marine 81 Alaska has been pro
ductlec Of the most gratifying results. aud
recommendation Is made fof a New weasel
Specially adapted fof cf'dsng in Alaskan wa
lefs. The report says thai work Ia thf, region
eannoi now be Abandoned without serious
loss to the eouutry The cost Of conducting
il4Is sarN e for the year Is 1851 ,Sai, witch &
tileaveftge lof aunnhef Qi years.
The report nosps The iect that the assessed
ameans 1l Enss upon vessels Apprehenaed
thfaugh The eifor,a Of this afVice dnring The
eai Is almost as great nA the whole cost q
sn6tataiuing Il, while the Velae Of properly
reec0ed through It's fundamentally Is eight
and quactef times as great.
~ cNeKok asNfRAf HAMifToS,
Ofihe United States Msrine Hospital ser
NtUEs tUIUllttt4 Hlh NnHlfull ftItTts' fOIttt
ioair Thousand seven hundred and Hfty.els
pAtieats reeaiYed relief from ib b aerrice
daring thc rear, of which LS.o5S were treat
"a Ia hospitals, aud ai.eg3 Al dlsnensaries
IiIe danger fFon yellow fever has baen lezs
Iksscfsd severity of that disease II Merlao
aud Cuba. and partly uu account Of The Wig
lance uf local beaifh officers and medical
officers q Tie marine hospital service, IL
eliar<e ~ the euailermaster, and the Ell
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ter service
rhe occurrence d cholera ID Europe 40
huon alter It's outbreak OF last ear ia EE ypf,
oeeasionad much concern ia this country,
and measures Were early taken TO guard
against It's fntsoductioD into the Dnilad
States. The health officers OF our ssa ports,
as well rs TIE Department, have been kept
ADVISED py Consa4 u the departure OF car.
goes liable 70 conway Infection. and staerake
passengers from European purls boun 10
the utiIted ststes have been cateialiy ~
srected BY sanitary inspectors, acliflg n1deT
the dlreciion pf United States censuls.
The ehoiera having naturally subsidized in
France, 10 the Interest VI econo,ny. the
inspectors ii I.ondon aud Liverpool we're
discontinued about the middle u October,
but as chole1a still exists IN Italy, aud spo
radically In the south oi France, the In
spaetors At contlnsntal ports have bseu con
report,
IT appears" Surgeon (ieDoral Hamilton
says. that quarhntlre measures. which aie
etfeeiiTe against yellow fever, are not equal.
" 80 a. against cholera, aud guarantees
should be conducted ~ Inspection aud dis
injecting stations ia addition 70 proper
Isolation for The sick Hut Quarantine
measures, however efieient, viii not alone
stffic@ 80 prevent an epidemic OF cholera In
this t6unffy II a shon.d onoc pass the outer
barriers. Prompt Isolation OF the first
cases and nrniclpai cleanliness efe naseiH.e-I
y neeessaFy factors la preventing epfden.'
les Jhik itcf "a 80 Well understDo by local
branch Of the subject seems UNNECESSARY,
except 10 say that 10 The osent Of an cpl
denfc Appearing in the interior. Il will
probably Le necessary 70 supplement the
State forces By such aid as the government
may be able II furnish" The Surgeon Gen
eral refers 70 the temporary emhargorecenuy
placed on old rags and recommends thai the
law be 80 amended "a TO proYide that here.
alter no rags shall be imported Into the
united slat6s. Of he transported from afse
STATE Il an0tlier, unll such rags shall DC
boiled 0f othefwise Aisinfecied, under sneh
regulations a. the Secretary Of the Treasury
shall prescribe. In regard 10 qnestions
which have been raised with regard 70 the
supposed ds9ger OF The Introduction Of the
disease 10 .his country by means Of k1Rinl-
zs9s The quarantine regulations Of Canada
are esven more stringent than thDSe Of the
uniled stelea, and fne supposed danger OF
lniection from immi migranuoomlng from that
secdeu. whether residents OF from over the
sea, has been uCeTraied. Fufthe4mnfe.
Canadian health officers arc now acting II
iiafinony With our owu.'