The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-04
GUARDAGAINSTTHEPEST
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS OF THE
SAPELO QUARANTINE.

SAPELO QUARANTINE.
A Quarantin Inspection Commission
to Visit Savsnnsh-Dr. White to Rep
resent the Marine Hospital Service
The Supposed Purpose of the Visit
The Lookout for the Disease Through
New York-A Savannah Physician
on the Situation.
The arrival Of the Hamburg steamers
Rugis and Normannia In New York with
cholera, and the rumor that the disease had
appeared in Brooklyn, added alarm to the
cholera situation yesterday. The arrival OF
She steamers was buIletined at the Western
Union Office and at the newspaper Offices
and the news was the talk OF the city. The
rumors of cholera in New York and Brook
Ign appear, upon Investigation, to have
been groundless.
The Statement in the MORNING News
yesterday that all vessels hereafter from
New York or any other northern port
where the slightest suspicion of the appear
Rnce Of cholera is reported viii have to I'M
dergo inspection and fumization at the
quarantine station is incorrect. The state
ment was telephoned to the MORNING NEWS
Friday night by some one who stated he
was Acting Health Officer Brandt. DR..
Brandt denies that he is the party, The
precautionary measure that has been taken
Is this
The captains of all the steamers plying
between Savannah and northern ports have
been instructed that in case any sickness
no matter what its character may be,
appears on the voyage, they must report
on arriving at the bar 10 the quarantine
officer.
A COMMISSION COMING HERE.
Marine Hospital Surgeon White has re-
ceived notification from Surgeon General
Wyman that quarantine inspection COM
mission appointed by the International
conference OF boards OF health will
probably visit Savannah. DR.. White
has been designated the official rep
resentative Of the marine hospital
service in connection with the visit No
information is contained in the letter of
notification as to the time the commission
will be here or as to Its purpose, but 10 is be-
heved to be for general inspection OF the
national quarantine stations at Sapelo and
and elsewhere on the coast, with a view to
aiding their efficiency 20 cope with cholera
In case the necessity should arise The
international conference OF boards Of health,
by which the commission Is appointed, IL
composed ofrepresep tatives from the United
States and Canadian governments.
DR.. White has just returned from Sapelo.
Passed Assistant Surgeon A. H. Glennan IL
In charge OF the station there and the work
OF building the new wharves is being pushed
by large force Of men. The steam disIn-
fecttng appliances which have been built In
Charleston are ready to be placed in posi-
tion as soon as the wharves are finished In
case they should be required earlier the old
wharves will be utilized. There are now
eight vessels in quarantine, seven from
south American ports and one from Hol-
land, as suspected vessel. Several more are
now on their way, two from Hamburg.
The period OF detention fixed by the gov
eminent for cholera infected vessels is
twenty days.
SAVANNAH PHYSICIANS VIEWS,
DR.. l. A. Falligant gave his views yester-
day on the question Of quarantining coast
wise vessels.
The quarantining of the New York |
steamers" said he. seems to me to be alto |
gether uncalled for by existing circum- |
stances II cholera were existing in New |
York, or more especially along the docks |
and wharves, we might reasonably appre- |
head danger; but merely because a foreign |
steamer reaches New York with cholera |
aboard aud is at once SAINT to quarantine,
isolated, fumigated, disinfected and de- |
tanned until every suspicion of lurking dan |
ger has beeu relieved, is no reason whatever
for our quarantining steamers or vessels |
FOhi NeW OK. On tine contrary, the
prudential measures adopted at New York |
furnish the best reason for treating that
port with all confidence as a healthy port
WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE.
Suppose vessel appears at Tybee with
yellow fever aboard. Ought we to lose our
heads with fright and block our commerce
and bring untold suffering and distress not
only on this city, but embarrassment to
every community connected with us, by
rushing into the quarantine exclusion
maniac Or ought we to send the vessel TO
Sapdo, where 1t would be isolated, fumi-
gated. disinfected and detained until danger
from her has been done away with, and we
at the same time go along about our bust
ness as usual and nothing suffers but the
Querantine1 vessel9
IF this is not the object and purpose of
quarantine, pray tell me what it's purpose
Isl 1t is all very we'll to talk wildly about
the necessity Of excluding every vessel
etc., until all danger is passed, but people
who talk in this hasty manner either know
very little, or care very little what becomes
of our bread aud butter We. in
the south particularly, have suffered
and 80 much more in a material sense from
the wild infliction OF shotgun guarantees
governed only by the general sense Of fear
and controlled neither by reason nor neces-
slty, that we ought to have learned some
thing by our experiences; and experience
and wisdom both array themselves against
the indiscriminate infiction OF quarantine
restrictions"
HANGING ON TO THEIR POLICIES.