The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-01
THE PLAGUEN EUROPE.
Hebrews From the Infected Districts ON
Their Way to England.

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Hebrews From the Infected Districts on
Their Way to England.
LONDON. Sept. /, 1902. 2.--Official figures
issued today show that the scarlet fever
epidemic which has been raging in London
for long time shows no sign OF abate-
Ment.
There are today in the Metropolitan
Asylum and London Fever Hospitals 1850
cases of this disease.
With scarlet fever epidemic and cholera
threatening to become so, the health
authorities will have their hands full in
a tight with the Two disorders.
FUERsT BISMARCK AT SOUTHAMPTON.
The Ham mburg-American line steamer
Fuerst Bismarck, Captain Albers, from
New YORK August 25, arrived at South
ampton at I90 o'clock this morning.
Under the new regulation of the Ham
burg American Packet Company the
Fuerst Bismarck will not proceed to
Hamburg. Her passengers will be
landed and her cargo discharged at
The Standards Copenhagen CORE
spondent says
There are no cholera cases here, but
the report is confirmed that two fatal
cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred at
Aarhus-"
TO ENGLAND FROM INFECTED DISTRICTS.
The Standards Odessa correspondent
Says:-''IWO hundred and twenty He
brews from cholera infected districts
have just started for England, and 100
others will start Saturday,
LOWER DEATH RATE IN ST. PETERSBURG.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. l, 1S92.-,rhe
official cholera returns for all Russia,
which are for August 90. show a total of
a 4
pared with the last returns these figures
show decrease of 1885 in new cases re-
ported, and decrease of 212 in the num-
Der of deaths,
The death rate continues excessively
high, however. the figures of the last re-
port showing a mortality Of slightly over
SO per cent.
also show decrease in both new cases
and deaths. Yesterday there were 1873
new cases and 40 deaths. The fgui es for
Tuesday were 1855 new cases and 81
deaths.
NEW CASES IN PARIS,
PARIS. Sept. /, l892.-Twenty-one fresh
cases of cholera were reported in Paris
yesterday. There were ten deaths from
the disease.
SHOULD CHOLERA BREAK OUT.
road Companies
In response to the request OF railroad
company the Health Board has sent out
this CIRCULAR
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
NEW YORK. Sept. /, 1892.
To the SuperiTltende1ts of Ferries, Railroads,
Manufactures DC, an Netu York citv. -.
Should cholera appear in this city a tempo
or iSo md dlto nCkN
provided in ferry yhouseS railroad depots, fac
tories, &C., for such may be taken ill thereat,
or while riding on ferryboats or rail-
This room should be easily reached and have
water-tight floor, Persons suffering from
vomiting or purging should be placed in the
room at once and the Health Board imnedi.
ately notified In it should be placed a barrel
of disinfecting fluid (*corrosve sublimate, one
part TO 500 parts of water), which fluid
should be freely poured on on al suspected
fore their removal (Which should imineoiately
follow fSctL0n9 9in spSofeR reeeptaeie to- q
place of safety. When thoroughly saturated
with the disinfecting fud the discharges may
be thrown into the river or sewer.
All surfaces soiled with cholera discharges
should be thoroughly scrubbed with the dsin-
feet ants, care being taken to permit none of the
discharge to pass into cracks in the floor, or
through them to the surface beneath
The water closets and urInas should be kept
constantly and thoroughly cleansed and dsin-
fected.
The floors of ferryboats ferry houses, rail-
road cars, and depots should be scrubbed daily
after thorough disinfection. They should not
be swept until after thorough sprinkling with
the disinfecting solution, and the sweepings
should be disinfected again before being thrown
into the sewer or river.
The above regulations are issued for the gov
ernment of railroads. ferries, factories ETC., in
this city only, regulations will doubtless be
issued upon this subject by the State Board of
Health and by the Health Boards of other cities
By order of the Board of health,
CHARLES G. WILSON, President.
EMMoNs CLARK, Secretary.
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