Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

SURGEON GENERAL wYNAN.
ana ships are not In proper sanitary condition
permitted to leave the other side. There should
be full knowledge Of places, peoples and ships
with regard to their sanitary status, and to this
end We have already dispatched agents abroad
to investigate all these particulars and others
and make minute report. Then in addition to
q stoppage of immigration from infected ports,
there should be a complete and harmonious un-
derstanding and concert of action between the
health officers Of the whole country, inland as
well as on the seaboard, in order to maintain q
rigid inspection and quarantine. thorough
sanitation Of all our crowded cities should Be
secured and kept up and perfect isolation and
separation Of suspicious cases should be pro-
vided for, SO rs to guard against all contact.
The importance Of all these measures cannot
be overestimated. Local dhd state quarantincs,
Of course, will hardly be willing to incur the
added expense incident to these measures, but
II Is believed to be the duty of the federal gov
eminent to see that they are carried out and to
provide the requisite means.
SYSTEMATIC REGULATIONS.
"The general government should also be en-
powered" continued DR.. Wyman, "to enforce
a systematic code of regulations appli cable to
all ports alike, so that there NAV be no discrim-
nation. Under existing arrangements one
port may be lax in its quarantine administra-
ton for the purpose Of diverting trade from
other ports where the administration is more
strict. or for purposes Of economy, or through
indifference or negligence, with the result of
disas;rously weakening our whole system of de-
fense. All that IL wrong from a humanitarian
and scientific point of view. and remedial steps
should be taken against it. Moreover, the
danger Of cholera is much enhanced by reason
Of our extended coast and the large number Of
our small ports where no proper quarantine
provision 10 made; whereas, il any adequate
national quarantine Law were passed, il would
enable the marine hospital service thoroughly
to equip with every needful preparation q
q number Of additional quarantine stations, to
which all vessels coming 10 smaller ports could
be remanded as soon As they arrived"
In other words, the opinions Of DIR. Wyman
ton. a. elsewhere, could be put thus in dozen
syllables: With proper precautions. compare
tive safety; without them, the gravest danger
and o fierce battle.
Of course the measures proposed and advo-
Gated in and out Of Congress do not for mo-
p.ent contemplate the exclusion Of visitors to
the worlds fair from unaffected ports and in
good sanitary condition. 1t il rather to pro-
vent conditions that would imperil the success
Of tfe fair and deter prospective visitors from
coming to America that the precautionary
measures are proposed
Estimates have already been sent In to Con-
gress by the Treasury Department. for an I'M
usual outlay Of money In defense Of the coun-
try against . cholera invasion during the COM
ing summer. The sum Of $3.50, 900 Instead OF
csc, 900, e. heretofore, 10 estimated for the
maintenance Of the quarantine service, besides
deficiency Of ESQ, 900 incurred last year In
addition 70 this an estimate Of S460, coo 10 sub
mitted for improvements aud extensions of The
stations and hospitals already existing. II new
ones are suthortxed supplomenHAl estimates
viii have 10 be submitted