New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-25
DR. HAMILTON ON QUARANTINE.

A REPORT IN WHICH he SHOWS TIE NECESSITY
OF NATIONAL METHODS.
Washington. Sept. 24-Secretary Foster faiu '',''
afternoon that he had received a request from ''
passengers Of the steamship Hermann 10 be rel'ee
from further detention, but that DR.. Hamilton ie
mort showed the vessel to be In such had cohuiuo'
that he thought 10 TO best send the ship to camp
Low I'm order that The passengers and their baggage
nav be thoroughly dislnfccted An exception was
made In the case OF the American passengers VINO are
permjtted either to land Ellis Island without their
baggage or go with ii TO Camp Low.
Dr. Hamilton in his report to the Department Al
regard TO the cases of the Adrauc and Hermann says
am Of the opinion that proper mastering oi pao,
sengers and crews not been carried out
by Inspecting officers, but II i very easy hiat'' "
in review before the Inspecting officer, where helr
number IS and should tally with the paSse'Ir
ease would undoubtedly te noticed by iht ai
oihcer. and majority OF cases w0ulu W ~ n, r.
be.tbs | don't think II sale 10 allow paAsenece >,
whether cabin or seerage to be landed WITHOUT hist
passing a sanitary inspector. .
Surgeon Hamilton has made long report 10 'ie
Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the quarantine
station, Camp Low. on Sandy HOOK waich co"cl"ue
with the following general remarks
Should the Government at any time take this Tor a
permanent station a wall directly across the HOOK 10
the Atlantic marking ne east ana n wyn, tbe
sty Of military guard, but would allow persons uc
tanned TO 30 through the cedar soov IacA or rncdn
while undergoing detendon lac BARRACKS CUM oe
weather boaIded and pasteied and heated by steam
when necessary. ,,. . a.,
a crematory should be built In the vicinity OF inc
PROPERLY foored and heated by stoves are better man
aged than isolation wards which, with every pre- az az
ton are likely themselves become centres ol III
fiction. , All. o,,,,
II is Obvious that the establishment " TINS camp
met necessity arising from the great h1'DeI ~ -,
mi rrant, from infected ports massed In the harDor OF
New York without 1t great hardship ana Eryae, rU
OF life must Inevitably have resulted not o4y Aon
the unfortunate immigrants, but In cities ald loMis
near BY a. we'll those remote rom NcW- ioih LEV
great public spirit, fully imbued with the ih'ctoll "
Whatsoever risk TO themselves, to spare no eHoIt III
protecting the country against great cidauls au
am safe In predicting that the maj report % te 81"
National methods in which the whole country nav an
intereste ed voice, over those when formerly Oolhcu'
There 1, no question Of the power o! toHsI'ss ~
legislate In the matter of National quars'ne:, anu
II Is no argument against the exercise o. lna, P n
N show that heretofore Cong!ess has only nnhe:'sa.
~ supply the deficiencies OF State Quarantines Co-
gress has not formally reln1ushed It's po"iir,, nos
Gould it DO so it has only failed to use II, W Irh
fringe of States along tie Atanlc seaDooiu
almost the whole OF the United states the lec,siu,S
Werc different fpm the present conditions when tno
centre OF population has been pHoVn 10 1e 80. ~
sissipni Valley Ii l. inconcelVabIe lnht one '.1oo
alone should continue 70 conduct protective m'nsuSs,
according TO It's methods. without regard ~ nc
wishes OF other States. whom all nave common IN
ter,sfs and are mutually interdependeht. - go
But even more than economicnl cohslIeFsuon - Va
convenient administration is the great reiiel 10 tnp,e
poor suffering people, hnddled together on sup
Seo9v Ihan he fatal crowd poison Close quarters
at sea NAV he made epdurable by the forced v.mIa
ton but living al anchor the storage Oh ocN"nieS
staJnant and poisonous