The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-17
GUARDING AGAINST CHOLERA.
The State Board of Health Appoints
inspectors for Duty.
French Immigrants En- Route TO South
ern California to be stopped
OtEer Precautions.

DIR. w. G. Cochran of Los Angeles,
President of the State Board of Health,
yesterday requested the Secretary, DR.. j.
r. Lame, by wire to appoint an inspec-
tor for trains at Yuma, a. T., to guard
against the entrance of cholera from Mex
leo and the south.
He again wired last evening that he
would intercept at Cotton party of six
teen French immigrants that had just
passed the quarantine officers at New
York and were en- route to Southern Cal
ifornia. He said he would fumigate
them all if necessary.
DR.. p. q. Cotter has been appointed IN
spector at Yuma, and DR.. j. z. Booth
will probably be appointed for Needles
in a few days.
The following is copy of the instruc-
tons given DR.. Cotter by the State Board
of Health The Sheriff of San Diego has
also been communicated with and asked
TO make DR.. Cotter Deputy Sheriff and
to appoint number in blank, so the
inspectors authority can be enforced:
SACRAMENTO. Sept. Is, 1892.
z. g. CoHer, NJ. d., Yuma, Il. T.
DEAR SIR: You are hereby appointed
Medical Inspector for the California State
Board of Health, to serve in compliance
with an Act to prevent the introduction
OF contagious diseases INTO California, APP
proved March Is, 1888, which Act is here
by made part of your instructions, and
reads as follows
Section l. Whenever there shall exist in
the opinion of the State Board of Health, i'm
minent danger of the introduction of conta-
gious or infectious diseases into the State of
California by means of railroad communion
ton with other States, the said State Board of
Health is authorized, and it is hereby made
their duty, to make or cause to be made, by
an accredited officer or inspector, an nspec-
ton of all railroad cars coming into the State
at such point or between such points within
the State limits as may be selected for the pur
pose.
Section 2. Such inspection shall be made,
where practicable, during the ordinary deten-
ton of a train at a station, or while in transit
between stations, and IN all cases shall be 50
conducted as to occasion the least possible de-
tention or interruption OF travel or incon-
venience to the railroad companies, so far as
consistent with the purpose of this act
Section 3. Should the discovery be made of
the existence among the passengers OF any
dangerous, contagious or infectious disease.
the said Board of Health, or their agent or
inspector, under rules and conditions pre-
scr1bed by them as being applicable to the
nature of the disease, shall have power to
cause the side-tIacklng or detention of any
car or cars so infected, to isolate the sick or to
remove them to q suitable place for treat
ment, to establish a suitable refuge station to
cause the passengers and materials in such
infected ear to be subjected to distinction
and cleansing before proceeding further into
the Stale, and, in case of smallpox, to offer
free vaccination to all persons exposed in any
car or at any station.
You are hereby directed to take a po-
sitiOn on the line of the railroad and to
inspect all immigrants and other passen-
gers coming into the State.
You Will place yourself in communi-
cation with the Sheriff of the county
" hnTn a Ctatjnno6 a
from him the necessary number OF depu-
ties to enforce the provisions of these in
structionS and to detain passengers held
at the quarantine or refuge station as long
as the public safety demands.
You are to establish daily telegraph
communication with the Health Officials
of FL Paso and NogaleS so as TO ascertain
If there are suspicious cases of disease on
the trains destined for the interior.
Should you discover cholera on any train
you will cause the car in which it is
found to be side tracked and the passen-
gers quarantined and kept in a place
suitable for the sick and convenient TO
the railroad companies. You will cause
the car in which cholera was discovered
to be cleansed and moistened on the in
terror by sprinkling with solution of
bi-chloride of mercury, when all clothes
and personal effects of passengers that
haveIbeen exposed to the disease are to
NC OpSu6Ols huLg up VI spread on me
seats and thoroughly fumigated with sui
phur.
The fumigation is to be performed in
the following manner:
Place kettle of water on the car-stove
and get it to boiling, for it is necessary
that there should be steam or the fumiga-
ton will be of little benefit.
Then place an iron pan containing from
four to eight pounds of sulphur. moist
ened with alcohol, supported by two
bricks or stones, over few inches of
water in a tub. Let the windows and
doors be tightly closed, the sulphur
lgnited and the fumigation process main
tanned twelve hours. Let the doors then
be opened and the car ventilated, when
1t may be considered safe to enter.
All persons who have been in any way
exposed to the infection must be COM
PEELED to battle and have their clothes
1umigated before being allowed to pro-
coed.
All cases of suspicious diseases of a
dlarrhetic character are to be detained
until the nature of their ailment shall
have been fully determined by you. You
Will detaIn all persons sick with cholera
In hospital camp to be erected for the
purpose, where you will supply them
with necessary food, care and medical
attendance.
You will keep the Secretary of the
State Board Of Health daily advised con-
corning your needs and requirements in
carrying out these instructions.
You will keep a record of all the cases
OF cholera discovered, cars quarantined
and fumigated, and all proceeding under
the duties assigned you, and report them
10 the Secretary of the State Board of
Health every day while you are on duty.
You are to conduct the necessary pre-
cautions to be taken in such manner as
to put passengers and the railroad COM
panies to the least possible inconvenience.
" hlle you are expected to be energetic
and vlgilant, you viii avoid all arbitrary
exhibition of authority.
In the performance of your duties
much is left to your discretion and good
Judgment; but you are charged bv the
State Board of Health not to exceed the
authority vested in the board by the
Act which appears on these instructions.
and under which they are given.
1t is believed that you will exercise
your powers with prudence, dignity and
courtesy.
By order of the State Board of Health.
j. K. LAME,
Secretary State Board of Health.