New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-03
WORK AT QUARANTINE.
DIR. WILLIAM NJ SMITHS KhFOh1.
MANY REFORMS BY WHICH MERCHANTS AND


OTHER, HAVE BEhX EfNLITtD.
DR. William NJ. smith. who las been succeeded a.
Health Officer by Dr. Jenkins, ycsiefH'S suOp''' "
report for la9l u the Commissioners ol C"
As this is his final report. the Doctor embraces Wv
opnorunity 10 maize brief review If WHAT mas poe'
accomplished at Quarantine Gu!ins ms term % VI"
This review il ia the fogm OF supplement- !" ''''
regular report. The more salient p"A'o VI " ''' .
follows: ,,, ,o,Io,,
Previous to 1s5O vessels from ports ,ublec' 70 Nep%
fever that arrived between uc ni>t Gay VI r,,r,d
The frsI diy of November following "e'c "o'''''O -,
forty eight 20 be Iunit''''d at ''o CIV i''yin,
Tie Quarantine ship IN me Lover hS' ~
that disease germs couG DC destroy ca " ~, ~, tv
In much less tiine If tncy could DC destroy 90 ' ~
that method, IoI lIc pas, eisht years 49,, ,."rn
been delayed bat Ten VI Twelve houIs, w. na tb.
the history Of the sickness Oh b.lu % lime inme,
vessel infected. In looO, ana NJ ,,'rI nnrtc
mortal, nll from yeluN-leNti-l., -, iii
discharged their oargOes " III quarantine, M ham
from wbaryes OF The city, al an eAPeIi9o, ara dis
double that which i Incurred Wheh Ne'so'o "nV ,
charged al tlltii docks. During The thite AO.ts pr
that discharged ia Quarantine" was ninety IA o0 az
expense estimated by the mel ~, ,.,te. nf inc
in excess of the s;Eic work at ue "h"Nc' Vi '''0
city. -, ,i.,ltere has been
An Injected vessel al the NV York Quarantine mis
been almost unAnown. In proc! oil "' I'm, V Dnr
necessary say tGat but two Vc,>.r at 49,, ', -
have been d,caafg,d in QUARANTINE siNoc ioco
The justification to- this radical easv tI m"rtS i,
ment of vessels from yellow ieVef iio'6 hJh has
found not only III the fact that the puoio nHr the
been
Old system bu the financial interests OF the merchants
have been greatly benefited by IN; cs'Hse, po,Ii,s,
p.af dining The summer season crowded win
vessels from infected ports that Were di,charscu de-
Onsrantiner tina; portion Of Ihe bay la' Do'.h s uc
Serted for the purposes mentioned Ior INC i''' NV
year. .,oi,,o Of carroes Of vessels
. In 0naantineS i'm 1osO was considered one OF ne
richest privileges in the gift of any Department III .c
inyerely proortionate to the value OF these prVeses
What formerly rich monopoly ma, no NaiuI
III a vessel i, discharged III Uaisntlne;; , int
shipping merchant need, not to bo lniorn'u n,, c
he nav ercag. any lighermcn that IL may pieIeii,
and employ such scvedores a. lie deacN ssUJeCt oiS
TO the Supervision of the Heath Ohoer ana Oh d. me-
to the rules and rccnlat 1is necessary i'' NV -
The extraordinary Increase OF smallpox III uo ''1
of ZewYork and Throughout the tnted Sldlc9 III
Isso 1881 and l9s3 traced in many instances -
the immigrants who began In tne iOlin pr 20 an
hood the country through TINS aid ouISI Poi'' '" vs.
r SEA- yct last past there were annually less
than a score OF localities in the United states III wMfn
smnllDox deyc 0ped and number Of those were III t
vicinity Of paer mills Woe aPc cg several periods
of one or two years each. In WHICH su"!pN, ' In
yeIoped among residents mas 1eeh alo o,i"natei in
New-York City: in 1889 there was but one III LEN
and at TIC p'cci Sns ' cena a G hospital @
originated in the city. This fact reflects mitch uI'
division Of The New York Board Of Heath And IN
view Of the fact that nearly 40 per ceht Ol u ,t'DL
the pnI Of New.York large percentage Of which
stops temporarily permanently ia the CITY, 1t Is iar
10 iesumc that the efforts secure Inc e'lfr Ndol
ton OF immigrant>tO induce the surgeons on s'tao
70 make frequent inspections Of passengers aa ~ ~
the sick OF this disease In it, initial STAGE nay I
Hospitals for cOntagiou, diseases properly locdsu Hu
10 have those passengers who have been eNPOe1 " WV
cont,rion by whatever or fiOm whatever souto'
detained at Quarantine until all latent cOnt4soh mas
developed have contributed In an essential uesIee ~
the EXCLUSION and suppression OF the disease pom Ill
the city of New FORK and In the country III gehet@
The same measure, and vigilance tUat nave Pfo
tected the public health under these circu' tanoes I
tla last eleven ycar- will be required III the Ncdie
come for the condit which favor the INTRODUCTION VI
contagious diseases Will be c~>rIa J. the sam -,
I1,synus 10 there OIN iOuI dl>-a'c,, uiat
were subject to the sanitary supervision OF le hellu!
Oncer; 10 wit cholera, yellow fever, smallpox any
typhus fever Scsrla,na and dip,hera. diseases UNI
destroy NOR human life in tii, country in q slnsl9
wear than all the other diseases named III decue'
were not subject To the Health OhceI'S supeNlNoi'
In the year above named S-Jl the Health phcef WIN
the co-operation the Quarantine commissioners 80
cured from the Legislature amendment oil inc Mari
time sanitary laws, that made "scarIitina uiphuera
measles reapsing fever. and any disease Oh COZ
faglous Infections pestilential character as SUP
tect 10 the supervision OF the sanitary authorities OF
IRE pOr as the diseases first made quaranabe by law
In closing DR.. smith paws tribute to his assist
ants Dr. f.. c. Skinner ard Dr. A. W. Smith, for Their
falthfulness and efficiency.