The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-30

will be transferred TO Hoffman island.
whore they will receive bath, while bag.
gage and clothing are being disihfeoted
fer tho steerage and cargo will be dis
infected. The passengers will then DO re-
turned to tho vessel whloh, In absence OF
any development of suspicious cases, will
be allowed to proceed to her dock; Ihis
sont to the Secretary of tho Treasury. re-
questina that the Same regulation at the
port of departure be enforced under the
direction of the United States consul If
the health officer 10 satisfied. after invest-
CATION, that sald regulations have been
carried out at such ports in regard to emf
grants. tho above regulations will be modi-.
fed. These regulations will entail on this
department an enormous amount OF labor.
but by the cooperation of the steamship
companies it will be accomplished"
A meeting between Health Officer Jepk-
ins and the representatives of all the for
eign steamship lines was held this after
noon. Mr.. Jenkins rend the above order.
Tho companies agreed to the order without
dissent, all apparently realizing, with the
Board of Health. the danger OF infection.
They Will do all in their power to assist
the board.
Several steamships arrived here this
morning and were detained at quarantine
for close inspection and fumieation of the
baggage. They all had steerage passengers
They were the Arizona, from Glasgow; the
Picyua, from Naples, and the Saale and
America, from Bremen. All tie passen-
CATION and the vessels baggage and mails
cisinfected. No evidences OF cholera wcrc
found among the passengers. The vessels
were released and proceeded TO their docks
A report that cholera has broken out in
Havana has decided the, quarantine
steamships coming from that port. Tho
report. however. 10 denied by dispatches
from Havana. The next vessel from there
Is the Yucatan. due here tomorrow. There
and Havana, the Ward, Spanish and Masons
lines
Postmaster vanoott to-day sent COM
municarion to the health department..
stating that in View Of the prevalence of
cholera at ports from which mails are re-
oeived, such mails should be disinfectcd.
The postofice authorities have no appii.
ances or men to do this work. and the post
master requests that tho health depart
ment assign mon to mako the disinfection.
street -cleanin ngdepartment, Z will add twenty
more men to the force In districts and z,
tho neighborhood occupied principally by
Russians and Polish jews. who're 1t is
feared that cholera will first break ont if it
finds It's way into the city. Commiseiopor
Gilroy. Of the Department of Public Works,
issued an elaborate series of instr ctions to
the heads of the departments under him.
to-day, concerning the precautions to be
taken to prevent the spread Of cholera, in
case it passes quarantine. The measures
are string gent in the extreme. and include
the closing of all excavations In the streets,
whether made by private persons or other
wise. The cutters and sewers are also to
be gotten into the best shape possible. as
are also the public baths. Both are to be
flushed with water when washed.
The local Board of Health Is receiving g
many suggestions. One writer advises the
prohibition of the publication of news
papers as an effective means of preventing
an epidemic. The Board of Health is de-
pending largely on the efforts of the health
officer Dr.. jenkins, at quarantine, to de-
tect the disease and keep IL from entering
the city. but this morning the a auditor of the
surveyors department. in the custom house
made decided "kick" against the way
the Cunard steamer Scrvia was inspected
yesterday afternoon. He said: "She had
on board nearly five hundred cabin psssen-
gers and over five hundred in the steerag ge.
She entered quarantine at 2:3S P. NJ. and
was passed by DIR. jenkins and his assist
ants IN thirty EIGHT minutes, leaving for
her dock at 3:1S P. NJ.
DR.. j. n. Mccormack, of Bowling Green,
KY. PRESIDENT; DR.. Probsr. secretary of the
national conference of State boards of
health, and DR.. j. A. Watson, Of this city.
secretary of the American Public Associa-
ton. will go TO Quebec on Tuesday next,
where they will make an examination of
the quarahtine arrangements and rcgulA-
tions in force thcre, and mako an investi-
CATION as TO what means are being used by
the Dominion government to protect the
government from invasion of cholera.