New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
IMPORTED TYPHCS FEVER.
TIE CONGRESS COMMITTEES INVESIlOA-
TON.
ur,1ru OFFICER JENKINS, DR.. CYRUS EDISON

HEALTH OFFICER JENKINS, DIR. CYRUS EDsoN
AID OTHERS EXAMINED.
The Joint Committee on immigration. at It's ses','
in the Federal building yesterday inquired lh'o Wv
h,ncrc of typhus fever cases to this country BY 'e
steamship Massilia There we're present oen''o', ,
chandler and Dubois and Congressman stump 'oVcr.
and GeIssenlainer. Messrs. Chandler and stump u'u
| the bulk of the examining. The first WITNESS
called was Dr. W. T. jenkins. Health Oiicer. ho "a'
at orce asked what he knew about the landing " 'o
.vphus patients lie said that. with Dr' 4"' -,
examined the passengers on the snip Inc ios ',
no,h,c about any illness from typhus. and inc VIII
moss save or heard nothing to arouse his suspicious
on February II he first heard OF the aPpe"' INV -
the contagious disease In this city .,, L..
In rcply TO a question abOnt what pfeo"o ~
had taken TO prevent the recurrence OF INC e''' "
Jenkins said that since the outbreak i''"s," "
the same class had been detained at QUARANTINE %
had been thoroughly examined. The shp' VII wv"
t,cv came had beer flmgaied. DR.. Jchhihs "ur"is
noiscd DR. Cyrus Edson's vigorous measures III h'"u
linz tho disease when its presence became kno"n'
DIR Edison himself was next called AZ "i''e>''
First he described his duties ~ Hahlt'N '"po''',
tendent and the work done by mo hea.h ho''".
Next he narrated his course In preventing tnc Spr
~ the t,phus TIRE had been 12o cases In all Inc
patcnts we're sent TO North lhohcr lSaha LOT 'No'
ton and for fresh air. There had been TO NP""'
fcvcr here before the arrival of the Massilia.
Senator Chandler wanted to know whether Tue
Hebrews were inoculated with the germs OF the as
ease on tlrn vessel In Europ, Dr. fNsoh si'u '"aU
tho pcrol OF development In typhs was usnhiN es''
teen DAYS It was possible tint the persons got .e
,ovor an sh,nboard There were instances when typbus
had arisen under conditions like those described 10
have existed on the vessel The MATCHES hnd pee,
ho.oncd down for several days. the air was vie ana
,bo food moor When DR.. Edison had hniShen son
ator Chandler said 10 him Il want to say IN be'''
of all the members Of this committee t'a' VIZ orc
much Immersed with the skill and success WIN
which typhus fever was crushed out IN TINS Guy.
The next witness called was Or. Herman NJ. Ihgss'
n.o,o of ANTHOLOGY in the Bellevue Hospital Medi-
cal ,lIcce He merely spoke In general way aoou'
,vnbus fever lie said he had little confidence In inc
efficacy OF fumigaton prevent the spread oil "'c
disease. ,u
The last witness OF the day was JACOB ler h"'c'
norI messenger agent OF the Fabrc Line OF steam
sblps which OWES the Massa. lie said that he was "'
American citizen and had lived in BrooNNh h'e'','"
wears The Fabrc Line has five or six steamers Ill INC
Ncyr York service They usually go from MhrSciihS
Ia Naples and thence this port. NJ the frchoh
city they took. on wine. and ut naples ma'aron''
cheese frnit etc. Tie Hebrews who brought the
typhus fever with them when they landed here on
January 30 boarded the Massilla st Marscillcs Mt
Ter Kulle understood that the immigrants left Russia 10
20 I, Palestine but were stopped at Consthntnope
by the Turkish Government. which forbade ther go
Ing 10 the Holy Land. They therefore took steamer
for Marsclllcs The Massla was In port here Tor a
week aud sailed awny before the tphus wa' dis
covered The surgeon Of the ship. DR.. CHza lah NOT
mentioned 10 the witness that he saw any sIns Oh
Is phus on hoard the ship The surgeon talked only IN
Z, neral With Mr.. Ter kuc about the thnc denrhs
which occurred the voyage from Marscilles INC
Nassllla IN NcwYorh again on April =. and wouid
be here next I'm about four weeks. senator Chnllcr
wanted To h. told when she arrived. AZ he wished
to make inquiries Of Dr. Clrza aud to examine NJ,
medical journal The hearing then adjourned
until tomorrow morning Mt IL o'clock.