Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-17
KEEP CLEAN AND HAPPY.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE
BOARD OF HEALTH'S IDEAS.
The Chances Against Having Cholera
Here-All That Is Necessary fs to
Clean Up and Be Brave.
Pasteur's Advice.

DR.. W. G. Cochran, president OF the
state board of health, was seen yesterday
by a representative of the HERALD, and
asked what his opinion of the situation
was as to possible visitation OF the
cholera. He said:
"The people OF Los Angeles do not
need to be at all afraid. We will have no
cholera here. All that it is necessary to
do is to clean up and keep cleaned up.
Eat the proper food, and see that the
water you drink is good and pure. If
the advice the state board of health has
given, embodied in the circular sent out,
and copiously referred to in the HERALD
Friday morning, is followed, there will
be no trouble.
''We will watch the borders, and see
to 1t that nothing enters this state that
Is at all suspicious, unless it is properly
disinfected. DR.. Gotta has been sta
toned at Yuma as an inspector. Every
train that enters the state will be care
fully examined at Yuma, and DIR. Gotta
has all the power of the state behind him
to assist him. He can have a whole
train side-tracked, if necessary, until
everything in it is thoroughly fumi-
gated. There will be other matters aris-
ing, which the state board of health will
look after in connection with the gen.
eral cleaning up which should at once
be inaugurated.
FRENCH IMMIGRANTS INSPECTED.
DIR. W. G. Cochran, president of the
state board of health, yesterday received
the following dispatch from the state
inspector stationed at Yuma:
YUMA. September 10th.
DR.. W. g. Cochran, President State Board of
Health, Los Angeles, CAL:
Sixteen French passengers on No. 20
passed through today from the steamer
La Bourgogne. They were quarantined
20 days in New York. DR.. CoTTA.
State Quarantine Inspector.
DR.. Cochran, accompanied by DIR. H.
Nadeau, went to Cotton last evening
and met train No. 20, which arrived in
this city at 1920 last evening. The
French immigrants referred to were
thoroughly inspected. DR.. Nadeau con-
versed with them in their native tongue
and all facts were elected in regard to
their departure from France, their trip
and their detention in New York city.
1t was found that no cholera prevailed
on the steamer in which they came over.
Before they were permitted. to land at
New York, they were all thoroughly
fumigated by the steam apparatus, and
were only detained in New York "a
hours. In the trip across the country
no sickness prevailed among them.
They were all we'll and hearty.
This being the case both Drs. Nadeau
and Cochran decided that there existed
no danger, and the emigrants went on
through to San Francisco last evening
City Health Officer MacGowan has in
vestigated and inspected four emigrant
parties that have arrived during the
past four days, but he found no danger
of contagion. He states there are no
cases OF cholera or anything like it in or
near this city, and furthermore, that
there will not be if the regulations and
sanitary laws of nature and the city are
observed.
THIS SECTION NOT INFECTED.
On Thursday evening scare started
up that cases of cholera had occurred
in Southern California. This impression
was promptly dispelled by DR.. Mac
Gowap, the health officer, who went ou
on the Southern Pacific road with DR.
Ainsworth and held an autopsy on the
body of DR.. J. g. Miller, who had died
at Indio station.
They ascertained he had died of heart
disease, and that settled scare number
one.
Next came report that cholera had
broken out on Boyle Heights; and that
people had escaped from the quarantined
steamer Normannia, at Sandy Hook.
DR.. MacGowan knew this was impos-
sible, but he set out to look up the mat
ter nevertheless. He took run across
to the southeastern suburb and ascer-
lained that the newly arrived parties
were Scotch and had been there twelve
days, having landed in good health in
New York on the 25th of August, from
the steamship Circassia, of the Anchor
line. which came there from Glasgow.
That ended scare number two.