New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-12
and fumigate the premises whenever 1t Is though'
DR. ROBERTSON SCORES DIR. JENKINS.

GETTING UP A PETITION TO HAVE THE HEALTH
oFFICER REMOVED FOR INCOMPETENCE.
Professional etiquette Is usually strong enough TO
heep one physician from cricisine publicly the pro
fessona conduct OF another but the bonds OF custom
are not sufficiently binding 10 restrain Dr. l. :. hoo'
ertson when the conversation turns on the subject oi
Dr. Jenkins. Health Officer Of the port OF New-lorH'
Dr. Robertson has drawn up petitlop 10 the "u'oii
ties asking that DR.. jenkins be removed in speak
ing NJ tho matter Yesterday DR.. Robertson said
NV petltion has been signed by siXtyfo promi-
nent citizens OF New York in various walks OF HE
have also written three page letter TO uchard 'lo"e
on the subject Of his brOtherln-laws hlai-auI"''''"
zion OF Office Partly because want to near from
Mr. Croker before going further ana partly De'"u'e
Jenkins has been acting little more oecehuy III o
las, few DAYS shall not send the petition 10 uo''
nrnor Flavor immediately As for Jenkins, he is a
,rco,noon lie has neither executive ability nor
nrofcssional experience He Is graduate OF the Ne"
Work University Medical school. but has no other col
lecate degree has no private pracuce never H"u un
or,,c,. nuhlsb.d in medical journal. never spoke
word in a medical society. And now that he Is
Health officer in the most trying emergency tha' e'c
,r,se in that important department, MS atu'uoe i
i know IL all. can 40 II dA' Wv" ~
help , ,,
why. he has gotten hold OF the wrong END n'o-
cether Of the quarantine idea. European q''r'''''''
common sense quarantine, Is TO take 'hr wen po0p'
~ III. infected vessel Immediately, and leave the
s,ch there 10 fight Il out with the aid OF 'he Desl
,odcal assistance Jenkins's plan Is to dag the SICK
away and leave the well people TO live III ''e III,
,ecfed quarters. You say he was unprepare'' ou'
he had six days notice Of the coming OF NeSsciS
which must he infected and he would have hau inc
resources Of the state and OF private cuzehs III MS
back II he had raised the alarm lhs'eHu Vi '"''
hc waited ill the pest was here. and then began u
nv around like "A chicken with It's head on
Il have been misreprcsented In this matter 'o"-
kins saws Pm mad because couldn't get MI fai''ei
on the Normanna. The facts are these. nave
been Mr. Palmer's family physician for years Nheh
he was ouarantined on the ship, tried TO SEM h'
medicines and prcventives. jenkins ana HIS
DEPUTIES promised me they would be delivered
uromptly. They were not. Jenkins was compllihi'S
that he couldn't get vessels to put the wei passengers
on We offered TO yet a tug to put Mi. Palmer 0,
and anchor IL anywhere jenkins directed nc s'i1
All right We went ahead this assurance chAr ~.
the tug and provisloned II. linen ti he d"esn know
what he's doing half the time hau ,iau =. 10
ing him for week, and the report ""S-"'''' ~ WIS
bad. ,,.,sor, hoard of leading
ohvsicians With power TO decide on all measures
n which board the Health Ohcer shouu 10 mn ,ho
lar with one vote, and ONLY one Vote Incl, NV
Health Officer should be a man OF execute ao orGG
- corns ~ voung doctors shOuld he ORGANIZED anu
receive specal instruction In cholera treatment az.
nrovcntiOn and two three put on ehch " .nc Wy
Steamers a. they come IN. to look hia e"v % no
Cholera every time they feel queer am coi ,n
However that when Mr.. Croker gets blcR ~ ioMn
hon road the riot act 10 Brother lh-law Jehhl"S'
md then there will be little Improvement