Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-01

Press received message from New York
at quarantine, stating that 1t was re-
ported that DR.. jenkins had pronounced
the cases aboard the Moravia Asiatic
cholera. DR.. Jenkins was interviewed,
and declared he was not prepared at
present to pronounce an opinion.
The Moravia is now anchored in
Gravesend bay, between Fort Hamilton
and Nprton's point, about 200 yards
east of thu main channel. She is out OF
the way OF passing vessels. She will be
Indefinitely detained. The passengers
and crew, even to the cabin boy, will be
landed on Hoffman island, every rag of
cl0thing will be disinfected and every
person bathed. When the ship Is
cIeansed she will be, disinfected, and the
Passengers then put aboard and de-
tRined there tor an indefinite time, be-
ing obliged to land on the island daily
for inspection and baths.
Before starting down the hay Health
Ohicer Jenkins telegraphed Secretary Of
State Foster, notifying him OF twenty
two deaths from 30 called cholerine on
board the Moravia during the voyage.
WORLDS FAIR PROSPECTS INJURED.
The apprehension Of cholera aboard,
will have harmful effect upon the
prospects Of the worlds fair, SO far as
forcign exhibits are concerned. Many
are to come from districts which are
now infected with the scourge. and it
might he dangerous to accept goods sent
here under such. circumstances. 1t has
been suggested that IL might be well to
postpone the exposition another year.
"a new source of danger from cholera
Hes in the fact that the passengers Of
the steamers arriving here eat food and
drink water taken aboard at foreign
ports, both of which are likely to be in
iected with germs of the disease. I'M
der such circumstances quarantine
bSre OF two or three days would not be
a sufficient safeguard against cholera.
The matter is now being discussed by
the board of health, and some action
will probably be determined upon.
THE NATURE OF cHoLERINE.
Cholerine is thus described: There
are certain premonitory symptoms.
These consist Of general fee ling Of un-
rest, weakness, nausea and diarrhma,
and sometimes vomiting; the objections
at first, though frequent, are natural.
Cholerine is. uspally caused by eating
over-ripe fruit, and while it may develop
into Asiatic cholerx, it is not always =
NECESSARY precursor Of that dread dis
ea6e. The quantity of unsound food or
rotten cheeee which must be taken into
the system to produce cholerine must
ba large. It differs from cholera proper
inIthis, ~ single germ of the Asiatic
plague introduced into the intestines,
takes q rapid course, and the whole
mpcous membrane, in the course Of a
cohTle OF daye, is eaten away.
PREPARED TO FIGHT 1T.
President Wilson, Of the health board,
today remarked that he was not sur
prised that cholera had arrived, and
the city officials were prepared to fight
il. The board today issued o circular to
q Il veseele, ferries and steamboat Offices,
l(aAtoxies etc, where large number ol
| people ere likely to meEt, that in wait
ing rooms or in factories there should
be eet aside air tight rooms.
These will be temporary places Of
isolation, should cases of cholera sud-
denly develop. Closets, etc., are to be
inspected daily. The board also fitted
up "dust proof room. where bactoro-
| logical examinations will be made. A
| supposed cholera discharge will be cui-
tivated until the presence or absence of
| the germs is made positive. All dis
charges sent by the inspectors to the
board will be examined in this room.
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISES REBUKED.
The city editor Of the New York
World and four Of his staff reporters, on
the tow boat j. w. Hustled, attempted
to visit the steamer Moravia, in the
lower bay. They were placed under ar
| rest by DIR. Tallmadge and brought be-
fore Health Officer jenkins. As they
did not sncceed in boarding the steamer,
the health officer discharged them. The
health officer will in future arrest and
punish any and all unauthorized per-
sons going alongside vessels in qusran-
tine.
DR.. Jenkins will make thorough in
vestigation tomorrow to determine the
cause Of the deaths on board the Mora
via. DR.. Jenkins denies emphatically
the report that he pronounced the eick-
ness on board the Moravia as being
Asiatic cholera. A full report will be
given out tomorrow afternoon.