The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-02
IN QUARANTINE
All the Cholera Tainted
Localities Guarded
By the Health
Officers.
TODAY IS HOPEFUL.
No New Certain Cases and
Yesterdays Suspects
Discharged.
ONE DOUBTFUL CASE TODAY
The National Government Es-
tablishes a Medical De-
partment Here.
GENERAL WYMAN In THE CITY.
Condition of Affairs at the
Emergency and City
Hospitals.
Prominent Physicians Tell "The
News" Read ers They Need
Rave no Fears.
GENERAL WYMAN In TIE CITY
Condition Of Affairs at the
Emergency and City
Hospitals.
Prominent Physicians Tell "The
News" Readers They Need
Rave no Fears.
ADVICE THAT SHOULD BE HEEDED

The situation In this city In respect to
the cholera is much more hopeful today.
No new cases have been reported and
taken to the Emergency Hospital yestsr
day, was discharged this morning as his
case in no way resembled cholera. One
suspect was found this morning aud sent
to the pest house, but there is no GER
tainty yet that he ha fallen a victim to
the plague. Nevertheless the situation
is still grave and there should be no re-
Taxation of precautions, however small.
The rulessfor avoiding the dread disease
which are published in another column
of fHE JERSEY CITY NEWS, should be
car etully observed.
The prompt action of President Feeney
and the Jersey City health authorities, 1t
is hoped, has succeeded in throttling the
epidemic in its Infancy. The time
usually allowed for the development of
the germ is five days. but seven is safer,
and il there are no new cases in that
period it may be taken for a certainty
that the scourage has been stamped out.
Surveyor BaIlhache. OF the United
States Marine Service, says that cholera
is less to be dreaded than
dip tn eria, which people have about
them all the year roU~@
and yet give it but little thous Z.
Dipther ia was more easily caught than
cholera. Therefore he declared there
was no cause for general alarm as long
as the proper precautions the guard
against the disease are observed. There
Is no occasion for anyone who is alta cked
with cramps to become panic striken
imagining that they have the pleague.
Persons SO attacked should Immediately
consult physician and above all things
keep calm and cool.
THE AUTHORITIES ALERT
The authorities are taking every pos
sible precaution.
Surgeon General Wyman of the United
States Marine Service, Surgeon Bailhache
of the United States Marine Hospital on
Inspector Benjamin OF the Jersey
City Health Board held conference
| this morning in Inspector Benjamin's
office. The local AUTHORITIES told General
Wyman what had been done. and he ex-
pressed himself satisfied. He said that
geons to this city, all men who are ac-
| Quainted with cholera. TO take charge of
any new cases aud to act in cooperation
with the Jersey City authorities.
The Surgeon General suggested that
| the streets in which the suSpecttd cases
originated together with a considerable
territory in the neighporhood be
| thorouhly disinfected in the manner
| adopted by the marine service. Mr..
| Benjamin accordingly began at once his
prepations for earring out the Surgeon
| Generals suggestion and organized q
| force to disinfect State street, Culver
avenue, Fiske avenue, Monticello avenue,
| The City Hospital grounds and adjacent
| territory was treated iu a like manner.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS HERE,
| Surgeon Bailhache, who will he iu tnl-
| mediate charge of the government work
| in this city, has established headquarters
at Police Headquarters. Three men OF
| the Marine Hospital service arrived in
| this city this morning. aud reported to
! Surgeon Bailhache: A room has been
provided at each railroad station and
| fitted up as place for the treatment of
any emergency cases which may arise at
| those places.
Health Officer Jenkins was In the city
this morning completing arrangements
| for guarding the water front, which Is
| Tho share of the work he will look after.
| He said that the situation this morning
! was most hopeful, and he thought that
/ the plague Was well under control, ana
| would be thoroughly stamped out. He
| SAID that if there were no new cases
| within the next seven days it would be
| certain tnat the disease had been killed.
! GOVERNMENT PHYSICIAN HERE.
| General Wyman, of the United States
| Marine Hospital. called upon Inspector
Benjamin this morning, and talked over
the situation. General Wyman said that
the Government was at the command of
| rha .Tersey City Health authorities SO far
as further preventing the spread of the
| disease is concerned. He told Inspector
| Benjamin that he could have as many
physicians from the Government Quar-
| antine Station as were wanted.
/ The three physicians sent over here by
the Government have taken charge re-
\ spectlvely OF the three divisions OF the
/ district in which the suspect cases
/ developed. Each is accompanied by u