St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-06
CHOLERA BARRIERS.
Representatives of State Boards
of Health Hold a Confer
ence in New York.
Equipment and Efficiency of Sea-
board Quarantine Stations
Considered.

New YORK, April s. Representatives
of the various state boards of health
held a meeting at the Fifth Avenue
hotel this morning and considered va
rious questions that will likely be of
some Importance in case of an epidemic
of chOle ra this summer. The meeting
was presided over by DIR. j. n. McCor-
mick, president of the National Confer
ence of State Boards of Health. Among
the representatives present were DR.. ..
b. Wingate and }. +. Reede, OF WlScOn-
sin; DR.. G. a. Lindsey, of Minnesota;
DR.. Walter Lyman, representing the
government quarantine station. The
meeting was called to consider the
equipment and efficiency of the various
seaboard quarantine stations, and their
ability TO cope with the cholera Id case
of an epidemic this summer.
Other matters, such as the necessity
and practicability of disinfecting the
baggage of immigrants and the POSI-
bility of adopting uniform system or
| inspection certificates, are also To be
| considered, but did not come up before
the morning session. A general report
of informal character, in regard
| to the existing condition OF
! the quarantine stations along the
| Eastern and Southern SeabOard showed
i they were fairly well prepared and
were provided with the common ap-
paratuS in use for dlslntecting and
| fumigating baggage, clothing, etc. On
the Whole, the reports before the con-
ference seemed to indicate that the
danger from infection was through
| minor ports. New York was not heard
| from at the morning session owing 10
| the absence of Health Ofhcer jenkins.
DR.. MontiZambert made Il report on
| Canada. He said there were three
| classes of quarantine stations III Can
| ada. The outer station would be at
+, Rimouski. about $50 miles below Quebec.
| Steamers would be stopped here, and II
all right would proceed to the next sta
ton, about thirty miles below Quebec.
| There all the immigrants would be
landed and the vessel allowed to
| proceed TO a place at the
east end of the harbor. All
of these stations were thoroughly
equipped with quarantine apparatus
and facilities. Outer stations were at
Halifax. ST. John, William Head. Sidney
and Vancouver. All the equipments
would be ready for use by the coming
summer. There were also some mlnol
quarantine stations, the doctor said, and
he reported all quarantine officers as
most efficient.
President Wilson issued an order t
Sanitary Superintendent Charles +
Roberts, of New York, which is calcu'
lated to render more efficient the WORE
of sanitary inspection throughout the
city, especially with regard to pos
sible invasion of cholera. Committee:
! were appointed to prepare a state
tment as to the treatment o
emigrants and their effects with GER
tificate as to the treatment, for the ben
eft of health officers of the interior, ant
to prepare statement as to the prac-
tlcabilty of conducting a uniform ssys
TEN of inspection service at various
state lines. III the emergency OF an cpl
demic, and what requirements shoult
be made on transportation companies u
prevent spread of cholera in the even
of its coming here. 1ra