New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
GTARDING AGAINST CHOLEfA'
RESULTS OF THE HEALTH CoNFERhNCh
~ &c TuorGIrr THAT THE QUARANTINE h1'o

IT 1s TuOIGIIr THAT THE QUARANTINE h'>'o
1,r,oNs WILL BE MORE STRINGENT
MANY OF tho physicians who have been "'''I"'s ,.
conference OF the state Boards Of ie"'" q. Il, N
Avenue Hotel remained IN 'h' wy =, ,,ores,
transact private business or TO WISH P'",'' VI a..
There was naturally much talk among '"''' 40 100
resuts Of the conference and the Good mat "''
,r, q, coma from, u When asked rs TO their views
,hor o.p.rollv agreed that the principal lhn"en''
onh ho a moral one Health officers would De rc
minded OF the necessity Of prompt anu i"'eine"
acton and the public would be- aroused I" s"ppo,' w.
measures and supply the means LOT he" "''" ''
proved pants. . n rom
So far as there were distinct parties III INC wi"
ference they were the conservative party 'h"' WV
m. h,eve that the field OF the quarantine o"''''
sbouId he greatly increased, and the reform party
that desired greatly extended powers ana mnoh ''o'
inspection. The decision OF the conference "'"''
the two was made when the resolution was p'N'"
bv vote OF Il t. :. recommending 'hat ''ie o"ss'-
and personal effects Of all immigrants, whether vi "o
from infected ports should be- disnfec'cd Inc CON
sentative party led in that Instance by Dr. ''"n"N'
wished to ndorse the present method OF diSih'eo'"s
property coming from an infected port oh!'
The interior states. and particularly those III bc
Northwest voted sodly for more stringent m'aS"''s
Dr. Henry u. Baker Of Wisconsin. an ardent anNo'''
Of reform measures, expressed the OPINION 'n''' Wv
quarantine regulations along the Atlantic s'"poa"
wonld rc made more strict and b. more carefully
-, 49, an, r,s,I, NJ thc conference DR.
Montczambcrt Of Canada for instance" SAID me- Is
going home with changed opinions to recomni'i"
careful and complete quarantine" II was thought
also that the resolutions passed by the conference
which pointed ont ,he many defects ana inSuh''eh'
equipment OF the quarantine station at WORK
would have n saluary effect upon local celsiatIoh
and administration. New York Is looked upon as the
doorway through which contagious diseases VIII enter
the country II they get In at all About 80 per
cent At was said Of all the Immigrants pass through
New York and here the first and most Formidable
barrier must be- raised for the safety OF the Whole
country.
The conference did not reach an expression OF
opinion as 10 the extent TO which the Federal author
tiles represented by the Marine Hospital Service
should assist control local administration. This
was due largely to the fact that surgeOn''rncr
Wyman who attended the conference, was not ready
| to Announce his plans. Dr. Wymnn had intended to
call a conference OF the State Boards /f Health en-
age 81 this gathering - ascertain III" general feeling
aud the private opinions Of III" repre- cnatvcS OF the
several States. In general. the members seemed -
be both willing and anxious that the Marine Hospital
Service should exercise thu fnll powers which had
| been conferred npn II by C"ngrcs, last Fcbrar' :.
The sanitary Council Of the Mississippi Valley, which
held session during the conference. pa>'d rcsolu
tons requesting the Marine Hospital Scrvc" 10 assist
tn, Ms,lss ppi Valley states I'm establishing mi
| foim syst IN Of inspection and disinfccllCa.