The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-13
TO HEAD OFF THE CHOLERA.
The New Quarantine Regulations Issued
by the Treasury Department

The New Quarantine Regulations Issued
by the Treasury Department..
WASHINGTON. March 12.-The circular is
sued in accordance with the new quaran-
tine law. giving tho sanitary regulations to
bo enforced at the port Of departure and to
be observed on tho vessel during the voy-
age, were prepared by board of medical
officers, selected by Surgeon General
Wyman for their special qualifications for
this duty by reason OF experience in the
treatment Of epidemic diseases.
Every vessel, passenger or freight, bound
for the United States must carry pre-
scrbed bill of health, given either by the
United States consul or medical officer de-
tailed by the president at the port OF de-
rarture. In case the vessel sails from An
infected port. an inspection must precede
the granting of the bill OF health, and an
inspection is required in the case of every
passengsr vessel sailing from any port in
America, Mexico and West Indies, whether
ead port is infected or not. Tho inspec.
tion must be made within six hours i'm
mediately preceding the departure of the
vessel, according to methods prescribed.
Should disinfeotion be declared necessary.
it ia made compulsory upon the vessel
owners to have it done under direction Of
the inspector.
With regard TO cargo OF vessels, the con-
sui at port of departure Ia required to have
knowledge of fits origin, and to have the
cargo disinfectea If necessary. During the
prevalence of an epidemic, rags and similar
articles arc not to be shipped at all, nor
within thirty days after the port has been
officially declared to be free from the ep-
Gomic. Crews Of vessels while at anchor in
an infected poit are required to remain on
board. New members. before being al
lowed on board, must be examined by the
inspector and prove to his satisfaction that
they have not within ton days previous
been exposed to any quarantinable disease.
Passengers are Divided into two classes-
cabin and stesraGe. Each cabin passenger
mnst pI oducs satisfactory evidence az to
his place of abode for four days previous
to embarkation. and if he has been exposed
to contaeion will be detained for term TO
be fixed by the inspector aud his baggage
disinfected. Stesrace passengers shipping
from an infected port are to be detained
five days under medical observation in
specially provided quarters; they are to be
bathed at tho beginning of the fve-day
term and provided with disinfected cloth
ing. If cholera should break out among
them while under observation. none of
them will bs allowed to embark for tho
United States until at least seven days
have elapsed since the conclusion of tha
last case. The same provisions which ara
infected ports apply to ports in which
plague, yellow fever, typhus. or smallpox
prevail in An epidemic form.
Passengers. crews, cargoes, and baggage
ns non-infeeted ports. but coming from in
footed localities are made subject to the
tho same restrictions Us are enforced at GIL
infected port. A vessol arriving at any
United States port with cases of contaaion
on toard shall be detained for a period
Ringing from fve days to twenty days. the
latter only where typhus fever prevails.
The rules for quarantine are quite vigor-
Gus and comprehensive. They apply to
eight national quarantine stations. but
Surgeon Gsne! al Wymau says the rules at
all PORTS must comprehend at least the re-
quirsments set forth in the circular.
| The TREASURY department Is officially ad-
vised by the department OF state that the
STORAGE traffic between European ports
and the United States, which was discon'
tinued on July last. has been resumed.
United States Consul Gardner, at Rotter-
, dam, in report to tho state department,
| gives detailed account of the precnution
taken there to prevent the emigration OF
persons affected with contagious diseases
United States Consul Estes. at Hamburg,
has submitted report on the precautions
to be adopted against the Introduction OF
infectious Diseases into the United States
by the resumution of immigration ut his
port. Consul Estes nlso states that all
passengers coming from Russia, Austria
and Hungary. are obliged to observe qunr-
aptine at ienst six days under police sur
veillancc before they are permitted to &c
Oh ship board.