The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-02

What else WAS done az the meeting,
commissioners"
Nothing, we will do on Saturday at
sieven o'clock what we had intended te
And what was thatP"
cannot tell YOU. hut be around when
the meeting takes place aud you will
know ALL"
ACTING MAYOR SIMPSON ASSURED.
Acting Mayor Simpson was present at
lhe meeting, u after its conclusion be
told me that he did not fear any cholers
epidemic would take place. Hi said
that New York and the Government had
volunteered ali the assistance required.
ana That every effort would be made to
prevent the spread of the disease. The
city nad $4,000 GU hand that had been
SET aside Tor this purpose last year, and
General Wymau has assured
MIN that the Government would no. per-
NIT the want of money to stand In the
way OF impeding the progress of the
dreaded scoufge.
"Mr. Mayor" I asked. "how did the
physicians account for the breaking out
OF Aslatic cholera in West Bergen, when
they discussed this subjectf"
.Iney didn't account for 1t. Thew
sald they couldn't do this. No one vol
unteer ed a theory"
PROMPT ACTION MUST BE TAKEN.
surgeon Joseph j. kfnyoun OF the
Marine Hospital at Staten Island de-
clined to be interviewed. He merely saia
the disease is "a dangerous one. an d
prompt action must and will be taken to
wipe it out" The surgeon would not
express an opinion as to how cholera
broke out in West Bergen.
"A INSPECTOR HUNTS ADVICE.
Dr. A; Clark Hun of Mctucnen, the
otate Medical Inspector. who attended
the meeting last night at Police Head
quarters, had the following to say:-
Inere should be activity on the part
OF the physicians. not only in Jersey
City out throughout the entire State,
steps should be taken Immediately by
al the physicians In the State to prevent
tne spread OF the cholera, Great atten-
ton should be paid to the fruit veuders
In the various cities and townships. All
unripe fruit should be seized immedi-
atsly upon discovery, confiscated and
destroyed. Unrlpe fruit, when Asiatic
cholera is prevalent, is decidedly dan
gerous and the policemen should receive
nStructlons TO seize all the uu-
ripe fruit that they fnd In
the city. AS to the cholera
victims l believe that we should meet
them fairly. They shouii receive the
best of medical care and should not be
carried away to pesthouses and left there
uueared for. They are entitled to the
best medical aid that can be pro cured
aud they should receive it. This is only
humane. Above all. the residents of the
city should not become alarmed, but
should take matters coollY and should
adopt the precautionary measures issued
by the Board af Health"
NO CAUSE o ALARM,
" do not believe that there Is any
cause for ALARM" said County Physician
Converse, when | asked his opinion of
the situation. "Ot course" he added,
the matter is grays and serious enough
to demand the Immediate aud concerted
action OF our physicians and the health
boards. am perfectly satisfied that We
are aDle to cops with As1atic cholera in
case any more people should become
afflicted with 1t. | think it very fortu-
nate that it visited us in September In
stead OF In june"
HEALTH OF H CITY GOOD.
| DR.. p. Hofmaun of the Local Board of
| Health said:-"I hope that the residents
of Jersey City will not become alarmed,
as l am satisfied that we have the scourge
unde control. Our board is prepared for
any emergency that may arise, and we
will quickly shoulder any new cases that
may be discovered. or course we will
look carefully after ths cases which have
caused the present excitement. The
health OF the city at present is excep-
tfonally good. in fact much better thai in
| previous years"
WILL wATCH MRS. BLACK.
City Physician Everett sald:-"I believe
that the season Is too late for Asiatic
cholera TO o0taia much foothold. 1t is
exceedingly fortunate for the residents
of the city that the pest has come ar his
time instead OF In the Summer months,
but we cannot afford to take an7 chances
on this account. Both the County aud
City Health Boards have very wisely
organized to do all they can to
check the scourge. :These boards
l nRA fak1H0 oil thu nonncanru ~pnoo,,
tionary steps and can be relied upon to
do their part OF the work. The Nav
York medical experts have proven hi
Asiatic cholera has obtained a foothold
here. aud this Is sufficient to STIR US all
into action. 1t Is too bad that q similar ac-
ton was not taken III all the cases as we
could have treated the matter sooner.
II n new cases or suspects
are discovered quarantine will at
once be declared and rigidly en-
forced against the localities where
the disease IS holding sway.
In the case Of Mrs. Black l do not believe
that there is any danger. / will watch
her case carefully, however. and place
her residence under quarantine. Her
association with the Lewis family may
result seriously. 1t is true. bat | do not
believe that she is suffering with CHI olera.
So far she has not displayed any symp-
toms of the disease, but / will keep q
A(N0 &hNA ~RNftA " G10 IL WA
thorough medical Investigations are
made regularly.
II believe that if one of the cases was
asiatic cholera they all were. l was
ordered to investigate the cause of Mrs.
Lewis death. In order to sdo SO I had TO
look into the Others In the same vicinity,
They all looked very suspicious to me,
but as l had never handled a case of
cholera l was not sure that they were
SUCH"
DOUBTFUL OF MRS. COLLINS.
ID. HOLSTER who attended Mrs. Collins
OF No. 2U McAdoo avenue. of the four
persons supposed to have died from
eating crabs vas seen In his office at the
corner OF Danforth and Ocean avenue
last evening. Eie was asked If his opinion
of the cause of death In the case of Mrs.
Collins had been shaken by the positive
statement by New York experts that
Martin Grove died of genuine Asiatic
Cholera.
DE- ~HoRNBLowER's OPINION.
II doh,t think any of those cases were
Cholera" said DIR. H~ornblower of Cen
trial avenue. decidedly. But when CON
fronted by the statements of the New
York specialists that Grove had sue
cumbed 20 the Asiatic plague, the Doc
tor relented. aud said
well. I haven't Investigated the cases
of any OF them very far, aud cannot
speak automatically
The Doctor said that the cases of diarr.
hnsl trouble This summer all over his
country were very much less tina at any
time previous.
when the plague of eIghteen-sixty-
something visited this city aud traversed