People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-17
THE CHOLERA.
The Resumption Of Storage Traffic
Causes Watchfulness.
Co isuls Making Their Reports to the state
ut-Safeguards That Have
Been Adopted to Prevent the
Plague Reaching America
Watching Cholera.

Watching Cholera
WASHINGTON March l3.-The treasury De.
partment is officially advised by the depart
ment OF state that steerage trafic between
European ports and the United States, which
was discontinued on June last has been re.
sumed United States Consul Gardner at Rot
terdam, In report 10 the state department.
gives a detailed account OF the precautions
taken there 10 prevent the immigration Of per-
sons affected with contagious diseases He
states that all steerage passengers are ex-
amined by the consular doctors, their baggage
disinfected by consular employees and certif-
cate Of both passenger and baggage made by the
consul
In addition to the safeguards against trans
mission Of disease afforded by the local system
Of examination made Immediately before en-
barkation new hotel designed exclusively for
the accommodation Of steerage and second
class passengers en- route for the United States
has been built This hotel is known as the
"Nasm," and is owned by the Netherlands
American Co aud is solely under their
management II contains all the modern con.
veniences Of a first class hosiery with
an experienced steward assisted by walters
and guards The hotel is located in the
immediate neighborhood of the docks There
are separate rooms for families and single per-
sons The beds are like cabin beds on ship
board, but larger. II is light and airy. The
sanitary arrangements are OF the most modern
construction, and as the hotel is located on
square, II Is light and accessible from all sides
A coffee room in which only temperance bev.
! erages are sold at minimum cost is also pro-
| vided The entire control OF this building, &C
cording TO Dutch laws. is in the hands of the
commissioner Of emigration, although the
! United States consul has free access 10 the
building hospital room in building apart
/ from the hotel has been provided, where any
diseased suspect may be at once wholly
/ isolated
| In addition 70 all these precautions taken at
the hotel, all steerage passengers destined for
the United States from Rotterdam are met at
| incoming trains By officers and servants of the
steamship company and by boat are at once
| transferred 10 the hotel adjacent to the steam
ship wharf, there TO remain under such surveil-
lance as may be necessary until the next steam
er sails. Should the need at any time arise IL
would be possible TO quarantine 900 or so peo-
/ pie at the hotel quite as effectuallY as though
they were on ship board. This could not be
done by the best regulated emigrant boarding
house and from q sanitary point OF view IL is
decidedly advantageous
| Consul Gardner states that within the past
three or four years the rate Of steerage sailing
| from Rotterdam to New York has increased in
the ratio Of the added restrictions upon immi-
| grafton imposed by the United States authori.
ties. The rate for steerage in 1891 was 5000,
while at the present time ii is sSl 90 The grade
of persons going in the steerage has shown a
percentage Of improvementmore or less closely
corresponding to the percentage Of increase Of
cost of passage.
United States Consul Estes Of Hamburg has
submitted a report Of the precautions that he
has adopted against the introduction of infec
tious diseases into the United States by the re-
sumption Of immigration. He states that all
vessels sailing from Hamburg for ports in the
| United States, before they can obtain their
bill Of health. must be thoroughly disinfected,
according to the instructions Of the United
States marine hospital service This disinfec-
/ ton is supported by W. L. Somann, Hamburg
government surgeon, who uses the Ham.
burg police department seal On his
certificate of disinfection Further the
crews Of vessels carrying immigrants
are medically examined BY DR.. Homann
and DR. Nash, a deputy Of Dr. Jenkins, the
health officer in New York. These physicians
issue joint certificate as TO this examination
All passengers not travelling in the saloon are
medically examined before embarkaton by DR.
Homann in his capacity as government sur.
geon and by physician OF the steamship COM
pany. This examination is made in the pres
ence Of either the consul or vice consul and a
certificate TO that effect is annexed to the pas.
sengers manifest Of the vessel Both OF the
physicians issue certificate, besides which
declares the passengers TO be in good health
and free from all infectious diseases.
The bill OF health which is not delivered to
the steamship until all these requirements have
been complied with. bears across its face in red
Ink the exact number Of cholera cases and
deaths which have been reported to the Ham,
burg senate cholera commission during the
fortnight previous to the date Of the bill OF
health All the above mentioned documents
bears the authorization OF the United States
Consul Estes also states that all passengers
coming from Austria and Hungary are obliged
to observe quarantine Of at least six days I'M
der police surveillance before they are permit
ted to 60 on board ship.
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