New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-20

In order to take part in the distribution OF iniecooh
atmospheric Influences, which would seem micn more
liable to distribute Infection being left quite In the
background meantime.
After all THE bother with quarantine last year. al'er
all the discomfort to travellers and untold losses u
commerce, and after the tresonie Investigations ana
resolutions OF committees since then, no way mas
been pointed out by means Of which quarantine can
give assurance Of anything like complete protection
from cholera this year. The fact is, We must look
to other means for protection also all that can be-
done BY civilized quarantine SO far as our present
knowledge goes, Is to maintain Vigant sentry ser
vice at the various ports OF entry Tor the inspecuoh
incoming ships with view to the humane Isolation
OF all infectious for certain period OF umc
and the disnfection by heat OF their belongings ETC.
This might 10 done by Intelligent corps of lands
men after long training but IN this connection 1t Is
well worth considering II the Navy could not best DO
this work. since 1t has wetrained corps OF Weuicai
and line officers who understand ship Inspection better
than almost any other available class OF men. The
mysteries Of modern ocean liner too great to be
easily mastered by landsman aud without II speclai
knowledge Of the numerous compartments OF Il
vessel he would require all immense amount OF ume
In which to make thorough Inspection
1t has been suggested that our Government might
assume the examination OF immigrants before SAILING
from the other side To accomplish this Thoroughly
would be- Well nigh impossible and since the wiSnohi
OF receiving Immigrants masse seems no longer de-
slrabc, II would be- well 10 enforce the law III re-
spcot to pauper Immigration by rcserving the right
to supervise their landing here ourselves
III. vitality important matter Is the establishment
OF system of civic sanitation which shall have Tor
its object the prevention OF an outbreak OF cholera
OF course there are many difficulties to BE- overcome
before this be successfully done. There are four
distinct departments concerned in this work, namely
u.,i .uni
departments. These. with The means at their com
mand could keep the city in frsclass sanitary con-
dltIon II they worked In unison and with an earnest
desire to accomplish the object In View But IL Is
10 be feared that politicians do not always manage
these departments for the benefit OF tile city, Asue
from their ncfciency In respect TO their own specia
work. It often happens that responsibility Is shifted
from one department another In such way that
important matters arc neglected altogether Were
the Mayor to give this subject due attention, and
concentrate the work OF the various departments III
cleaning up the city, see no reason why New-iorh'
situated rs It Is between two large rivers, couu not
be kept cleaner than any other large city IN the world
Cleanliness Is the chief means Of our protection iro
diseases OF all kinds "Asiatc' cholera, as It's name
Implies, has It's origin where hygienlc conduoS are
entirely absent, and for that matter unknown
Given such nest swarming with filthy fanatics, with
ont mower OF resistance, and the disease quickly ap-
pears.
Let II be borne in mind that we have now In New.
York city nearly all OF the conditions ut this moment
for the generation Of malignant cholera. only the IN
fectng spark Is wanting to set the epidemic going.
We have here the same foul mass OF Russian refugees
which set going the disease IN Hamburg last summer.
In the sums OF New-lOrk there has long been cor
rallied large number Of uncleany and decrepit per
sons living In squnlOr Undesirable. This peslerous
ronul,tion has been greatly augmented by the add
lion Of thousand, OF refugees and other filthy lmml-
grant, during the last few years. IL Is DeieNeu tha'
about 300 900 undesirable Immigrants have landed In
New York during the last three years. ana mat 'heN
have been nearly all OF them allowed 10 remain In the
largo cities notably In New-iork. where their presence
is menace TO all
One has but To co through the district once noted as
having the Five Points for It's centre TO De con-
,,uc.d that n more vile and cOrrupng nest OF NTH
never existed anywhere the face OF the earth, not
even In Mecca when overrun by pilgrims whose
p.ois mission was II would secin' chieny 10 "'''oh
ont and propagate Aslaic cholera what use Is there
then In keeping up the farce OF daily sweeping art
,hou, over the pavements. and In this manner filling
tho mir with foul puvcrzcd horse dropings. 50 long as
This polluted nest remains TO breed peStilence wheh-
ovor I'm, t.nvurrnture assumes Il sufficiently oriental
he,t intensity 10 complete the mcubatory process
rh real danger lies not In he untidneSs Of Fihave
and adjacent fashionable quarters OF the city where
the citizen is and then made aware OF the ze''i Vi
cur street Cleaning e. u tnent by being smo mere Ill
Storm OF dust cast about by the almost useless WORK OF
srayencers or reckcssy thrown into the air from the
city private ashear We're the nS FINISHED
with mnlodorois dust, and likewise throw the gates Vi
uual antnc Wide open. -, ,u a,
yeoped Is fatal policy better set the place III or',ar
bcor,. the trouble begins for Its control Is h"h ihi
possible. 1t Is better to lock Tue nr of cleaning
the horse Is stolen Begin now the WORN vi o'e IAN
M the Sums with pick. spade, water anu even v, IL
ulo
that Is foul Many poor human wretches NAV De seen
cr'.nin, nbout i'm nth one could we'll Imagine be
,ond the aid even OF cremation Remember II Is nor
80 much the dirt OF streets or the cmana'lon OF
susrs nc The filthy people themselves that generate
disease There foolish aarinls's constantly rsis
Ing cry that death turks at every n h WE ID MR.
Inhaled that It floats into the stomach Win ,ne "atr
We drink that the sewer hres It mo ,ne OH % ,h
etc The fact remains. however, that we are az IN.
,,mc apuropriang these obnoxious matters without
alarming results. A. matter OF iact our ORGANIZATION
,rnciion Life has been nptly described as the sum
of the forces by which death Is resisted IL Is lhs o
In mentally and phySlc ,mai f sacc""' u '''
II Is unfortunate that Supersllti'ioh re'ais Suen
hold the understanding even nmomS aorm Rm
II was not until comparatively recent times t "a
Of h ni ss an OF Dish"
lection that are now so generally accepted belong
tightly TO the past How helpless poor humanity ,u ap
Injured M by t., own imaginary fears Yet those
who should know most about these superttous Tears
fear contagion the least thus the physician zoe
ahon, among patients with contagious affections Win
ont fear OF transporting disease from one pateht 10
another or of contracting II himSclf. -
Tmmercia interests have not been slow In nvailing
Of superstition created IN respect 70 Impure drnnG
",rc waters and It has now come to be fashionable
lad 10 nbnre ordinary Croon or other natural waters
ncrfcctly well known that the intestinal and urinary
tubes OF man. which are the main drainage tracts OF
rc body. contain enormous quantities Of decomp,s"i