The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-02
NASH BACK FROM HAMBURG.
FOLLOWED UP A CASE OF CHOLERA
ON THE AUGUSTA VICTORIA.

HnmburE-Dr. Nash Says the City I. Ia
Perfect Condition aud that Its Sanitary
Police 4, an Enicient Organization.
It was q surprise to DR.. Jenkins when he met
DR.. George W. Nash. his official representative
at Hamburg. yesterday on boarding the Au-
gusta Victoria at Quarantine. DR.. Nash has
been In Hamburg since Jan. @, studying the
sanitary condition and regulations OF that city
and inspecting steamships sailing to this port,
to prevent tho entrance OF cholera or other
contagious diseases.
His cable regarding HIS sailing had miscar-
ried. Tho cause OF DR.. Nash's coming over
was case OF Asiatic cholera on the Augusta
Victoria before she left Germany.
The pationt was taken to Hamburg and the
Ham burg American Packet Company re-
auested Dr. Nash. as tho Deputy Health
Officer Of the Port Of New York. to sail on her.
with the understanding that II cholera ap.
peared on board the ship would return at
once to Hamburg.
steamer. On Sept. 10 the Augusta Victoria
steamed from q place near Hamburg. where
she took on coal. to Cuxhaven. at the mouth OF
the Elbe. whore since tho cholera outbreak the
Hamburg American steamers have taken on
board NIL their passengers
During this trip the stoker was taken with
diarrhGa- DR.. Nash. DR.. White. the United
States Marine Hospital service representative:
DR.. Homan. the Hamburg surgeon for emil
grafton. and Dr.. Prnlle. the ships surgeon. ex-
amined the patient, and found no choeraio
symptoms.
1t was deem ed advsa BILE. however. to get rid
OF the man. and DR.. Nash went with him on
the following day to Hamburg. the patient
having recovered sufficiently to walk to his
home
Before returning from Hamburg DR.. Nash
got telegram. informing him that tho bacte-
biological examination Ind shown the pres
ence OF the comma bacillus Dr. Nash at once
informed the Hamburg authorities. who took
tho stoker to the hospital. from which he was
discharged twenty-four hours later.
Then. at the request OF the packet company
DR.. Nash decided to como over on the ship. In
the mean time there was.no suspicion among
the passengers that there had been a case Of
cholera on board. At Southampton the ves-
sci was detained for forty. eight hours and
thoroughly dlsinfected. and from that time
until the end Of the voyage DR.. Nash. with the
officers OF the ship. made thorough inspec.
picious sickness on board
DR.. Nash was seen by a Sun reporter at pr.
has prepared for DR.. jenkins Written report
m my op II DE- Nash said. the cholera
itsel From sept IL to VI" Sept s y there We're
sixty-siS cases reported. but this includes
siderable number in any one district show:
Ing in opinion. that the cases were not
e. From a sanitary point Of view Hamburg is
greatest organization OF the kind In the world.
Since last fall. when the cholera was preya-
lent. the authorities have taken every possible
erected on the corners. where the water was
boiled and furnished to the people free. The
streets were kept In wonderful condition OF
Then the authorities came to the conclu-
sion that the old water supply from the Elbe
was bad. SO the water was run on into great
mains which supply the city,. BY, the way.
1t is interesting to note that Koch,s theory.
and the one that now obtains generally. is that
cpe but the abumernid dc deposit That forms
on the sand. At any rate. the water thus fl
tered was found to be clear and free from
EeTms SO the old IN mains TeIe shut of and the
Now 1t is thought that the present cholera
comes from those old mains. When it broke
out the water supply was exami ned. and at
numbers were present In the water. Examina.
ton showed that at that place the old main |
had sprung q leak and was pouring its polluted !
people ss "ss to boil their water
paired. THIS aeeidant is regarded as the |
DO You u eonsider. ASKED the reporter.
brought from Hamburg to this city,"
reply The ships for this port Ef' are
thoroughly inspected and guarded against
II will say. moreover. that, the danger of
other port is slight" |
DR.. Nash will return to Hamburg on the |
Augusta Victoria. which sails on Thursday.