The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-13
SHOWN The CITY'S SIGHTS.
ChaTIeStOl'S Health Officials Visit
the Quarantine.

Congratulates Savannah on It's San
itary Arrangements-Dr. Drummer
Compliments the Visitors.
The Charleston sanitary officials left
for home last night, highly pleased with
their visit to Savannah. The party
consists of DR.. H. b. Horlbeck,
health officer; Dr. r. Libbey, quar-
antine officer; Mr. Hall T. MCGEE. chair
man of the maritime and sanitary
committee, and Mr.. a. S. Smith and MIR.
Warning p. Darlington, members of the
sanitary board.
The object of the visit of the committee
to Savannah was to inspect the sanitary
arrangements of the city and quarantine
station. Savannah's new quarantine was
modelled after that of Charleston. and the
committee desired TO see if any improve
ments had been made in the system
which they might adopt.
The party was taken in charge by Health
Officer Drummer yesterday morning, who
took the visitors on carriage drive to
points of interest around the city. The
crematory and the water works were
the two points which proved of most in
terest. Both were thoroughly inspected
and were voted to be highly satisfactory.
/ The visitors praised the new water
works and the excellent condition in
| which they found everything there.
AT 1880 O'Clock the party arrived at
the city exchange, where they met a
number of the city officials and other
! gentlemen who had been invited to meet
them.
THE TRIP TO QUARANTINE.
At noon the party left on d trip down
the river to the quarantine station on the
I city tug Theckla. Among those who ac-
cOmpanied the visitors were Mayor Nc
! Donough, Health Officer Drummer, Alder
men Mills, Myers, Mcmillan, Charlton,
| Bohan, Folliard and Wells, DIR. J. H.
| White, DR.. B. S. Purse, President Cam,
of the Cotton Exchange, Chief Engineer
William Hunter, of the Central railroad,
| z. J. O'COnnor Esq, and Mr.. Villalonga
The party had very pleasant trip
down the river Capt. Healy, of the
| Theckla, earned the thanks of the whole
| party for his courteous attention and by
| his accurate information on all matters
concerning the river.
DR. J. B. Graham, the quarantine
officer, met the party at the dock and de-
| voted himself to making it at home.
THE STATION INSPECTED.
The new disinfecting plant was thor
| Oughly inspected under the direction of
Drs. Drummer and Graham. The visitors
| professed themselves very much pleased
with the appearance of the plant and the
excellent arrangements for rapid disinfec-
| ton of vessels and their contents
! They acknowledged that Savannah
made a first rate copy of the
| Charleston plant, with some mi
nor improvements. An Improvement
| in the sulphur furnance by which a
| double set of pans instead of a single set,
is used, was noted as worthy of imitation
DR., Drummer explained how he came
near getting his head blown off by the
| sulphur furnace few months ago.
An excellent lunch which had been
brought down gu the tug was spread in
the dislnfecting room and was enjoyed by
all.
CHARLESTON CoMPLIMENTED.
Mayor McDonough took occasion at the
end of the lunch to compliment the
Charleston officials upon the excellent
sanitary arrangements which they have
established at their port, and the i'm
provements they have made there, which
have been taken advantage of by
Savannah and other cities. He said the
Savannah authorities felt themselves I'M
der special obligations to the Charleston
sanitary officials for the courteSies sho wn
the Savannah committee sent there In
search of information when the new quar-
antine plant here was under advisement
and for the valuable information fur
nished
DR.. Horlbeck replied in behalf of the
visitors, and expressed their appreciation
of the kind words of Mayor McDonough
and also Of the hospita BILE reception which
had been given them. Savannah and
Charleston, he said, are bound together
by their mutual interest in preventing the
introduction Of contagious diseases, and
have taken the lead of other cities on the
South Atlantic coast in this respect
Upon the subject of maritime disinfection
DIR. Horlbeck said:
"A great revolution has been effected in
the methods used by scientific authorities
for quarantine procedures. Ten years
ago few pounds of sulphur were carried
aboard a ship-the crew were marshalled
and examined, the log looked over, and a
pan or two set afre, the fee collected and
the ship kept a limited period-from ten
to fifteen days, in some cases longer
Now, the limit Of detention is five days,
the percentage Of strength of dioxide OF
sulphur changed from or per cent tc
from IL to IS per cent.
ALMOST TAKEN TO PIECES.
1.-THE ship is not only cleaned, but
washed down with a solution of BIZ
chloride of mercury, and she is disrobed
OF her curtains, mattresses, the clothing
and all other articles most likely to be af.
fected with the deadly bacteria-they
are all subjected to moist heat-230 de.
grees Fahrenheit. The local government
board of England in a report in 1884,
made by II. f. Parsons, indicates that
there is no sort of disinfector or disinfec-
tant that can rank by the side of heat
and the use of nigh pressure steam
Is by far the most available This report
has been verified by DR.. George Stern.
berg, now surgeon general of the United
States army, in a series of experiments un.
dertaken by the American Public Health
Association. DR.. Sternberg is the most
distinguished bacteriologist in the United
States. He found that all forms of per.
nicious bacteria, together with then
spores, were killed at a temperature OF
80 degrees Fahrenheit.
TO GET AT THE SPORES.
"Of course, when these facts became
known quarantine authorities commenced
10 take measures to provide themselves
with such appliances as would afford
steam heat Of 300 Fahrenheit, and from
a little commencement under Dr. Joseph
Holt, in New Orleans, now nearly ten
years ago, various improvements have
been made. We have now the
most approved methods for fur.
nishing the heat as required
This steam heat has a wonderfully
! penetrating power. At the plant in