The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-17
SENT into QUARANTINE,
Three Vessels Ordered to
Angel Island by the Board
of Health.
HAD NO CHOLERA ON BOARD.
Yokohama and Nagasaki, Japan,
Officially Declared to Be In
feCted Ports.

The Board of Health held special meet
vessels arriving here from ports infested
with the cholera. Yokohama and Maya
saki, Japan, were officially declared in
fected ports and several vessels were
ordered into quarantine. This is the first
time the new Board of Health has had to
deal with the quarantine law and frequent
meetings of the board are necessary in
order to get everything into easy running
shape.
Quarantine Officer Chalmers reported to
the board that he had detained the Pacific
Mail steamer Rio de Janeiro from Hong
kong via Honolulu and he wanted to
know what was going to be done with her.
Although the vessel had clean bill of
health she had taken on a passenger, Mrs.
Bacon, at the infected port of Honolulu.
The vessel did not approach the dock there
and did not take on board any freight, pro-
visions, water or in fact anything at all
except Mrs. Bacon and the regular mail.
AT the time the vessel was at Honolulu,
September s, there had been So cases of
cholera reported in the previous two
weeks. Out of this number Al died. When
the vessel was at Kobe, Japan, August 81,
IN the previous two weeks and 80 deaths.
At Hongkong, where the vessel was on
August %, there had been II cases of
cholera in the previous two weeks and So
deaths. In all four cities the United States
Consuls reported that the authorities were
making the most strenuous efforts to con-
troll the epidemic
The visit of the Rio de Janeiro to these
infected ports determined action in her
case. On motion of DIR. Hart she was or
dered into quarantine at Angel Island.
She will be thoroughly fumigated and re-
main there until the United States officials
report there is not the slightest danger.
The mail was fumigated before it was
taken aboard ship at Honolulu. After
ward it was fumigated on the vessel. 1t
will again be fumigated at Angel Island
before it is turned over to the Postoffice
officials.
Yokohama and Nagasaki were declared
infected ports on motion of DR.. Hart.
Hereafter all vessels arriving from them.
as well as from Honolulu, will be ordered
into quarantine.
A. Chesebrough of Williams, Dimond &
Co. asked the board how long it intended
to keep the schooner S. c. Allen in quaran-
tine. She arrived Sunday from Honolulu
with fifteen passengers.
CheseDrough was referred to the United
States officials at Angel Island.
The bill of health of the British ship
Merioneth stated that cholera, smallpox
and yellow fever are epidemic at Rio
Janeiro. One Of the ships crew suffered
with scurvy on the voyage here. The
Merioneth's sand ballast got her into
trouble, and she will be kept in quarantine
till it can be changed.
Quite a lively discussion took place in
the meeting over the bodies of five Chinese
shipped in salt from Alaska. No death
certificates accompanied them, and Health
Officer Lovelace refused to issue any burial
permits till their deaths could be satistac-
torily explained. He wanted to turn them
over to the Coroner, but the Coroner de-
clined to have anything to do with them
The bodies were being banded about,
when DR.. Hart suggested that the whole
matter be submitted for advice to Attorney
Spencer of the board. Pending an opinion
from him on the proper way to treat such
cases the bodies of the Chinese will be
inferred
The local Board of Health will meet
several members of the State Board of
Health this morning and discuss methods
of guarding against any possible entrance
OF cholera into the State.