Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-12
The CHOLERA ELSEWHERE.
THE UNITED STATES SUPPOSED
TO BE SAFE THIS YEAR.
The sconrge Being Conquered by
sanitary Science and Ports of
Entry Kept Under strict
Surveillance.
(From the s. F. CALI

against the cholera. Up to the
opening Of the month of August
it had not appeared in any coun-
try Of Western Europe, and the
autumnal weather will prevent it
from approaching the European
ports with which New York is in
communication. The Health
Office of the Port, who made all
preparations early in the spring
for dealing with i'm migrants bound
hither from the infected districts
of Russia, believes that any
danger which might thus be in
Cured has passed away. and
though the Jewish Russians are
yet closely inspected upon their
arrival at Quarantine, the inspec-
ton is rather for general sanitary
purposes than for any apprehen-
sion of the cholera. Advices upon
the subject has been received
from all parts of the world by the
authorities of the Marine Hospi-
tai service, and DR.. Wyman be-
lieves that if there ever was any
ground for fear, there is not now
the least.
DR. r. s. Tracy of the New
York Health Department, when
interviewed by reporter,
gave it as his opinion that there
will never again be a cholera
scare here like that of 1893, and
that there is safety for the city so
long as sanitary laws are well en-.
forced and wholesome water is
abundantly supplied. Even if a
few infected immigrants were
to reach Quarantine there would
be hardly any danger OF the
disease becoming epidemic, for
the means of stamping it out
are at the command of the gov
erning powers. The health au-
thorities of Germany, France and
England are now confident of
their ability to deal with it
promptly ard successfully. The
Germans have this year had ex-
periences even more satisfactory
than those of last year, and have
been able to guard their country
by methods as scientific as they
are easily applied. DR.. Tracy, in
talking upon the subject, ex-
plains the germ theory of the di-
sease with that fullness of know
ledge which is derived from long
study of it. mo cholera scare
hereafter" he says.
During the present year, and
up to this time, cholera has ex.
listed in European Russia. Arabia,
India, China and Japan. 1t is
unfortunate that trustworthy sta
tistics concerning it cannot be
obtained from Russia, or from
any of the other countries in
which it exists, with the excep-
ton of Japan. 1t ravaged sever
al of the Western Russian provin.
ces last summer; it did not entire
ly disappear last winter, and it
has been epidemic since the early
spring season. During the month
of July it has prevailed largely in
the provinces of Volhynia and
Podolia, near the territory of Aus
tria, and also to some extent in
the Vistula provinces, on the con.
fines of Prussia. II is said to be
of an unusually malignant type,
and its victims are speedily carried
off. In order to keep it out of Ger
many the Berlin Government has
ssta blished sanitary Gordon
along the frontier. and all travel
ers from Russia are again this
year, as they were last, subjected
to a most rigorous inspection
Austria also has made some pro
vision for guarding the border
but it is much less complete thar
that made by Germany, and there
have been many cases of thu
disease In Galicia and Bukowina
The cholera appeared in Arabia
on the borders of the Red Sea
early in the spring, brough
there, as in other years, by the
Mohammedsn pilgrims from In
dia to Mecca. Alarming account
of its fatality we're sent out in tn
spring months and up to June