New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31

The actual process Of disInfection 4.
as follows: The materials are nlso., ~stl
car at the infected end. the door =, So. u
a vacuum Of 20 inches-that Is. two.,h,.. I'D
complete vacuum-is obtained In abor, Nv |,
ute by the steam-exhauster. The ob,ec, :, IT,
is to remove the air from the chambo.
air and moisture from the material u~
this would prevent and delay the ny,
trance OF the steam. The vacuum II
cured. the steam is allowed 10 enter N. u
Der rapidly. In three or four minute, 4,
duces a temperature Of 230 degrees Fat" ~
or over. Dr. Doty has found tina, th,.
OF heat Is necessary for safety, and "a,
be depended upon to kill all germs n,o,,,
is continued for fifteen minutes At the :"
this oerIod the steam -exhauster 4,
broug into play. until it has remov.,
steam and created the same degree o, va,
20 inches. as there was at the outset
Then the fresh-ai inlet is opened and
rent Of fresh air Is drawn through the =.
ber This Is continued for eight or ten nil.
FORMALDEHYDE GAS ALSO Usyn
In the forward part Of the dsinfec,,n,
there is another apparatus FOR dlsinfect,, D
means Of formaIdehyde gas. This Is u,..
I'm instances where the materials TO be a.
are such as would be injured by the ,,,,.
ton Of STEAMSHIP, laces, leather goos,
Steam, however, is regarded az the ere,,
ern disinfecting agent for nearly all occ,,,..
While the processes just described are /,
Grafton on the WadswOrth. a detachment ~
Is on board the infected ship performn, u
other branch OF the work Every inch a, u
interior where the infection could possibly 4.
been is washed down with bichIoride Of n.
curry. applied by means Of hose with spr,y.-
attached. Then the same places are furns,,s
with sulphur dioxide DR. DOty has found 4.
infection Of the held and cargo unrecessary
almost all cases. A ships cargo is loaded a.
the matches battened down before she start -,
her voyage. and the outbreak Of disease ney.
OCCURS until after she has been out a, lear
sbort time. so that he believes there IL ur,s.
calIy no danger Of the cargo being infected
SUSPICIOUS CASES 4ii-,a..
II remains 10 De tOlu now the suspicious caS
OF illness are disposed o. when found The 4
tents are taken at once TO Hoffman Island. d.
the bay. and kept there until after the pen
when the disease must develop itself II It ers,
This time Of incubation. as II Is called, Is =
SMALLPOX fourteen days for typhus twelve IN
FOR cholera six or seven days and for ysl,
fever five days. II at the end Of the reqg,4
neriod no infectious disease is found the pats
is released: IL otherwise. he Is sent to the n
pital on Swinburne Island near by
on Hoffman Island, the place Of detention :
two large dorrnitories. each two stories hgs L.
capable of accommodating one thouSan. |,
eleven hundred patients each. NJ mattress
pillows are used here. bat wire' neisa
stretched on frames. with blankets spread 1
them are used as bedding. and also as p1rI
There is a disinfecting apparatus on the q
and a contrivance for bathing which car 4
vide one hundred baths az tine. An ara,
we'll one thousand feet deep supplies the q
with water. The chief need there at pres-
for some suitable accommodations FOR ca9l 4
sengers. and DR.. Doty hopes % have this =
supplied soon by the erection u new osl :
upon the long stretch Of made land whe
been built out on the south end of the lsls,;