The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-21

pleased to learn that the authorities here
are well satisfied with the manner In
which the station has been conducted. In
turning over the station Savannah fur
nished along with it a very competent
man in the person of Dr. Linley. He has
done excellent work, and / am pleased to
have the opportunity of meeting him per-
sonally."
AS head of the Marine Hospital Service,
which is practically the United States
health department, DIR. Wyman occupies
a very important position, and especially
so at present, when epidemic diseases
threaten the country from various quar-
ters 1t is the chief duty of the service to
prevent these diseases from entering this
country and to stamp them out in con-
junction with the local authorities, should
they secure a foothold.
The Marine Hospital Service now has
fourteen quarantine stations under its
control" said DR.. Wyman, when asked to
give some idea of the work under his
care. Beginning at Delaware bay We
have two, one at the breakwater and the
other at Reedy Island, including extern
sive ommodatOns for the handling of
large numbers of Immigrants. These sta
tons are for the protection of Philade-
phia and all the adjacent territory. In
Chesapeake bay, we have two, one at
Fisherman'S Island off Cape Charles and
The other the ship jamestown anchored in
Hampton Roads. There are a number of
inspection stations at the small ports
along the coast of the Carolinas and one
large disinfecting station built out in the
stream near Southport. Then comes Sa-
vannah and next Is the South Atlantic
station at Blackboard Island, with Bruins
wick a little further south. Off the coast
of Florida we have the Dry Tortugas. On
the Gulf we have stations at Ship Island
and Pascagoula. On the Pacific coast
ig 81 of of an
other at san Francisco, the latter the
finest in the United States. There is an
inspection station at Eureka, Cal, and a
quarantine station al Astoria, Ore. at the
mouth of the Columbia river. At Hoaquim.
Wash, there is an inspection station, and
at Port Townsend Wash, a large disin-
fecting station for Puget sound. This
completes the list
IT will be seen that this almost gives a
belt around the entire coast of the United
States. New York and Boston prefer to
have their own quarantine. DR.. Wyman
believes however, that the time is not far
distant when the entire maritime quar1n-
tine OF the United States will be in charge
of the Marine Hospital Service
Besides maintaining the stations
named" said DR. Wyman, I'VE have a
quarantine officer at every port i'm Cuba
and Porto Rico, as well as in the Philip
| pine Islands, and under the act now about
| TO be passed b. Congress national quar-
antine viii be established in the Hawaiian
! Islands Besides this our foreign quaran-
! tine service is considerable. We have
! fifteen commissioned officers in the Euro
pean seaports looking after the santa
| ton of ships about to depart for this coun-
! try. Quarantine officers are also station
ed at Hong Kong and at Kobe and Yoko-
homa, Japan, The services of these OFF,
GERS are of great value in looking ait r
| emigrants and merchandise from infected
| ports"
As ~ the bubonic plague and its pros
pedt for reaching or not reaching this
| country DIR. Wyman said: THE nearest
! infected point 10 the United States is Hon.
! olulu, where a close watch is being kept
upon the disease. 1t prevails 10 some ex-
| tent at Hong Kong and slightly in the
Philippines. IL is very prevalent at Cal
cutta and Bombay, and has been reported
! from Alden a the entrance TO the Red sea.
| IL was at Oporto and Lisbon, Portugal,
and crossed from there to Santos, Brazil,
| where 1t is said to be now extinct 1t is
| also reported unoficially from Rosario in
! the Argentine RepubliCl Naturally every
precaution is being taken to prevent it's
| Introduction into this country. The clos
est supervision Is exercised upon vessels
| hailing from infected or suspected ports
| and thorough quarantine and distinction
is enforced where there IS the slightest
| ground for suspicion"
1T. lyman recently issued pdmphlet,
| giving the history and characteristics OF
the bubonic plague, which he considers "a
| be the same as the black plague which
ravagcd Europe az Intervals since the
early centuries OF che Christian era. A
| synopsis Of this pamphlet was published
in the Morning News some time ago.
1--WE do not anticipate any serious trou-
bic from the Philippines" said DR. Wv
/ man. a close watch Is kept upon all
| vessels leaving those islands for the United
states. but the chief thing in our favor
Is the distance. If a vessel IS infected
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