New-York tribune., 1904-09-14
SANITATION At COLON.
Systematic Uork By american
Health Officers in Progress.
-rEoN TIE -RIs-NE srREAr.

Washington sept i:--While the report % Acting
Assisran, Surgeon Noh- OF the sanitary condir1ons
A. colon for the Two weeks ended August l. Lsta
indicates rather unusual number oi dAates. a.
r,77n4-Ad with previous reports = - explained ~
the fact that the population OF Colon has been
steadily increasing I'm the last FEW months and 'he
census which IS INV being taken. VII snow a
-,o-,-1s-l7- 1f ABOUT eight thousand Al encoUrae
- rss-,--a ~ his report vas the entire absence 81
cases If aran-inabIe diseases in The port ot Colon
while i1 Panama no further cases q yellow fever
have ben Observed
The Increase in the population - due - ths fact
that numbers Of Jamaican and other Vest Indian
-,arr7eS nave been arriving every steamer In
spite or rhe fac- thai the Panama government has
imposed an immigration tax OF e on each. the inflX
Of Jaraicaus and West Indians continues SUI
geon Mohr reports.
The Royal Mail steamship At-ato alore last week
brought 5S negroes from JaIaaics. and tas sIsarn-
ship Or-noco this week Over one nunSrea. 1asse @
ra~r - work on the canal but their coming is alto
ssaes sn2 larEe Ham5er ot a5orers Vii oe nesdsd
!. sAoJ p l9' ,F6ss 5sI.rg 6sniss Dosi,i6ns .
eLl'.t 49, NJ. Ar-esdT the caosciry for housing
tAe lsLl-.-s - - I5,,,zr1a 49, colon - Ts~oTl-
ing sertc1S problem. and the cosc Of living = IN
rains saopIlei9s abound eyeTTw6sre and these nsH-
co-e-s being unprotected. N many instances under
ss5 faII essv victims 10 unalsriaI fever Many os
rhsm as well as many whites Of the so-called
are coIIectirg on The tsthuus. fHd their way iato
Ire uro-fv equipped charity HOSPITAL OF Colon SUI
fering from rasla-ial fever and privaron-
The sanitary department O tns Isthrnia1 Ca-zl
Commission has evidently begun systematic work.
urCer the direction Of the ohier sanitary e1cs-
os the commission 70 stamp out disease due &c tn-
lack o.. proper sanitation Surgeon Mohr reports
that under the supervision OF health oilce- sp-
uointed by the chief sanitary oncer. house-so-
house INSPECTION is being made a. Panama street.
are being cleaned. and the dePrsssions are bes-s
slIed according 70 grades given BY the e1grres-s.
with view 10 preventing breeding places fo- mos
quitoes He adds
The sanitation Of Colon presents psrvliar ciec-1-
ties and such improvements as can De made pend
i1 the engineering work must necessarily o- con-
dHed 70 correcting the gross dsfects OF public "
0ts and streets that have been neglected for years
from tiss inmemoriaI and clearing away tae r.lx
growth of brush and weeds covering ne poo.s ga.
being very enersetically pushed forward oy rns
sanitary ofacer
An interesting feature % the sanitary work Is
that being done by the health o1scer ot the canal
zone which consists chiefly Of what has been
termed mosquito engineering Wherever th--s
are ha5irations along the line. o. sites for camps
systematic search IS being made for mosquitoes.
1betr species are being determined and their habits
IN order arrive ar the proper methods 70
Le I-ss+ig nIsres hsy-a been found IN rba Ancoa
grounds where the hospital II located and ali rhe
Iux1IriantIv contain the larve- Investigation has
disclosed that one OF the orst localities IS eueors
ana malaria fever is particularly prevalent among
rbe aborers rhere- Here the iarvse found n
All the pools and puddleS on the terraces II the
cut a most significant fact. when me amount %
sxc-tyatfor be done Is considered
In order 70 prevent the Introduction or smallpox
an ordnance regarding vaccination has been passed
ara n-ornuigated By the chief sanitary officer TIE
isfhrDus mas beer remarkably free from tniS dis
sase since the epidemic which prevailed along the
cosst in 1905 AZ which time vaccination was ve-S
generally practised. In the British Vest indies
ya~cInatIou has long been COr1pulsor[-
With the exception or LiWOu- Costa Ricd- the
conditions on the coast of Central and south Auier
"a have been favorable this wear All vessels
coming from the coast ports now bring bill. of
,asifh signed BY the cOnsgls OF the Tinted States
,r5 fror, none of these ports. with the above ex-
'-s7-fou has yellow fever been rs2OfTed- Since the
i~s7.rTf-ariOr o. the iStumisn quarantine serVics
asanTs aud masters OF the various steamship l1ss
are exercising The greatest tcsuTtou IN complying
,-;tt i've Quarantine regulations promulgated oy
,ra Ts-hrnfau Canal ComEsiSsif