New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-09
CUBA and QUARANTINE.
Protest against Order Issued By
Health Boards IN Gulf States.

Havana, Cuba April 4.--The following quarantine
order which has been issued by the health boards
OF the Gulf States against Cuba has caused a
most indignant protest.
Passengers from localities in Cuba other than Ha-
vana must present certificates from representatives
Of the United States public health service sta
elapsed from the original point Of departure to pre-
less than five full days from said point Of departure
DR.. Carlos Finlay the discoverer of the mosquito
theory the transmission Of yellow fever. said
after the receipt of this order:
On receiving notice of the action which has been
Immediately wrote Dr. Souchon' chairman OF the
State Board of Health of Louisiana expressed
able action should have been taken, reminding him
at the same time OF our own friendly 9ttn ao WIN
fever The SupeTior Board of Health OF Cuba i'm
mediately held meeting, and sent the following
The Superior Board of Health protests against
your action DISCRIMINATING against teGr1ory 05 ane
are Just as free from quarantinabe diseases as Is
H Hay We 10 had s58ar %F We trust
therefore that you will reconsider your action
Continuing. Dr. Finlay says:
Every physician in Cuba is compelled by law to
report to the sanitary official Of his district every
patient attacked with one or other of long HSt
of Diseases which includes. besides the actually
teritis and undetermined fevers, under which names
ouarantinabIe diseases might escape notice on the
other hand every local Sanitary officer is obliged
to mail possible after the 10th, 2lth ana
last dav Of each month. statement OF the nunnper
of notifications Of such diseases that he has re-
ceived from the physicians in his district mention
ing the number of cases of each disease the num-
Der discharged the deaths and the number sun on
hand ,.
When case or suspect of a quarantinable disease
occurs the local officer is compelled to telegraph
the fact at once to the chief sanitary ofcer IN
Havana. The latter then orders the provincial m
spector for the corresponding province 10 lnVest-
gate the case This inspector telegraphs the result
OF his Investigations and sends by mail all the data
about the case. and these are submitted 10, the
board Of experts in Havana If the diagnosis rs Is
confirmed the suspicious are maintained, one OF
the experts or more sometimes, also some OF our
trained workmen sent to the spot, ana every
measure is taken to control the propagation or the
disease.
Regarding our mCrtuary statistics. we have every
guarantee only that no deaths nave been leIt
out of the list, but that the causes OF death agree
with death certificate of the physician in charge
of the patient When some inappropriate term IS
used in naming disease, the attention of the physf
clan is called to fact, and he is requested TO
rectifv II according the BertilOn classification
From these explanations it will be seen that no
precaution is omitted to insure accuracy and etl-
cacv / hope that the publishing Of these facts viii
counteract some of the false statements being cir
culated in the United States. and at the same time
dispe any doubts that may nave arisen IN the
minds of the American people