The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-31
Officials Aroused by the Ex-
posure of New Jersey to
tuberculosis.
NEW YORk's PLAN DENouMcEB
Action viii sooa Be Taksp
Towards Entorcing Sani-
tary Precautions.

Formal protests by official boards sG
cities and towns in this section Of the
State against the plan of New York
City's Health Board to send its paupx
eonsumptives on the regular ferryboats
and trains of the Erie Railroad through
New Jersey to the proposed municipal
sanatorium are likely to pour IN upou
the State Board of Health from now on,
says the Newark DAILY Advertiser"
The sentiment in favor of demanding
from the State health body measures
that will insure the residents Of New
Jersey protection from the germs Of the
dreaded disease. which would be saat-
tered broadcast among them # New
York's plan should be accomplished.
grows stronger daily.
In all probability meeting Of sho
Nutley Health Board to take appro-
pirate action on the subject will be called
early next week. The absenee from
town of number of members has pEe-
vented this heretofore. The time, how
ever, for acting effectualIy is So short,
because of the celebrity with which the
New York authorities are moving to per
feet arrangements, that il is possible sx-
ira efforts will be put forth % get =
meeting at an early date.
DR.. George B. Philhower, acting pres
ident of the Nutley Health Board, and
town physician of that municipality. yes-
terday expressed himself in strsag terns.
eondemning the plan of the New xsrk
health authorities to send the swarHs Of
tuberculosis sufferers from the squshd
quarters of the metroreiis through ttss
State. wiibeuf taking any psecsussna 10
gusrd the residents Of New Jessss. lu
this he but reflected 5he views Of The fes
ideats of this SSwA, almsSt aA 81 wisssa
are commuters en- the Newark and Ea&-
terson branch Of the Erie Railroad. Is
has often been said that Eutlsy sends y
larger proportion of its residents t. Nesv
York daily than any other town in this
| vicinity. All of them would Of necssd-
ty, under the New York plan, be exposed
to contact in ferry houses, boats and de-
pots with the censumptives of the great
city, and the deadly germs disseminated
by those unfortunates.
DR.. PhilAower said that as phyM-
clan he realized that consumptirs pa
tients should have done for them every
thing that science and experience hare
shown to be possible. but that thsg
should be kept from persons not aRlictea
| with the disease.
81 wish to be quoted, continued p9.
| Philhowsr, "as being opposed to trak1s-
| porting consumptives through this Staee
according to the plan of the N&w
York City Health Board. cOnsumptiea
is communicable, and the patients should
BE carried in separate cars aad ooses
railroad. 1t could be SO arranged thst
when a number of the patients were -
be sent to Otisville or to whatever PeiAt
| it was desired to send them. to hays
special cars set apart for them, aadl afhar
| they had reached their destination hare
the cars thoroughly fumigated. To place
a half dozen of them in one car WISH
the other passengers is entirely wron9
and should not be permitted"
/ DR.. Philhower could not state positive
| ly when meeting of the Health Board
could be had. As President Etisnne Ne
Bel and some of the other members gf
| the beard were out Of town. and he fqlt
delicaey abont predicting what aetigz
might be taken.
| Councilman Philip J. Young, Of the
Third Ward, of Nutley. who is q con.
muter, said that in his opinion the New
| York Board of Health should provide for
the. transportation of their patients sat
fering from consumption without jeep-
erdizing the regular patrons Of the ra&
road. He conceded with the opinion en-.
pressed by DR. Philhower that separate
cars with proper supervision should be
taken. Surprise was expressed that the
New York Health Board should plan Al
action in such .wantsn disregard Of ths
health and lives of the residents Of
sister State
Clire n. Elliot. commuter, said fsss
be thought immediate action should X
taken 10 prevent The New York beard
from shipping It's esnsumpiive pstisaa
On she rssslas ssrzga0ass ana caEs. -.