New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-06
PORT WELL GUARDED.
VlISEASE CANNOT ENIER.
Extra Precautions Taken Since
Enodns from Russia Began.

According 10 DR. Alvah H Doty, Health orncer
~ the Port last year was the busiest III tue ms
tnrv of the quarantine station OF TINS Poi' n
Nv a million persons have been examined pS -
so.,. s,6 his assistants. and in addition 10 inc
camera, work srectal examinations ana uls. -
80, we're made on the boats coming from New
Orleans Galveston. Colon, havana anu
where yellow fever was prevalent - ~ oil
The unusually heavy influx OF passehse ~
-. frou, an norts of Europe. particularly 'lie
go. no-5e Of Russian refugees whlcn ma -
,,o,rine constantly into this port loI ' -,a1
months has led the Health Ofhcer l" men NJ
radical improvements in the SANITARY -, e-s+
,h,nr,nr and receiving immigrants, me -
, h-onpbt about last fall. when Dr' b0'y
80 : o,farance with the federal authorities @,iu
showed wherein typhus fever ano ,,p,,t TOWN,
brought into this port in a milo OF ann
ed even he at a stage of incubation so 10" d. ~
deceive the physicians. both at quarantine 80
Ellis Island The Health officer suggested Ina
Russians hound America should De heiu az
DAYS under medical examination at the port %
naturalization. This would give the disease cnai'e
70 become manifest and avert an epidemic aooaiu
the vessei. -.
s,eaking Of this matter yesterday, Or. Doty
bald:
The fast ana heavily crowded steamers coming
from Europe those most likely 10 orls I i
a1nSns fever oT cholera while travelling from his
home to the point Of em6aFkatao nt ip We've or
sfteen DAYS later. We are never afraid OF tlIe
n once and isolate the patient Immediately i, o,d
ISSUED orders the various steaInslp me-, 7oe OK
ali Russian aliens for five days under nleoiG 5es
animation at the port Of sailing. TO give me alsas
q chance TO show itself = 80 ,raca7Itfon
and acted upon it promptly also sugges.eG i,
hon of each passenger the voyage TO
and keep track of any suspicious case, N rnnuest
tbe ship's surgeon TO make careful eXanlhal.yn
2! eas escbes this port The passengers assemble
SefoTe the phyicfan ami respond 10 roilca,I. ! ne
On The manifest if ne is free from disease The
surgeon then mis- Out a ine. md notes the number
Of deaths. Of infectious disease aDd I er
sonaiIv this method facilitates the detection OF dls
ease
Last wear there were FIVE eases of yellow fever
brought to this port, Of which Two We're fataL u.
IDoty said that these cases were detected by the
thermometer and that the careful taking OF tenn
peratures has been the potent factor in keep
Ing yellow fever out Of New-York Continuing. Dr..
Doty said:
We took tie temperatures Of over twelve thou
sand persons last year in Jhe months Ct July, Au-
We seldom took longer than half an hour Mit z
the crews. On of the steamers we found tl4t
nretesed that he felt We'll and that the heat Of
the galley had elevated his temperature We sen. sent
him to Swinburne Island. He died OF yellow Ieter
four days later. 1t through the thermoimieter
that We caught he 9d the eh Tsf manage to
clear steamer in about half an hour ~
,,rorfeT their own thermometers All ice water Is
removed from the cabin several hours before me
ste reaches port.
T1ere Is seldom any danger of a case OF yellow
sex,er getting past Quarantine any of the steam
ers from Colon. New-Orleans or Galveston Inc
sTin takes from seven to eight days and gives the
Sigaesse q chance to become manifest There is no
disease to-day which cannot be combated by moo,
ern sanitation and the people of New-1ork need
have no fear of infectious disease spreading IN
this city. it were not for the danger from ms
100 per cent safe
The health officers report shows that 77oo96 steer
age q. s94 cabin passengers and i0o,38 members
of ships crews wee examined last year. me re-
mort also shows an inspection of 414 foreign yes
sells 1.65s domestic vessels and a distinction OF
IeS vessels with steam.
Among the persons removed from ships les sus-
Ticious cases were removed to Swinburne Island
and 1866 were TO Hoffman Island for obseT-
walton This port received last year four-ffths OF
all immigrants coming the United States and
one-half of all vessels sailing this country.