New-York tribune., 1908-05-11
EASES DETENTION RULE
NO YELLOW FEVER FEAR.
DR.. Doty, after Study in Cuba,
Thinks Endemic Here improbable.

| snactou Of fts seaports where the army OF occu-
| patton has established a sanitary system asaiIs.
yellow fever said yesterday that there IL no real
need OF establishing strict quarantine on pa.ssn-
| gers arriving at this city from Havana
| The health officer said that there was not one
| ebance in ten thousand for epidemic os yellow
fever to occur in the United States north or wan
tngton He said the arbitrary. but tnat ~
| would fix It at Washington The federal heaitn
officials however are anxious to protect the south
| ern districts from any possibility OF an outbreak Ct
| the disease and Dr. Doty. who is willing to gorH
| with and help them. said he would enforce tn
| quarantine strictly with passengers bound fo'
| southern cities who eoms from Cuba by way oi
| New York.
! Messengers from Cuba is a reasonable one SAD
] Dr Dotv Science has shown thar beyond al
doubt yellow fever is disease transmitted throusn
| the agency OF the Stegomyia and IS easily com
tated nv modern sanitary methods There is n9th-
ing terrible about a case OF yellow fever. even N
| places where the Stegomyia exists and Fniia
| person might become iunocuiated In CUBA ana fai'
/ iii Of the disease in Ohio there IS no chance what
aver for him to distribute the disease % any Cns
! else in his community
| ..-rbe stegonyia is the distributor and iuuocu-
Iator and as these mosquitoes do not exist IN Sec
tions north Of let US say. Washington. there IS 70
nossibiIity for an epidemic in tke Eortha.n state
/ The stegomyia must bite yellow fever patieo'
before it can transmit the disease through Us BIS
| to another person.
| or,naxTIxE MENACE To COM11EECE-
| L
| hardship on the passengers from Cuba bound
| for this city and Northern points to be dstalHe7
and taken to Hoffman Island for observation uT''l
| the incubating period Of five days from tne ulri9
| they left Cuba has passed
"The enforcement OF a strict ard GH7ece%Sa'F
| quarantine is a menace to the commerce Of tie
| port. and 7 think science and common scrs'
| should prevail against antiqusted ideas of keep
/ ing the disease out
| Asked about the detention or pesser gers bound
for Southern communities, pr poty said
! The federal government does not wish 70 rz.s
! any risk in letting persons into the south from
| Cuha via York 7 shall respect the wishes
of the federal health officials IN ever nay. and
| will detaiu passengers for Southern ports until
| tho period IF incubation has elapsed BIZ b.
| careful observation T have found that less than
per Of the passengers the Cuban steam
crs are bound for the South by If New York
| IT md among these passengers any reputsble
| persons who establish to- my ss-is faction
that they viii not start tho South without
/ porting ] shall permit them 20 20 u t-a
city and remain there until r'e iucuhsriuS pere5
| Is over. shall exact from these passenger
good reference and their word Of honor that t.a
/ viii report and have their rerTperatUrr-
| taken before going to the south All first cabin
passengers are Invariably persons of rsspon=r-
bility and viii respect whatever confidence ma
place I'm them. D have never had any one violate
tho privilege Of parole"
Tho subject Of IoIdir- rr- second cabin and
storage passengers for oh@Nr-s-t OF IIofrcs7
Island Suggested = possible d-sCr-r-1e-
/
would continue 10 extend similar privilege -
persons of ti.a second cabin From experience -
said lie had found that rrs stearsge raszsrgzr=
were usually foreigners with 10 Ln3v-Iadgs 81
what the quarsntiua rneaut-1r-ssrcns s7+
7ith NJ particular destination and utrl4 OF NJ
baggage
GET CERTIFTcATEs rs HAVANA
When was IN Cuba Or. Doty confined r
arranged with T'r Amme-se. IN charge of -ha f=d-
eral SANITARY work of Havana uuje- 1I4frr ra---
4
passengers enlbar1Ds AZ Havana for --=T- ---E
Any desiring to leave Havana now r-rz- AZ
ply in person 10 Dr. Ammesse for = certificate M
| health The applicant must give. his name az
occupation color psrentage and address, and rho
health officials know vhethe- s--lrl=9
?" a "Srtijcata- If Le has lived S1Srt--rr..
case or shows any other Indications 17s- he
mot sat" person 70 leave rho island r,o rs~-t@-
cato - withheld. and without if ne cannot rur-
chase transportation ON the steamer I'm rhfz TeE
much ct the safeguarding "F qu4reut1@ IS accom-
T'isbed in cuba and should lessen the i1co7rer-
i"rrc Of detention I'm this port
In poty said the health officials vere 81 81
"1eut in their work i'm cuba and Isr much IN
formation a. hand concerning rha rf-- and -re
Inhabitants that they could tell almost instantly
vhethor applicant should r~rci,o permission f-
sail for New York There is another class ~
Cuban passenger who need not 1e detained r'=
imuuTcs.' he said Any one who has had ye-Iov
fever or who has lived cuba CousJaU-il- <Cr
ten consecutive years before the American o-es-
patton Of the island rs exempt from quarantine
IhS lr1r1uTeS have special ,~rtIrfar1=
their photographs and Information concerning their
immunity"
During his trip of two weeks p-. Uorr F.=--sd
every important seaport ON the island and -si-sf
with tho United States surgeon cGar=@ He v7f
impressed particularly with the town 81 C4rlsEI7s.
which nc said OF the cIesne~- little com
munities he had seen. Major Means system O.
dividing the island into districts and r= method -
keeping touch with the sanitary condition cf -
entire island through daily reports bv Telegraph
and by letter were praised particularly tE 80
health officer.
i GOOD WORK OF ARMY SURGEONS
The twenty army surgeons and the.r assistants
have the sanitary Situation in CUBA well m hand
said DR.. Doty. and Major kean. Who is m chzrSS'
knows from the reports received tn Havana Just
what work is being done the remote ssapcrts o.
the island 1 confident that there IS not mucr
yellow fever in cuba to-day In fact there vas 1ot
single case In any of the towns I visited l- ~
impossible for the federal government % pays
surgeons in the small hamlets inland TfS
health officials have to depend the native physi-
clans for reports suspicious cases
The occasional inland ease is practically tScstst
from the seapOrts. and. moreover. there IS MS
or chance of epidemic spreading because o
tho great distance between -he small inland towns
One travel through Cuba for days wit1o-r
coming upon town The island. which 3 SIX hNi-
drcd and fifty miles long, has population OF criF
tv" millions. while Java, which Is about the sans
length. has population OF than twenty NM
ions. The small population in proportion to ~
size is another favorable feature % tbs Se-oT
fever fight In Cuba.
The main duty OF the surgeons in CNsrss Or IN
seaports is 70 that thers places whsTs
insect and to find and Isolate under a net Persons
suspected OF having the fever This Stsgomyt2 "