The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
CHOLERA ALARMS
 NEW YORK CITY Death Occurs On Ship Con- ing From Italian Ports OTHER CASES SUSPICIOUS Strict Quarantine VIII Be Enforced Against All Ships From European
 Ports and No One VIII Be
 Allowed To Land

New York, October 4. The steamship Sant Anna, from French and Italian ports, now detained at quarantine. had a case of cholera aboard.
 The victim, man in the steerage, died on September 15 and was buried at sea. Two other cases of intestinal trouble are under observation. Mean while the Sant'Anna. carrying 224 first class cabin passengers. some of them prominent Americans and 1072 in the steerage, is held as a possible cholera pending further investigation.
 Announcement of the foregoing was made tonight by Dr. A. H. Doty, health officer of the port, who has been fighting to keep cholera out of this during the epidemic abroad. In addition to the SantAnna he has as a precaution detained at quarantine the steamship Moltke, from Genoa and Naples and the steamship Virginia from Naples. Tomorrow he will hold a con ference with Dr. Walter Wyman, sur geon general of the marine hospital corps. Together they will map out a of protection.
 Suspicious Cases
 Dr. Doty's statement discloses not only that a cholera patient died aboard the Sant'Anna but that steerage pas senger, a suspicious case, removed by the steamship Germania on September 26, subsequently, died on Swinburne island. Examination indicated, says pr. Doty, that this also was cholera. Dr. Doty's statement was issued after an examination of the Sant' Anna, which arrived late last night from Marseilles, Naples and Palermo. The ships sur Ceons presented report of the death in the steerage caused by gastro intestinal affection The victim died within three days. pr. Doty, commenting on the case, says:
 "The history of the case indicated very clearly that the man died of cholera. No other cases have developed on the voyage, but there are two cases of intestinal trouble among the steer age passengers at present. Cultures have been taken in these cases and the examinations thus far show no evidence of cholera The final result win be ready tomorrow The inspection and examina- ton of the Sant' Anna shows that ev- erything has been done on shipboard to prevent the spread of the disease.
 ReSuIt of Examination
 .'The Moltke, which arrived last night from Genoa and Naples, has on board one suspicious case, steerage passen- ger, but no action will be taken With the vessel until the result Of the ex- animation is known. The Sant' Anna is regarded as a possible cholera car rier." and In any event passengers who have been exposed to the patients will be transferred to Hoffman island.
 "On September 26, the steamer Ger mania arrived from Marseilles and Naples. On boarding the steamer l found an unusually good medical re- hort. The affidavits of the master and surgeon showed no deaths In transit, no cases of infectious disease and no suspicious cases; in fact. there was no ease of any nature in the ships hos- pital. and a special report by the sur eeon showed that there were no in- testinal troubles. But for the past three or four months. as an extreme I have had removed from all steamers from Mediterranean ports all steerage passengers who have ap- plied for treatment during the voyage in order that obscure or irregular cases of cholera may be detected.
 "Six messengers of the Germanta who were reported on the surgeons jour nal as having applied for treatment for minor sickness, were reported well on arrival, but were removed to Swim burne Island. Two days later one Of these groups, Maozain Scobian, aged 2S years, a Greek, was given treatment. hours later the patient was in condition of collapse and died in 12 hours.
 Death From Cholera
 "Although the autopsy showed no evidence of cholera, the examination of the secretions of the intestinal tract showed the presence of suspicious or eanisms. Specimens were sent to pr. W H. Park of the health department oe this city and to pr. Anderson, the ba acteriologist of the United States Ma rine hospital service. The results were nresented to me yesterday afternoon ana indicated that the patient died of cholera.
 "This is a practical demonstration of what is known as cholera carrier that is persons who may carry organ ,sms of the disease without any symp- toms to indicate its presence. In this case if was demonstrated that the ex- treme precautions were fully justified. As inc Germania case gave practical proof of "cholera carriers 1t indicates that in the future additional measures must be put in force
 The death of the steerage passenger from the Germania did not become known until tonight.
 The Moltke, a Hamburg liner. has 391 cabin passengers and ess in the steerage. The Virginia had 21 in the cabin and 556 in the steer age Those in the steerage who were exnosed to danger on the SantAnna viii he sent to Swinburne Island and similar precautions will be taken in the ease of suspicious illness on the Moltke. Those not exposed will probably be allowed to land tomorrow.
 Deaths in Italy
 Rome. October 4.-Twenty-eight cases of cholera with 10 deaths with in the last 24 hours throughout Italy Is the official report tonight. Of these 10 cases and three deaths were reported from Naples. The remainder are di- vided among the provinces of Avel- lino. Bari. Casserta and Naples.
 
 |. Noted Character Dead
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