Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-05
z CHOLERA CASES
ON SHIPS At NY.
Steamer from Italy Is Found to
Have Had Death Due to
Plague Aboard
THREE VESSELS oUARANTlNED
Steerage Passengers Removed TO
island Hospital Dies of
Dread Disease
THREE VESSELS GUARANTEED
rAssociated FressJ

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-The steamer
SAINT Anna, from French and Italian
ports now detained at quarantine hao
a case of cholera aboard.
The victim, a man in the steerage,
died September 25 and was buried at
sea. Two other cases of intestlnal
trouble are under observation.
Meanwhile the SAINT Anna, carrying
224 first cabin passengers, some OF thelil
prominent Americans, and 10f2 IN the
steerage, is held as a possible choiera
carrier. pending further investigation.
Announcement of the foregoing was
made tonight by DR.. A. H. Doty, health
officer of the port. In addition to the
SAINT Anna, he has, as precautlon' ue-
tanned at quarantine the steamer
Moltke from Genoa and Naples, and
the steamer Virginia from Naples.
Tomorrow he will hold conference
with DIR. Walter Wayman, surgeon
general of the United States marine
hospital service. They will map out a
campaign of protection.
DR.. Doty's statement discloses that
not only did :. cholera patient Ole
aboard the SAINT Anna, but that steer
age suspicious case" removed from
the steamer Germania September 26
subsequently died. Examination. says
DR.. Doty, shows this was a case OF
cholera.
CLEAR CASE OF CHOLERA
Dr. Dotys statement was issued after
an examination of the SAINT Annar
which arrived last night from Mar
seilles. Naples and Palermo. The
ships surgeons report of the death
says it was gastro-intestinal affection.
DR.. Doty, commenting on the case
said: THE history of the case indi-
Gates 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
METEOROLOGICAL examination thus far
shows no evidence of cholera. The final
result will be ready tomorrow morn
ing. The inspection of the SAINT Anna
shows that everything has been done
on shipboard to prevent the spread of
the disease.
1.-THE Moltke, which also arrived last
night from Genoa and Naples, has on
board one suspicious case, a steerage
passenger; but no action will be taken
with the vessel until the result of the
meteorological examination is known.
1.-The SAINT Anna is known as a pos
eible cholera carrier, and in any event
passengers VINO nave DeeH SApoSeu "
the patients will be transferred to
Hoffman island.
SECOND CASE FOUND
"On September 26 the steamer Ger
mania arrived from Marseilles and
Naples with an unusually good medical
report. The affidavit of the master and
surgeon showed no deaths in transit,
no cases of infectious disease and no
suspicious cases; there was no case of
any nature in the ships hospital, and
a special report by the surgeon showed
there were no intestinal troubles. But
for the last three or four months, as
an extreme precaution, I have had re-
moved from all steamers from Medt-
terranean ports all steerage passengers
who have applied for treatment during
the voyage in order that obscure or
irregular cases of cholera may be de-
tected.
"Six of the passengers on the Ger
mania reported on the surgeons jour-
nal as having applied for treatment
for minor troubles, but who were well
on arrival, were removed to SWINE
burne island. Two days one of this
group, Greek, was given treatment
Twenty-four hours later the patient
In twelve hours.
although the autopsy showed no
evidence of cholera, examination of
the secretions of the intestinal tract
showed the presence of suspicious or
ganisms. Specimens were sent to DR..
W. H. Park of the health department
of this city, and to DR.. Anderson, bac-
teriologist of the United States marine
hospital service. Their examinations in
dicated the patient died from cholera.
This is a practical demonstration of
what Is known as a cholera carrier
that is, persons may carry organisms
of the disease without any symptoms
to indicate its presence"