The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
CHOLERA CONDITION IN ITALY
mr.. GEDDINGS REPORTS THtT
ar ~ IuPROI No.


sf Iiab 10 GAses and . Deaths No
Su~pIrious CRsrS NlION eel 20 sail.
WAsHINGToN. oct There were -
B casCs 90 cholera and ~ deaths ~ Naples
between October , and October =. accord
ing To cable advice, received to-day by
Dr Walter Nyman. supervising Surgeon
. General Of the United States Marine Hos
pital Service. from surgeon Geddings.
, In other parts II Italy therc were during
tn, sam" period % cases and deaths.
] Tho American Consul az Mascot Oman.
has reported IA" presence Of cholera at
MAltrih.
/ Mail reports Of Dr Geddings. tho cXT"rt
/ from thu United States Marine Hospital
| Service on cholera conditions IN Italy
covering the tim" up To september TO-
furnish information as to tho extent 81
I IN" disease and " tho work that Is being
dorc thcre 20 arrest the epidemic
During the week ended = ptcmhcr 10
th"re were reported IN th" province Of
Bari )? cases. which resulted In - deaths,
and in the Province Of Foggia during
| tho same Icrod 20 eases and ~ deaths
For the week ended ~eptemhor II thor"
were in Bari Province - cases ard =
deaths in EoRgia PROVING" Is cascs and
. d"ath, which shows the gradual ellmi-
nation of tho disease Ia his reports
for the week ended September ~ Dr.
C,ddings DESERVES the precautions taken
with emIgrants:
There have been mo- suspicious cases
among thos. embarklng OF awaiting
/ embark alton Examinations have been
made uf 81 indI, iduais coming from
actually infected districts and held under
nbserys tions upon the quarantine ship,
and not single bacillus carrier has been
found These emiGrants were destined
not only for the tinted states hut also
for POINTS IN South America
Commenting on tho reduction IN the
numher of oases shown hy the reports
for the Wee, endsd September II from
those of the Wc~k tefuI". Dr Ge,idings
says
The Improvement IN the condition -
cy ident from the hEurc' Centres ~ in
lection are Grrdually heinz Gle tncd up
and eliminated and the number of cases
IL diminishing
In lranI ia" "pid"mi" - reported to
be- On the tccln. III" cities III k'no
and Btonto have beer declared free from
cholera Great Gfhcultv - experienced
IN tho eradication Of the Infection from
Barl"tta here several cases are daily
reported plsInfeC'ion i carefully car
RED N n IN" streets ard esu"ciallv ~
,wo warts - ~" CIV. ono g VII" N -
inhahucd hy fishermen ~" oth"r bv
yea santS
The condition m Nap'r. continues
unsatisfactory. hu' | Thin. shows an inn
provenent over thai r"'or'ed last wee,
In al ~ / IN. tsss AID htt
cases pf gastro-' utcrIf'S are fewer IN
numt er and that the MORTALITY from them
- n I 80 prCnoCnc'd Tn" hnucfyl f"a-
ttra ot tn" abseu'" Il secondary case, N
houses and families where primary ONES
have occurred continues
The detention upon the qua rhntine
shin Of PERSONS from the infected d.
trICts CONTINUES. No suspicious cl~ss
have occurred. and archaeological ~
animal ions have failed TO reveal the
Occurrence 81 single bacillus carrier
Concerning the precautions observed
on Italian steamships. pr Geddings re-
ports by mail under date Of Sep'emher T..
" rule vessels from Genoa arrive
al Naples IN the early morning. take on
their passengers and cargo and sail for
the United States IN the afternoon or
evening 81 the same day. The crew arr
fully occupied on hoard and there ~
minimum Of communication with the
shore. some vessels make a longer
stay IN the porf Owing 20 the lack 81
pier room these vessels lay ~ the op-n
harbor and shore leave - not usually
granted All vessels carrying passengerx
are provided with one or more medical
officers ~ the shortest time II passage
from this port 10 New York ~ about
ten and ons-half days. period far in
excess 81 the period ~ incubation Of
cholera. any infection among passenger
or crew IN all probability would he reCcg-
nIzed and all precautions taken beiCrp
reaching New York In additicr -
medical officers all vessels carving
Italian passengers carry a medical officer
Of the Italian army or navy. These
officers are on hoard for the purrosa
of Trotectin ing the interests sanitary
and otherwise, of the passengers. ant are
viRilant IN the discharge Of their duties
4 numher Of medical officers 81 the
public health service have been detailed
10 eNamln" emlgrants az Genoa and
Palermo. according to an announcement
at the Treasury Depart rnent to-day