The Detroit times., 1911-07-17
PUT UP BARRIER
AGAINST CHOLERA
Federal Experts Aid Dr.. DOty at
Port of New York-Situation
Is Not Alarming.

NEW YORK. July lT.-Experts OF
the public health and marine hos
pital service at Washington reached
here today to ard in keeping the
cholera situation under control. There
are 10 cases in the detention hospital
on SWinbnrne Island and there have
been two deaths within as hours. Hall
a dozen others are I'm a serious con-
dition and may not recover.
There was another death among
the cholera patients on Swinburne
Island today. The victim was q 10
year-old Italian boy who arrived here
on the Moltke two weeks ago. Ills
body was Immediately cremated.
The row between Health Ohcer
Doty and the persons who have al
legged that immigrants have been un-
fairly treated has reached climax,
| IL Is asserted that the efficiency oil
the local quarantine station Is seri'
ously interfered with. Charles N
Bulger, who has been investigating
the charges on behalf OF Gov. Dix, Is
expected to recommend DR.. Doty's re
moval from Office. Doty insists that
he is being prosecuted by coterie OF
Tammany politicians who want hts
job, one of the richest In the state
service, for a Tiger henchman.
All OF the steerage passengers from
the steamers Moltke and Perugia are
In the observation wards at Hoffman 8
Island. The l5 cases OF cholera now
on Swinburne Island all came from
the Moltke. Both steamers came from
Italian ports and II was decided to
day that hereafter the detention
period for immigrants from Italy
shall be doubled.
The real danger comes froul
patients who retain the disease, but
fail to develop II within the ordinary
time limit. Because of this fact IL
has been decided that even though
detained passengers appear normal
specimens shall be taken and bacter'
biological examinations made before
1 they are finally discharged.
Following a conference with all Of
the heads OF his departments today
DR.. Doty said there was no need OF
apprehension that the disease would
get into this country, He said that
while the situation is admittedly seri
Gus his men have IL well in hand and
that with the renewed precautions II
would be impossible for any case OF
infection to get through quarantine
DR.. Doty will be given an opportun
lily to testify before Commissioner
Bulger in his own defense this week
The charges he will have to answer
which have been sworn to by certain
Immigrants and dissatisfied employees
of the quarantine station include;
| Failure to separate the sexes; fore
ling immigrant women TO work ter
hours a day for the privilege OF see
ling their sick children; serving i'm
proper food in dirty utensils; no bath
ing privileges for immigrants; WASH
ing dead and live babies in the same
water: abuse of immigrant women b,
Iorderlies; sick child's mouth closeS
with sticking plaster to keep 1t fron
crying; employees not compelled te
Ifumigate their clothing on leaving the
island.
NAPLES, July IL. Via Paris =
with coastwise trade greatly reduced
and hampered and foreign shipping
virtually at a standstill as a result oil
the cholera, the authorities today be
gan preparing to cope with disor
ders.
Many persons protest against being
"penned up, as the quarantine regu
lations are termed and meetings were
called today by labor organizations
with a view OF declaring a genera
strike In the city.
The authorities are not disposed &c
give out any information as to the
number OF cases and deaths from
cholera.
VIENNA, July 17.--Alarmed by the
increase of cholera In Italy, the Aus
TRAN government today gave supple