The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-07-17
New York Quarantine Official Believes That
There Is No Immediate Danger.
REPLY MADE TO THE STATEMENT OF BULGtR
Official Attacked Says There Is Danger OF Injection by
His Act of Allowing Employees at Hoffman Island to
Appear Before Commission, as Disease Is
Transmitted by Contact.

New York, July 16.--Although the
cholera situation at quarantine Is at
present regarded by Alvah II. Doty,
health officer of the port, as being well
In hand tonight, he did not conceal
his apprehension that New York Is
in the very midst Of threatened in
vaslon of cholera.
Further Mr.. Doty said. "the quar-
antine department of every port In
this country Is facing n very serious
and onerous task during the summer,
and It is not improbable that many
vessels arriving from Italy in the next
few weeks will bring one or more
cases of the disease"
Fifteen Cases.
Todays official report of the situa-
tion shows there are Is cases at Swim
burne island hospital and four cases
symptomatic of the disease Within
the last "a hours one more victim has
died. The steamer Perugia has been
detained and the medical staff Is pre-
pairing to make meteorological exami-
nation of the 24S persons from the
steamer MOltke, who are now under
observation. Charles Dushkind, attor-
ney for the immigrants. whose charges
against DR.. Doty are being investigated
by commission. made public let
ter he wrote to Judge Bulger of the
commission. suggesting that the latter
call upon Governor Dix to take charge
of the health department.
In a statement in reply to an inter-
view attributed by a morning news
paper to Judge Bulger, DR.. Doty re-
views the situation and points to the
element of danger. The statements at
tributed to Judge Bulger, DIR. Doty
says, ARE so calculated to alarm the
public In the very midst Of threat
ened invasion of cholera that l fee
justified In making a reply"
what can DIR. Doty, health officer
of the port. mean when he allows five
men who have been in daily contact
with persons suffering from Asiatit
cholera to come here In the same
clothes they wore when among the
cholera victims and touch elbows with
everybody they meet?" Is the question
propounded by Judge Bulger In the in.
terview.
Doty's Reply.
'"The facts are these: The five mel
referred to were called as witnesses b,
the persons In charge of the investiga
tion and were permitted by me to b.
absent from duty at Hoffman islan'
for this purpose. Cholera is no
transmitted by clothing or by air, bu
by actual contact. There Is. therefore
no danger whatever from contact will
a person who has been In the presenc
of the disease.
"At present we are dealing with
serious outbreak of cholera In Ital
and other sections of the Mediterran
can, which has increased in yirulenc
since last year. A majority of tn
vessels which have recently come fron
Italy have either brought actual case
of this disease or furnished eVidepc
of its having occurred In transit.
Is with great difficulty that the latte
can be established and 1t Is onl
through the most exhaustive bacteria
logical examination that l am able t
secure the facts.
1T Is In the presence of these condi
tions, when the confidepce of the pub
lie In this department should not b
unJuStly ulsIuTDeu HOT Its iasi'iticS ~
protecting the public health dimir
ished, that the man appointed to In
vestigate this department makes tn
amazing declaration which commis
sioner Bulger makes this morning
the midst of the hearing, with no test
mony I'm reply yet offered
commissioner Bulger's publlc
printed statements regarding quarar
tine conditions affect not only the pu'