Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-11
MEANING Of YELLOW
FLAG FLYING At
THE MASTHEAD
How Cholera Is Handled at
the Port of New York; Only
Health Officer Has Power
to. Order Flag Lowered.



(Ncw lorl Letter To- E,cning Hcrald)
New York August ll--That yell
tow nag which dies from the stay be-
tween foremost lud funnel eft iuc"u-
iuR steamships from furcign ports h.
the world Idle emblem OF quarantine
II BE- IA, shipmustDrs warning against
iutuupre and his signal 60 the health
officer Goo come abroad. Revenue cut
t,rs mail boats. newspaper tugs, ana
ull units uf the mosquito fleet mat ~
tend re- welcome tu new arrivals give
heed 90 the yellow flug ana scHway
tu IN, uois, uttly tug that c1rti's th"
boarding doctor aud rubs hor lusIg-
uiucant Tenders against the stpoI sid,
OF tho liner. only the health officer
has power to lower Tn, llag and uniu
IL is hauled down, me- one except ct
tuch,s cot his department is permitted
to board tho ship. The lowering of
the iitg signifies that the ship has re-
D,iypd partiuuo-.th the health ofiiccr's
term for clearance and then tho GUS
toms and mail huats can range along
side. while the ship gets under way
for the pier
la these DAYS of cholera caIriprs,
quarantine regulations necessarily
stffcu particularly win regard To-
ships that come from the Injected
Mediterranean ports and the medical
examination oi AN immigrut vessel
calls for more than ordinary care.
Every ship BE- Obliged 60 carry among
her papers p su-oallod Dill ut health,
which rurpurts to give tu, sanitary
conditions existing ut hcr sailing port
These ar. merely formal documents
ava It is doubtful Nhcthcr. 40 The
present umt they approximate tho
truth o Ear as Ituun ports aia cou-
D,rnel. az feast Apparently there
has been taudcnD, pn th, part Uf
the Italian government tp suppress
tU,ts relating Go th, area ut cholera
Infection. and uuN Within th, last foU
Ne,h bass tho public begun 4" realize
that tuD di-,t-, l- uk'h tu travel
westward with almost every Mcdi-
t,rrtu,au ship.
IIa,c Watched Course al Di-ca.c.
SO .u with -. A,uh % Dotv Sew
Works h,.lth officer who's, station is
~ Chiffon. $ o. aud th, authorities of
GO. United Stat.s Marine Hospital
service, Tho federal government 8
agents aud Dr Dots s corrc puud,nts
ln foreign cities bong ago began Goo
trtcv th, course uf thulsri 100 Europe.
and us consequence the ports guar
dinur h8N, watched incoming ships
tprtfuly for vcu-dctu,d oa.es and
40. duuspruus carriers persons who
hoid tlD cholera organism in theft
-sstpr. but show nu siEu. ut iliuvse
That 300 uauN httr been caught ai
CO., cIts. s gateway s du, 90 th, meth.
ud- u, inspection uud observation
rrHDuy,d 1t uuaranuu, When tho
doctors board "a ship thoy line Up On,
strertgc passengers, with hats OF Tor
e visual inspection, which frequently
results in the detection OF infections
diseases PoHuy, olscs that have
been Isolated Dos the ships surgeon.
ANA passengers who have boon treated
in transit hut apparently nave rc.o'-
erred undergo clos, scrutiny Tho
character or ma, examination depends
Itsrlt ru tl, SANITARY conditions ,N.
istuur at Oh, port ol departure. thp
general hpHltu of mo ships coupJu,
hnEtr Of time occupied bv ihr vu'
age. uud uthcr factors AZ Tho present
tiur tho port doctors arc drVoting
thrir ,u,rgi,s principally toward dis
covering mild. umhulaturN. ur cone
Ntlef'rut eases thai muy paos unre,-
osniztd r tho visual test. Thcv us,
tbrir clinical thermometers freely.
ana The slightDsi elevation Jos the t"m-
p,ralurr cot a passenger is sufficient
,Ilsc fnr His removal a. thr dcton-
upu station
Thoir most efficient safeguard is e
hactvriuiugi,al examination eff yil-
lures taken from The suspected pass
,ueors, ANA this has resulted u the
discovery ct cholera carriers. which,
.u tho opinion OF ,uuitdriaus. ar, ral-
rllatcd 90 spread On, disease it per-
mitiod Go pass unrcDugnizcd \ dose
sol saline solution BE- usually sufficient
to tight mp as doctors sav. tN. ut-
rut organism boz carrier. aud tho
case almost Immediately becomes
poy.uye.
rho Quarantine of Oid.
lu urmcr days. when quarantine
htorulh meant a detention of 90 DAYS,
and etuhGrl science was in its tn
fancy, the Toss to commerce was tree
mrudous through the enforced idle
ness cot ships in various ports With
the disClrding of the theory that care
goes as well as th" clothing of healthy
passengers are mediums OF Infection,
aud cooperation ui ships doctors
with port health authorities loss of
time through detention has been re-
dn'rd "a q minimum, u is 60 tho adj
vantage of steamship companies "a
stimulate their doctors tu discover
cases Of Infection early n the voyage