The New York herald., 1921-02-27
S4TH TYPHUS CASE
FOUND ON 10Th DAY
Quarantine Period Lengthened
for Suspects Among I'm
migrants.
SIX SUSPECTS FOUND
Ten New Cases of Sleeping
Sickness and One Death
Reported.
FOUND

! DR. Leland C. Cofer. Health Officer OF
the Port. announced yesterday that an
other case OF typhus fever has been dis
covered among the immigrants detained
on the Italian ship San Guisto. which
arrived here almost three weeks ago
with twenty of her passengers victims of
the disease.
This is the thirty-fourth case at Quar-
antine. Four have been found In the
city and three at Cortland. NJ Y. since
the plague first appeared in this country.
The death rate here has been much lower
than abroad. Two have died at Quaran-
tine and two in New York.
The fact that twenty days elapsed be-
fore symptoms presented themselves will
make it necessary to lengthen the quar-
antine period, which has been twelve
days. Or. Louis I. Harris. director OF
the bureau of preventable diseases OF
the Health Department said in future
the department will continue Its inspec-
ton of typhus suspects for twenty days
Out Of 731 immigrants examined yes
terday at the Battery. railroad stations
and steamship piers only six suspects
were found. They will be detained.
] AT Tic AlDtIly SIiCCt ACiiJ hOoSO oha
yesterday afternoon and evening tho
baggage room was crowded with immi-
grants who arrived by way of Philadel-
phia. More than 500 were examined, and
one man and one woman suspect were
! found.
| Many of them were in a pitiful plight
They said they had come over on the
Canada. which put in at Philadelphia
when she found there were no accommo-
dations at Quarantine. After being dis
charged by Health Department inspec-
tors they were left to their own re-
sources. Those whose friends did not
meet them at the ferryhouse left to
find their homes as best they could
Some also complained at the treat
ment they received at Philadelphia. One
woman was charged 40 cents for piece
OF bread and another got $40 change for
a 1000 lire note, the value of which Is
about $35.
Dr. Royal s. Copeland. Health Com
missioner. was at Washington yester-
day comforting with other Health Conn
missioners and officials of the United
States Public Health Service on the
typhus situation and danger from other
foreign epidemics.
There were ten new cases and one
death In the city yesterday from sleep
ing sickness (encephalltis lethargica).
The cases reported were all In Man
haitian The death was that of John
A. Dreyfus. So years old. of A2 F1rty-
eighth street. Brooklyn.
During the week there have been 81
cases and deaths. Since January
there have been 247 cases and "a deaths
spccial Despatch to THE New York HnnALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C.. Feb. "a.
Dr. Royal S. Copeland. Health Officer
of New York city, and State Health
Officers Of all the northern tier OF sea-
board States. conferred with United
| States Public Health officials here to-
day to coordinate quarantine work Tor
the prevention Of the spread of typhus.
AS a result additional facilities VIII be
provided In New York and Baltimore
II was agreed that the Secretary OF the
| Treasury will be asked to provide an
additional $50, 900 for improvements. DR..
| Copeland said that twenty ships are
row tied up in New York harbor through
inability to handle immigrants at Quar-
antine.