The New York herald., 1921-02-21
HEALTH OFFICIALS
BATTLE ON TYPHUS
SHOWING RESULTS
Average, of Unclean Much
Lower Among Arrivals
From Quarantine.
COPELAND IS PLEASED
Will Keep Fighting Until
All Danger Is Removed,
He Promises.
CONFERENCE is CALLED
Health Experts of Atlantic
Ports to Meet at Capital
Next Friday.
CONFERENCE is CALLED

1t was evident yesterday from the
comparatively small number of unclean
immigrants arriving in New York that
the complaints of the local health au-
thorities have had salutary effect on
the quarantine station here. Out OF
$50 immigrants examined at the Battery
and railroad stations only twenty-five
typhus suspects we've detained. Tne
average was Is Per cent unclean when
the inspections began ten days ago.
DIR. Royal S. Copeland. Health Com
missioner, took the first days rest he
has had in two weeks. He said at his
home last night he was pleased with
the improved conditions. but would not
relax precautions until he is sure Quar-
antine and Ellis Island are 100 per cent.
efficient.
1.-The city will keep up It's good work"
he said. I'VE do not intend. for lack
of precautionary meas fres which 1t is
in our power to take, 10 have an epi-
demic of typhus enter the United States
through this gateway OF immigration
and take foothold as did Spanish in
fiuenza three years ago"
Surgeon-Ge Hugh $. Cumming Vis
tied the quarantine station at Boston
yesterday and inspected the facilities fcr
examining immigrants for traces of ty-
phus. He said he would recommend inn
provements.
Later he conferred with Health Com
missioner William c. Woodward. DR..
William NJ. Bryan of the Public Health
Service. and Sidney j. Jackson, man
ager Of the White Star Line at Boston.
ii was announced that all passengers
arriving to-day on the Manchuria. from
Danzig. would be landed at Gallups ISL
and in Boston Bay for a disinfecting
bath. Then they Will be transferred to
city buildings on Deer Island and held
twelve days for observation.
DR.. Cumming said a conference of
health officials of the principal Atlantic
ports would be held in Washington Fri
day to consider the typhus situation.
The New York Board of Trade and
Transportation attacked the Inadequate
and disjointed administration of our i'm
migration system in a statement issued
> last night by Charles L. Bernheimer,
chairman of it's committee on immigra-
ton.
'It is a we'll known fact" said Mr.
Bernheimer, that the children of the
sandhog and street sweeper do not take
up their fathers callings that native
born Americans, as a rule avoid the So
called drudgery occupations which are
absolutely essential for the functioning
Of our national life. II Immigration were
indiscriminatcly cut off. the result, with
in a period of two or three years would
be as hazardous as If we were to throw
our gates wide open to all the world.
The production OF our Farms. our fac
. tories and our mills would fall off tre-
mendously and the miners, lJunberjacks
ana unskilled laborers. most Of whom
are Of foreign birth. would have a
virtual monopoly in the labor field j. in
other words, 1t would be creating n
new trust--a labor trust"
Sing Sing prison officials took pre-
cautions yesterday TO guard against
typhus and sleeping sickness. Hereafter
all newly arrived prisoners will be iso-
lated for eight or ten days and denied
all privileges, Warden Lewis L. Lawes
declared.
There were no new cases OF en-
cephilitis ethargica--sleeplng sickness
reported to the Health Department
yesterday. Sunday cases are usually
reported Monday. DR.. Copeland said. 90
an increase may be expected to-day. One
case was reported in New Haven. the
only one known to exist in that city.
The patient Is Mrs. Agnes Hazelton.
daughter Of Or. and Mrs Holbrook. Her
recovery is expected