New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Storm Delays
War ON 'I'yplnus;
No New Cases
IS Of .630 Immigrants Are
co Sent to Hospital for De-
Iousing; Many Are Bound
for Points Out Of Town
Net S pread a d $
Railroad System Girdled in
Search for the Disease; :;
33 Patients Improving

Vermn-infested immigrants continue
to arrive by boat and train while the
typhus threat still hangs over the city.
Inspectors of the Health Department
examined $50 immigrants yesterday
and found it necessary to send twenty
five Of them to the Willard Parker
/ Hospital to be deloused. Mail was ex-
amined and found to be clean.
The vigilante circle girdles the rail
road system as we'll as the waterfront.
Early yesterday afternoon train
crawled into Grand Central Station
I from Boston. 1t had twenty-five i'm
migrants aboard. They were examined
! by city health inspectors and for the
! tlrst time since the trains came under
supervision, an entire group passed
out Of the station with clean bill Of
! health.
Health Commissioner Copeland said
! that of the $50 arrivals by train and
( boat, $50 were bound for points out
side of New York City
Great Danger of Spread
"It is not only for our own good
that We must guard the portals of the
! city" said DR.. Copeland. at can
readily be seen how typhus germs
! could be disseminated all over the
J country were immigrants to b. shipped
I to their various destinations in an un-
/ clean condition. The city will keep
/ up this work. We do not intend, for
/ lack of precautionary measures which
! 1T is in our power to take, to have an
/ epidemic of typhus enter through this
gateway of immigration and take foot
| hold as did the Spanish influenza epi-
demic some years ago. l believe the
Federal officials are coming to view our
rigorous measures against the admis-
! sion of vermininfested immigrants
-snto the city in a kindlier light"
DR., Copeland said that the case Of
! who arrived from an Italian port on
the Danzeliro. is still under suspicion
He is at the Kingston Avenue Hospital
Brooklyn, and it has not been de-
I termined whether he has typhus or
measles.
Activities at the Quarantine Station
we're delayed yesterday on account Of
the storm. Several boats came in and
the work of inspection went on, but
1 DR.. Leland L. Confer Health Officer of
( the port, said last night that several
dubious cases would be held over until
tomorrow. This was a precautionary
measure, IS the day was dark and
snowy and 1t was difficult to determine
symptoms
The thirty-three typhus patients now
ou Hoffman Island are improving
steadily. All are ON the road to re-
coYery except one woman, and it is
expected that she viii live. Danger OF
infection from them is over The
+ climate is distinctly in their favor
Or. Cofer says.
100000 Fund Asked
I The Quarantine Station is still under
! control of the state, although DR.. Cofer
! Is hourly awaiting word of the transfep,
He has learned that the transfer papers
have been received at Albany When
the station is officially handed over the
4 person in charge will be responsible to
/ the Surgeon General at Washington.
7 Or. Cofer is a member of the United
( States Public Health Service in addi-
tior to being the state port Health
Officer in chasge of Quarantine.
1t is considered likely that he viii
remain in charge when the station is
/ taken over by the government. An APP
! preparation of 100000 has been asked
for by Senator Calder to be used for
additional facilities for the dininfect-
/ ing and delousing of immigrants after
/ the transfer has been effected.
/ Officials at Ellis Island reported that
/ they took 400 immigrants from the Lap
land yesterday and found them all
/ clean. The l,490 passengers of the
| Celtic will not be touched until the
latter part of the week. as it is I'M
possible to keep up with the incoming
tide of immigrants. The steerage pas
sengers of ten ships are waiting in the
port to be examined and released.
A Greek ship that the Ellis island
and the city health authorities ex-
| pected yesterday is still held up at
! Quarantine. The 1,165 passengers of
the Italian liner Presidents Wilson,
who have been held up at Hoffman Isl
/ and for observation are now released
to the Ellis Island authorities. The
/ Holland-America liner Rotterdam di-
verted her passengers to Boston and is
expected TO land them there this morn
ing. The Red Star liner iceland also
will leave her passengers from Antwerp
/ at that port.
Byron H. Uhl, Deputy Commissioner
/ Of immigration at Ellis Island. denied
a statement attributed to him that "ad-
ditional facilities were not needed at
/ Ellis Island"
"On the contrary, we need additional
facilities in the worst way" he said
yesterday "We have asked for them
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