down an engine and crew, who, in the face of severe weather and exposure, did excellent work, and thereafter all danger of a water shortage entirely disappeared. I wish to express my thanks to the members of the Quarantine Board, who, by their active co-operation and wise counsel immensely facilitated the work of their executive officer. My thanks are also due to my associates in quarantine work, Drs. Seymour and Cleaver, for their intelligent and self-denying labor, and to Mr. McLaughlin, the superintendent, for his heroic efforts to make the people detained comfortable and happy during their stayat the Quarantine Station. Inspection. The following tables indicate briefly the work of inspection during the year: Number of vessels examined and permitted up from the State Quarantine Station, during the year ending July, 1895. Number of passengers passed by the Quarantine Physician and his deputies, during the year ending July 1, 1895: Number of passengers carried by incoming vessels during 2,364 Number of passengers carried by incoming vessels during 1,728 Number of passengers carried by incoming vessels during December, 1894, . 890 Number of passengers carried by incoming vessels during 1,072 Number of passengers carried by incoming vessels during 995 Number of passengers carried by incoming vessels during 634 Number of passengers carried by incoming vessels during 3,565 Throughout the year certificates of disinfection were required for all rags and other articles of merchandise liable to convey diseases. All cargoes deficient in certificates of disinfection were denied admittance to the port, for such articles, at least, as did not present the proper certificates of disinfection. The articles for which certificates of disinfection, after some of the methods prescribed by the United States treasury's sanitary regulations, are required, are rags, human hair, bed-feathers, second-hand bedding, and worn clothing. Any articles liable to convey disease coming from any infected port, must also have certificates of disinfection corresponding thereto before they are admitted to the port. Respectfully submitted, RICH. A. CLEEMAN, BENJAMIN LEE, 2-NOTIFICATIONS OF DISEASE. Office of U. S. Commissioner of Immigration, August 16, 1895. To the Secretary of the State Board of Health, Philadelphia, Pa.: Sir: I have the honor to inform you that a case of diphtheria was taken from the S. S. Fuerst Bismarck this day and the following pas sengers are going to your state: Felix and Catherina Jablousky, Plymouth. Susanna Michalik, Pittsburgh. Audreas Zepcricick, Pittsburgh. Ernst Linaw, Pittsburgh. Carl Kaiser, 2413 Colorado street, Philadelphia. Emile and Clara Lieb, Pittsburgh. Agnes Conrad, 3910 Grand street, Philadelphia. Luise Klein, 228 South Eleventh street, Philadelphia. Florentine Peplan, 2746 Penn avenue, Pittsburgh. Yours truly, J. H. SENNER, Commissioner per H. K. Office of the U. S. Commissioner of Immigration, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, October 6, 1895. To the Secretary of the State Board of Health, Philadelphia, Pa.: Sir: It is reported that one case of small-pox occurred on board steamship "Marsala," arriving at this port this day. The following immigrants left for Pennsylvania: Julie Berczak, Lansford, Pa. Regina Loll and three children, Philadelphia, Pa., No. 316 W. Norris street. Wladislaw Pasikowsky, Pittsburgh, Pa., no address. Mary Osikowicz and child, Hazleton, Pa. Louise Schrulssche and three children, Philadelphia, Pa., 316 W. Norris street. Regina Schwartz, Philadelphia, Pa., 1214 East Poplar and Girard avenue. Stanislaw Beschke, wife and child, Shamokin, Pa. Anna Sloniana, Philadelphia, Pa., No. 9 Vine street. Maxianna Ninner, and two children, Park Place, Philadelphia. Susanna Krnocz and two children, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., No. 730 Wilkes-Barre street. |