Reports inspections of national, state, and local quarantine stations : From Annual report Marine Hospital Service, 1896.
- United States Department of the Treasury
- Date:
- 1897
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Reports inspections of national, state, and local quarantine stations : From Annual report Marine Hospital Service, 1896. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![16. The certificate of inspection, or pratique, signed by the quarantine officei, does not state that the Treasury regulations have been complied with, as required by section 5, act of February 15, 1893. 17. The consular bills of health are given to the collector of customs. is! In this connection, I wish to reiterate the necessity for the establishment of a modern quarantine station at the mouth of the Columbia River. June 18, 1896. [Note. A bill for the establishment of a United States quarantine station at the mouth of the Columbia River is now pending in Congress.] PORTLAND. [Portland is the only port of entry on the Willamette River, and is situated 4 miles from its mouth. This river is navigable for vessels of deep draft for a distance of 14 miles.] 1. There is no quarantine station on the Willamette River. The limits of anchor- age for noninfected vessels is 1 mile ; that for infected vessels about 1 mile from Portland and one-half mile from Cross Island. There are no facilities for disin- fection. In case of infection, the city pestliouse would be used for the isolation of the sick, and near it is a building for the detention of suspects. The mail and telegraphic facilities are adequate. 2. There is no quarantine officer appointed by the State. Dr. C. H. Wheeler, the city health officer, attends to the quarantine work, and has authority to place in quarantine any vessel suspected of being infected with any contagious disease. His address is Portland, Oreg. There are no subordinates. 3. There are no laws or regulations for the government or maintenance of this quarantine service. The city physician follows the requirements of the quaran- tine regulations of the Treasury Department. 4. There are no additional quarantine procedures, and there is no unnecessary detention or disinfection of vessels. 5. Inspection is maintained throughout the year, and the same treatment is enforced. 6. Only those vessels with sickness on board are inspected. 7. The following are the quarantine procedures at this port: (a) Vessels are inspected immediately upon arrival; all foreign vessels are inspected; (b) time absolutely necessary; (c) the period of incubation of disease quarantined. 8. No communication is held with vessels in quarantine except by health officer, and no inter communication among vessels is allowed. 9. As there are no facilities for the disinfection of vessels infected with cholera or yellow fever, such vessels would be sent by the city health officer to the nearest United States quarantine station for disinfection and treatment. If the vessel was infected with smallpox, all the sick would be removed to the city pesthouse, and suspects detained, and everybody exposed to contagion vaccinated. The ship would be disinfected with a solution of bichloride of mercury and sulphurous acid gas, according to the instructions in the quarantine laws and regulations of the United States. The following facts are regarded as evidence of infection of a vessel: (1) Prevalence of disease at port of departure; (2) sickness during the voyage or on arrival, and (3) bad sanitary condition of vessel. 10. Records of all cases of disease are kept by the city physician. 11. There are no regular and fixed quarantine fees. 12. Make a statement showing the number of vessels arriving at the port during the preceding calendar year, by months—(a) from fore'gn ports; (b) from foreign ports in yellow-fever latitudes via domestic ports ; (c) from domestic ports. Show also the character of the commerce carried on by the port, i. e., from what coun- tries chiefly the vessels come, and whether in cargo, ballast, or empty.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28716103_0381.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
