A treatise on Asiatic cholera / edited and prepared by Edmund Charles Wendt, in association with Drs. John C. Peters, Ely McClellan, John B. Hamilton, and Geo. M. Sternberg.
- Edmund Charles Wendt
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on Asiatic cholera / edited and prepared by Edmund Charles Wendt, in association with Drs. John C. Peters, Ely McClellan, John B. Hamilton, and Geo. M. Sternberg. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto.
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![841 7iocessiirY or expedient, the progress of tlie epidemic is reported by telegraph diiily. tinder autliority of Section 1752 of tlie United States Sttitntes, consular regulations have l^een issued Avhicli recjuire the consul to notl+'y the ])ort of destination as well as the department, of the departure of a vessel from an infected poi't, or one carrying infected ])assengers or goods. For many years, iii countries where certain contagious diseases are endemic, the British consulates have employed a physician, and the medical geog- raphy of the country thus obtained has been of great value not only to the home government but to otlicr countries as well. The admiral)le papers in the Chinese Customs Gazette furnish an example of what may be done by intelligent medical men in connection with the consular service. The consuls of the Uiiited States are reciuired to make a weekly report of the sanitary condition of their consular district upon the following form: 18 To the Honorable The Secretary of State, Washington, D. C, United States of America. In compliance with the act of April 39,1878, I have the honor to make the fol- lowing report of contag-ious diseases, and deaths occurring- tlierefroni, at tliis place, during the week ended , 18. ., for the infoi'ination of the Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service: Cases. Deaths Cases treated in Hospitals i Military, Civil and Private). Deaths in Hospitals (military. Civil and Private). Cholera Yellow Fever Sniall-oox Typhus Fever (or Ship Fever) Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever . . Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Plag'ue Totals Total deaths from all causes during the week reported Population according to census of , 18. .., Present officially estimated population Weekly mean of thermometer, Weekly mean of barometer,. Prevailing diseases, (and other pertinent information,) Very respectfully, The laAv under which the foregoing report is required is the following section of the unrepealed portion of the Act of April 29, 1878, known as the National Quarantine Act: That whene-ver any infectious or contagious disease shall appear in any foreign port or country, and whenever any vessel shall leave any infected foreign port, or having on board goods or passengers coming from any place or district infected with cholera or yellow fever, shall leave any foreign port, bound for any ])ort in the United States, the consular officer, or other rep- resentative of the United States at or nearest such foreign port, shall im- mediately give informatioji thereof, and shall report the name, date of departure, and the port of destination in the United States; and the consular officers of the United States shall make weekly reports of the sanitary condition of the ports at which they are respectively stationed.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20996421_0367.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
