Reports inspections of national, state, and local quarantine stations : From Annual report Marine Hospital Service, 1896.

  • United States. Department of the Treasury.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Reports inspections of national, state, and local quarantine stations : From Annual report Marine Hospital Service, 1896. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MAINE. REPORT OF INSPECTION OF LOCAL QUARANTINE STATIONS. By Surg. H. W. Austin, M. H. S. EASTPORT. There is no quarantine station at this port, nor apparatus for disinfection of vessels and of baggage. The collector of the port, George M. Hanson, acts as quarantine officer. City board of health act as local quarantine officers, under State law. State authorities have not had occasion to act in recent years. Vessels from United States ports are not inspected. Number of vessels arriving from foreign ports during the year ending June 30, 1896, 758, almost entirely from Canadian ports. Number arriving from domestic ports, 208. Vessels arriving from Canadian ports come generally with cargo con- sisting principally of the products of Canada. October 7, 1896. ELLSWORTH. 1. Describe the quarantine station, location, buildings, anchorages, etc. Give limits of anchorage for noninfected and for infected vessels; facilities for inspec- tion of vessels; apparatus for disinfection of vessels and of baggage; facilities for removal and treatment of the sick, and for the removal and detention of suspects; mail and telegraph facilities, etc. Ellsworth is provided with no quarantine ground, buildings, or disinfecting plant. There is good anchorage for vessels, but no designated quarantine anchor- age. Inspection of vessels could be made in a small boat. 2. Give personnel of the station or port; name of the quarantine officer or offi- cers; post-office address; total number of officers and subordinates, etc. Board of health: Dr. W. M. Haines, chairman; Dr. A. C. Haggerty; George A. Parcher, esq., secretary. Post-office address, Ellsworth, Me. 3. There are no local quarantine laws or regulations, and no quarantine customs. 4. There are no quarantine procedures, either under printed regulations or by custom. 5. No inspections of vessels made. 6. No vessels from other United States ports are inspected. 7. No inspections made. No vessels in quarantine for several years. 8. Communication with vessels in quarantine would not be allowed. 9. There being no facilities for the care of quarantinable diseases or the disin- fection of vessels, infected vessels arriving at the port should be sent to the Port- land or Boston quarantine. 10. No records are kept. 11. There are no prescribed fees. 12. Make a statement showing the number of vessels arriving at the port during the preceding calendar year, by months—(a) from foreign 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. From foreign ports. January 3 February 1 March 1 April G May - 2 June 0 July..... 1 All the above vessels were from Canadian ports. August 9 September 2 October 6 November - 6 December 4: Total 32