That is the matured opinion written out by himself of the health officer of the city of New York. who feels that. notwithstanding all the quarantine preparation either national or State authorities may make. he will be obliged to deal next summer with cholera present within the precincts of the city. I need only refer to the typhusfever cases of one year ago. The steamship Massilia. which left Marseilles January 1. 1892. and Naples on the 7th of January. and reached New York Harbor January 30. brought from Naples about 450 Italians and about 270 immigrants of Russian origin from Marseilles. No serious disease being detected. they were nearly all allowed to land. Ten days later. on February 11. cases of typhus fever were discovered among the Russians. and after prompt efforts to find and discover all the immigrants and isolate them the disease was finally suppressed. the outcome being as follows: Among the Massilias passengers there were 138 cases. and 13 of the patients died. Sixty residents of New York were taken sick. and 15 died. Eleven of the health department employ6s. including nurses. helpers. and police. had the disease. and 5 died. making the total deaths 33 out of 209 cases.
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