If we had had the facilities for isolation on shore and adequatedisinfecting equipment. it would not have been necessary to hold up the vessels nor would there have been so many secondary cases. The San Gissto was held up for 21 days. If we had had facilities on shore. we could have released the vessels. The entire quarantine procedure has been revolutionized. Formerly. if a vessel had cases of typhus or yellow fever or plague. it necessitated holding up that vessel until the disease apparently had burned itself out. Last year 49.000 immigrants came in at Boston. and ill prewar times the average number of immigrants entering tile port of Boston was 80.322. Mr. President.
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