Island Station was out of service. The physician of the United States Marine Hospital Service was on duty on the floor of the Maritime Exchange, and he called me up over phone to inquire about this vessel, and in answer to my question, said that no vessels were being boarded at Reedy Island; therefore, I held the schooner in quarantine and immediately communicated with His Excellency as before stated. Upon representing the foregoing facts, His Excellency, Governor Hastings, informed me that which was done was approved, and directed me to have such regulations enforced as were necessary to effectually protect the port against the invasion of disease. In this manner His Excellency, the Governor, established our Station in full and active quarantine service."

The following extracts are from a report of January 27, 1898, of Drs. Ward and Caldwell:

The following methods were used for the disinfection of the schooner John H. Tingue, detained at this Station:

Cargo, steam and sulphur dioxide, exposure 72 hours, 15 per cent. volume.

Cabin, forecastle, lazaretto, store room, fore-peak and sail locker, steam, formaldehyde gas and sulphur dioxide.

Bedding, wearing apparel, hangings, carpets, oil cloth, all removed and exposed to steam and formaldehyde gas. Twelve hours exposure of the latter.

Wood work in cabin, berths, state rooms and wood work in forecastles, berths, wood work in galley scrubbed with solution bichloride of mercury 1 to 1,000.

Bilges pumped out( flushed with strong solution of potass. permanganate and carbolic acid. Pumped out two days later and large quantity of Hydrargr. Bichlor. allowed to remain so that the rolling of the vessel would bring the powerful germicides in contact with every part.

Treatment of crew: suspects. Clothing fumigated, antiseptic baths. They were inspected carefully every A. M. during detention at quarantine.

Treatment of sick: clothing fumigated, antiseptic baths before removal to hospital.

The clinical history, etc., has already been reported to you.

P. A. Surgeon Smith presented himself at the Station 8 A. M., 23d inst., with an order from the Sup. Surgeon General U. S. M. H. S. to inspect the Station. Admittance was denied him until permission was obtained from you, which was wired, and he was admitted at 1 P. M. During our conversation with him, he informed us that he did not come to inspect the Station but to see the patients.

The vessel was discharged from quarantine, on January 26th,

1897, July,

1897, August,

1897, September,

1897, October,

1897, Noyember,

1897, December,

1898, January,

1898, February,

1898, March,

1828, April,

1898, May,

1898, June,

Totals,

Total for year,..

16--19--98

and the detained sick had su ciently recovered to be released on the 29th.

After a thorough reinvestigation of the cases of illness on board the schooner Tingue, I believe that the diagnosis made by the Deputy Quarantine Physicians, Drs. Ward and Caldwell, was entirely correct, namely, in the one case, remittent fever of a low type; the other case was, if the history can be at all accepted, a convalescent from yellow fever, which, it is to be remembered, prevails continuously in the ports visited by the Tingue.

During the past month an unusual number of bales of rags, for which no certificates of disinfection have been presented, have been detained and denied entrance to this port. As rags are collected all over the world, and often from infected sections, the regulation of the State Quarantine Board requiring a certificate of disinfection for every bale of rags brought here is being rigidly enforced. (Signed),

HENRY C. BOENNING, M. D., Quarantine Physician, Port of Philadelphia.

Number of vessels examined and permitted up from the State Quarantine Station during the year ending June 30, 1898:

Number of passengers passed by the Quarantine Physician and his deputies during the year ending June 30, 1898:

ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE QUARANTINE BOARD OF PENNSYLVANIA.

OFFICERS.

RICHARD A. CLEEMANN, M. D., President.
BENJAMIN LEE, M. D., Secretary.

MEMBERS.

THOMAS WINSMORE, Esq.

Appointed by the President of the Maritime Exchange of

Philadelphia.

RICHARD A. CLEEMANN, M. D.

Appointed by the President of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia.

HENRY C. BOENNING, M. D.,

Quarantine Physician.

HENRY M. DUBOIS, Esq.

Appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia.

ERNEST LAPLACE, M. D.

Appointed by the Governor.

BENJAMIN LEE. M. D.,

Secretary, State Board of Health.

Henry M. Dubois.

Ernest Laplace, M. D. Office of Board, 264 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. Employes at the Office.

Blanche K. Tunnell, Clerk.

John H. Wilson, Messenger.

QUARANTINE STATION.

MARCUS HOOK, DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Executive Officer.

Henry C. Boenning, M. D., Quarantine Physician.