Show BUBONIC PLAQUE WILL NOT GET A FOOTHOLD IN NEW YORK new york june 2 dr A H doty the health officer of the port of new york in an interview said that there Is not a city in the world whose sanitary conditions are superior to those of new york and consequently he has no fears that bubonic plague will obtain a foothold here he says that bubonic plague like typhus fever is pro eminently a disease which thrives in filth and overcrowding and other bad sanitary conditions although the transmission of ilbe bubonic plague by vermin complicates the treatment of this form of infection quite certain that the danger from it can be reduced to the minimum by the observance of proper care said the doctor in an interview 1 I do not hesitate to say that on the appearance of bubonic plague in any place where proper sanitary conditions and the importance of cleanliness and fresh air Is fully recognized the disease would soon be under control |