Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-29
THE QUARANTINE
Action Of the Board Of Health
Election Of Quarantine Oficer
and appointment Of q
Committee.

Gresldents lslandi where Gil steamers
from New Orleans will be examined be-
fore being allowed to land at this port.
DR.. r. W. Mitchell having resigned
his position as president of the board of
health, DR.. d D. Saunders was elected,
and has already entered upon the duties
Of his Office.
The board discussed all the important
details relative to the carrying out Of
strict quarantine both against steamers
and railroad. The board has under ad.
yisement the propriety Of unloading and
disinfecting all New Orleans freight des.
tined for this port. In order to ascertain
the views Of merchants aud business men
upon this subject, DR.. Brown and Chief
Athy we're appointed a committee, and
will report at the meeting Of the board
this afternoon.
1t was decided that sick persons com.
ing to this city should be examined, and
strangers from New Orleans sent TO the
quarantine station for treatment. At the
meeting this afternoon the board will
complete all necessary arrangements, Of
which due notice will be given. From
and after this date steamers from New
Orleans will be hauled to at the foot Of
Presidents Island.
The board is alive TO the Importance
Of putting and keeping the city in good
condition. An increased force of men
is at work on the streets, and we may
safely predict that there will be no dan.
ger of yellow feves visiting Memphis.
The towboat John Porter is somewhere
below here. She was sighted Saturday
by the Illinois, tied to the bank opposite
Arkansas City, eighty miles above Vicks-
burg. She was not spoken, but two men
were sighted on her deck. 1t is reported
that the Porter was cleaning out her
boilers, aud had TO lay up because
she has bat one engineer, the other hav-
ing died of yellow fever. His body was
returned to Vicksburg, where two other
men on board had died. Owing to her
tow and the loss Of one Of her engineers.
the Porter makes but slow progress up
stream. She will be subjected to a rigid
examination upon reaching President
Island. 1t is not known whether the
remainder of the crew are sick or we'll
; Tho towboat that created the alarm al
Helena, and was believed to be the Por
ter, is the Port Eads. The latter passed
this port early yesterday morning. VII!
the Port Eads should have covered u
. her name with canvas is not known.
At Vicksburg the board Of heaIt
. adopted a resolution that 1.-THE board O
u mayor and aldermen be requested t
have all boats from New Orleans, and al
trains coming from jackson inspected
.e and that if any class of yellow fever b,
found upon any Of them that they shall
n be isolated until the termination of tn
g disease"
e THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
II j, H, Smith, secretary Of tho H,war
Association Of Memphis, has received
letter from the Howard Association {
New Orleans, dated the 25th In thi
letter the secretary, Mr.. Southmaid
, among other things, says: III tn
district ION Constance, adjacen
? to TerpSichore street) where tn
l, fever first developed itself, ther
le has not been q single new ease II
ported since last Saturday, the day whe
n the board of health commenced dish
fscting. To my mind this is conclusive
Undoubtedly the appearance Of the diI
ease at different points increases II
danger and also the difficulty Of col
trolling its spread. These other poin.
k have only been known of for two day
20 and it is yet too early to speak in regar
il to them. But as to the other, six day
II. have nearly elapsed in the distict whei
it was first discovered, since CARROLL
acid was sprinkled, and not q single ne
=, case is reported from that section"
m NO DANGER OF AN EPIEEMc.
In reply to a letter of ColoRel Bail,
P. Anderson, Of the Howard Associate
: Of Memphis, offering his services an
!. that of friends, Secretary Southmaid, O
- the Howard Association, under date
: the 9th, among other things, says:
don't think we shall have an epiden
IL ic. The fight between carbolic acid al
Of fever goes bravely on. In the regic
q. where it first broke out (near Constant
and Terpsichore) and was so bad, not
new case has occurred since the board
health tackled it one week ago. Tv
new foci have since been developed, bl
the board have tackled them both, and
trust and believe will beat the fever
he death in two or three weeks. We has
ri had FIVE times as much fever in five co
s%ecutive summers from 1870 to 1877
and beat it each summer think v
a will this time. However, should We ha,
an epidemic, | will remember you, al
if l have the least possible excuse +
calling on you | will do so.
Sincerely yours,
FRED r. SoUTHMAID.