The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-19
YELLOW FEVER.



MEMpHls, August IS. Thirteen new
cases in all reported by the Board of
Heslth to-day, six of whom are colored.
Two additional deaths have occurred, VIM.
Costello and Critic Salvetto. Thos. II.
Cooke, a well known citizen, was stricken
at noon; also J. G. Hook, printer at the
appeal office. Mrs. Van Anderson and
daughter are down with the fever four and
half miles distant from the city, on Pop
lar street. The Tennessee State Board OF
Health officials tomorrow begin the
isolation Of dwellings where the fever ex-
lists. Guards will be placed to prohibit.
communication with the inmates. DR..
Jerome CoChrane left ut noon for Mobile.
Miss Birdie Gof, eldest daughter OF A.
L. Goff, ticket agent at Whitehaven, Tenn,
was attacked by the fever at noon to-day.
Dr. r. W. Mitchell, who returned from
Bartlett tonight, reported negro sick
with fever near there. His infection can
be traced to this city.
Yellow Fever ship at Providence.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., August 1s.-The
schooner Susan Stelzon, from Miragoane
for Providence, has arrived here. The
Captains wife at Hayti, and two seaman
on the voyage were lost from yellow fever.
Al New York.
NEw YoRx, August lS.-Virginia Lopez,
who arrived with her parents from
Havana, last week in the steamer Saratoga,
has died Of yellow fever in the Quarantine
Hostital. A waiter OF the same steamer is
down with the fever.
A Libel ON south Point.
SourH PoESr, La, August ls.-The re-.
portstha the yellow fever had visited this
village Is false. There has not been one
case in the town.
Rules Of the Tennessee State Board or
Health.
NASHVILLE, August 1S.-No new cases
are reported to day. No deaths have been
reported to the Board OF Health in the last
"a hours,
At a called session Of the Tennessee
State Board OF Health the following reso-
lutions were adopted for the government
Of Memphis or other infected points:
First-NU person shall be permitted to
enter a town or place which is dangerously
infected with yellow fever unless such per-
son has had yellow fever, and then only
after obtaining permission OF the Superin-
tendent OF Quarantine.
Second-The report Of the quarantine at
each place dangerously infected shall
have charge and control with the counsel
and advice OF this Board in the disiniection
OF houses, privies, cellars, clothing, bed.
ding, and all other textile fabrics, bag.
gage, mail cars, depots, sewers, drains,
public and private, and other things and
places as 1t may be at any time considered
neCessaryto disiniect.
Third The local Boards Of Health are
expected to have charge and enforce the
general sanitary laws within the limits
OF their respective jurisdictions, and give
aid and support to the superintendent Of
quarantines during the epidemics in the
carrying out OF said rules and regulations
as the State Board may from time to time
adopt,
At the night session OF the State Board
OF Health the following rules were
adopted:
First-A house infected with yellow
fever shall be designated with yellow flags.
Second-No person shall be permitted
To enter a house infected with yellow
fever except physicians, clergymen and
such nurses and attendants as are neces-
sary to the cure OF the sick.
Third No person except physicians
and Clergymen shall be permitted TO leave
an infected house without permission in
writing OF the Superintendent Of the
Quarantine, they having first complied
with such methods OF disiniection as may
have been prescribed by him.
Fourth Physicians and Clergymen
may enter and retire from the apartment
OF the sick OF yellow fever at all hours,
provided, however, they shall not enter
no infected house, carriage, cart, or other
public places Of resort until their persons
and apparel have been tRroughly disin'
fected.
Fifth-Public assemblies OF all kinds are
} prohibited In any place dangerously inject
ed with yellow fever and the supertnten'
dent OF quarantine Is charged with the
! rigid enforcement OF this rule.
Sixth-From the hour OF 0 r. NJ. until the
hour Of 4 a. N. each and all persons moi
engaged in the care OF the sick or in the
execution OF their duties as officers OF the
: law shall remain at their homes on theil
I respective premises, unless by permission
) OF the Superintendent Of Quarantine.
. The present rules adopted by the Stat
4 Board to-day was the result OF the recen
}. conference at Nick Kenxie.
President Plunkett received dispatch