Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-14

the several railroads, notifying the
several railroad superintendents of his
action. The board of health and DR..
Mitchell will aid in carrying the rules
into effect, though they do not believe
them necessary.
The State board of health has
issued a proclamation stating that
yellow fever may become epidemic
here, and they have determined to
adopt prudent PRECAUTIONS against its
spread. The following rules and reg
ulations are to be at once put in force:
Railway trains leaving shall be
inspected by a medical officer, who
will give the conductor a certificate of
the results.
Each passenger shall have a health
certificate, aud no person will be
allowed to go until he gets it. No
person having fever will be allowed to-
take passage.
Not less than five miles from the
starting depot a transfer Of people
and baggage to other cars must take
place. The cars are prohibited from
entering the city under any circum-
stances except the first set.
Transfers are to be made in the
open air and supervised by a medical
officer. Persons with fever must be
sent back or treated zeal by and will
not be permitted to proceed.
Conductors certificates must be
carefully examined also the certi6-
Gates Of each person and the blanks
awarded must be filed by the exam
lining physician.
No sleeping-ca will be allowed to
leave an infected place, nor shall one
approach nearer than the point of.
transfer. An infected car must be
thoroughly ventilated and exposed to
the air twenty days under the super
vision Of a medical officer.
Freight must be transferred not ex.
ceeding fifty miles from its starting
point and the cars unloaded must re-
turn to the place from whence sent,
All emptied cars must be carefully
cleansed, scrubbed, fumigated, disin-
fected and ventilated.
All persons leaving by other routes
must have certificates.
PASSPORT DOCTORS.
The Hon. John johnson aud Secre-
tary Clark made the following medi-
cal appointments, whose duties began
yesterday, and who are now at work
issuing health certificates free of
charge to all who desire to travel
AT the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad depot w. B. VIM, NJ. d.
and at the transfer, five miles out,
DR., Il. B. Nall.
AT the Memphis and Charleston
railroad depot G. w. Overall, NJ. D.,
aud at the transfer, FIVE miles out, r.
D. Mitchell, NJ. D.
At the louisville and Nashville
depot T. J. Tyner, NJ. D., and at the
transfer, few miles out, DR.. H. l..
Williford.
At the Memphis and Paducah
depot DR.. G. D. Bradford.
LAST WEEKS DEATH LIST.
Eleven persons died here for the
week closing Saturday noon, of vari-
Gus kinds of fever, out of a total
mortality of thirty-two. OF the eleven
three are set down officially as yellow
fever. They include f. Mulbrandon.
aged forty-one years; NJ. Tobin, -
and G. +. Ray, twelve years. Other
cases 0. lever were Robert Lewis, aged
eighteen, eongestive fever; I. II.
Dern, forty-one, malarial fever; ThOs.
Clarke, forty-seven, congestiye fever.
j. Schlappack, seventy.two. brain
fever; D. W. Marry, nine months.
malarial fever; Chas, Hausler, thirty
ono, typhoid malarial fever Lizzie
Robertson, twenty.thrce, congestiye
fever; Emma Price, nineteen months
intermittant fever, -Four infants died
OF cholera intantum, out Of
a total Of eleven children under n
year Of age, and seven adults ranged
IRON thirty to seventy.two wears of
age. There were twenty-five Whit
persons and ten colored,
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