The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-11
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
YELLOW FEVER

after the usual hour for closing, which will
be included in tomorrow list Two
more deaths have occurred since noon,
Edward Sober and L. Roberts, both at
the city hospital.
Following is the official announcement
of the Board of Health declaring the yell
low fever epidemic:
The Board of Health being informed
that there is a disposition manifested on
the part of some absentees from Memphis
to return sooner than it would be adVisa
bic, and as this disposition may be IN
creased. it deems it best to submit the
following statement in regard to the pre-
va ence and spread of the yellow fever in
the cisy. Though the death rate from
yellow fever up to Aug. 2, to the date of
| the last regular weekly report, exceeded
| the deaths from all other causes by few.
and being less than the week previous, the
! Board OF Health was encouraged to believe
/ that it would not exceed this number for
any week during the prevalence of the
disease, and as no practical good, it was
thought, would result from the formal aa-
n0uncement OF the epidemic it declined to
make such aD announcement. At that
time (Aug q il prevailed mostly in the
neighborhood where the first cases occurr-
ed 10 July, in the southern portion of the
city, in the Fifth and In portion of the
Seventh and Tenth wards and 10 the
northeastern portion of the city in the
| Eighth ward, and could not be considered
epidemic beyond those limits. During
the last ten days it has extended beyond
these limits, where it was hoped to be
confined, and cases have been reported
and deaths occurred In so many different
localitles of the city that it is now impossi-
ole to say what portion is not infected; :;
therefore, the Board of Health makes the
formal declaration OF general epidemic
Inc death rate IS small iu proportion to
the number OF cases reported There are
good reasons to hope that it will not exceed
lflt again reaches the present weeks nor
tallty during the prevalence of the disease
! These reasons are: Some persons during
every epidemic, not being liable to dis
ease, from what cause we do not know
Many OF those who remain are protected
by previous attack and it is reasonable
to assume that many who contract the dis
ease wlllrecover, that a,large portion of cur
population who are liable to diseases have
left the city, and the work Of depopulation
Is still IN progress, which should be and nc
doubt will be continued unless free sub.
sIstance is supplied in the city, which
would not only have the effect to prevent
some from getting into the camps where
sucn provision is made, but would induce
} others to come into the city and thereby
! become the means ofspreading the disease
to localities now free from infections
2 Therefore, in view OF these facts, we are
p induced TO believe that although the
disease is liable to be here until frost, tn,
= rate of mortality will not exceed if /
equals its present number for any ont
week 10 the future. Every practicable
means of disintecting and local sanitation
calculated to arrest diseases has been AM
] is still being practiced. ln this work th
| Board Of Health has the active c5-opera
I ton Of. both the National and State Board
I OF Health through their respective rep
/ resentatives, DIR. r. w Mitchell, of tht
: former, and Hon Jno. johnson, of th
latter. The total number Of deaths t
date is 81. As is customary the Beard c
Health will announce officially throug
e the papers, when it is thought safe for th
# absenteCs to return.
t g. B. THORNTON, NJ D.,
h President Of the Board Of Health.
e The Howard Association have unde
e their charge l46 sick OF these l09 ar
n white and 81 colored. They have IS
II nurses on duty. Another camp, named !
> honor of A. d. ksngstaff, President
e the Howard Association, has been erecte
!, a mile west of Camp Marks, to which fft
q white families Of Fort Pickering will /
i removed.
g CHICAGO, Aug. s. la answer to te
E egraphic request Of the Ne,os of this cir
g A. D. Langstaff, President of the Howar
u Association, Memphis, has sent telegral
J giving particulars OF the condition
g that city containing the followin
oi points: The total number of eases
10 yellow fever to this hour within tt
y city limits, officially recorded, is $50
y this number Uinety died. In addiie
x there have been about twenty cases at
II five deaths Of Memphis refugees locate
u, within six miles Of the city. The d!sea
u has not communicated to any of the su
m rounding Et0wns on account of the rig
w quarantine. / he fever has Increased
Memphis very perceptibiy in the past t.
:, days and is spreading from the origin
IL centres We cannot hope for disconti
u ue uanco until frost At least 81, 600 perso
Ie have lett. of which $4,000 are located
ny camps Father Matthew and Marks, situt
by WoroTb;e Thoro bavo boar ,brso 90 go
o." in Camp Mark aud one death. There a
ills TOO -, oroao - 80 Tka,. ho -,
.er declined to leave the city, hoping
* receive rat;ons here, which is in oppositi
TO the views of all parties who are labori
here to attend to such as may be takt
sick Our only safety is depopuiatit
hg In consequence OF the fever spread
srn among negroes there is a growing dispc
! is ton to go to the camps. Should tn
ner appeal to the citizens Of the United Sta
for rations not meet with a fav0ral
up answer the negroes will no doubt move
gle soon as they get hungry No one but
lt Howard visitor or physician knows of
ne filthy hoyels that these people live IN a
in which they are taken sick and too
op- quently die We have six physicians
foF duty and have had under our charge
ton patients sick with various diseases.
q these sick people we furnish nurses, me
;. cines, stimulants and food. About
aqi- have been discharged. Our expenses
the now $50 per day aud will proba
u Increase. We have on hand $3.50
sdy, This amount would be sufficient if
'Ver negroes had followed the example of
lo9' white people and left the city. We b
slu .t not to be forced to ash assistance, but t
: sne % this non action of the negroes will CON
I1" US to 90 SO The sanitary condition
h;.- our city is excellent.
ing, CANADA.
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