The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-08-21
FIGHTING FEVER.

Rulos Adopted by tho Tennessee Board OF
Health for Combating the Plsgus-Large
Decrease OF New Cases at MemphIs-
Oas Hundred Fever Deaths At Havana
Last Week.
MEMpHIs-MORNINa.
Memphis. Aug. 18.-EiRht new cases were
reported to the board of health up to noon, siz
white and two colored. Among tho number
rere J: h. Hahn. Cardelia Atwood. Ed: Ere
land, VIM. Carrsl and Mira. Julia Zeller. Five
deaths have occurred: Arthur l.. White, Lor.
entz Sails, Elizabeth Hilcher W. G. Nelson
and Alexander franklin, the last named
colored. W. G. Nelson died five miles out on
Poplar street. Gen. John 8. Skefiineton, q
popular criminal lawyer, was prostrated this
morning. His case is not yet reported to the
warmer.
MENPH1s, Aug. 1S.-Thirteen cases in all
were reported to the board Of health to-day,
six colored. Two additional deaths occurred,
VIM. Costello and Critic salvetta. Thos. H.
Cook, we'll known citizen, was stricken At
noon, also, j. F. Hoall, printer At the Appeal
office. Mrs. Van Anderson and daughter are
down with fever four and half miles distant
from the city, on Poplar street boulevard.
The lady is daughter Of ex.Gov. J. c. Jones.
The Tennessee State board of health officials,
tomorrow, will begin the isolation of dwellings
v here tho yellow fever exists. Guards will be
placed to prohibit communication with the in
mates.
DR.. Jerome Cochran left at noon for Mobile.
SPREADING.
MEMPHIS, Aug. l8.-Miss Birdie Gait, eldest
daughter of A. l.. Gaf ticket agent at White
Haven, was attacked with fever at noon to-
day.
DR.. II. W. Mitchell, who returned from
Bartlett tonight, reports negroes sick with
fever near that town. Their infection can be
traced to this city.
STATE BOARD REGULATIONS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 18.-At the called
session of the Tennessee State board of health
the following resolutions were adopted for the
government of Memphis other infected
points:
First-No person shall be permitted to enter
town or place which is dangerously affected
ready had the yellow fever, and then only after
obtaining permission of the superintendent of
quarantine.
Second-The superintendent of quarantine
at each place dangerously affected shall have
charge and control, with the counsel and ad-
vice of this board, of the disinfection of houses
cellars, clothing, bedding and all other textile
drains, public and private, and other things
and places a. it may be at any time considered
necessary to disinfect.
Third-Local boards of health are expected
to have charge and enforce general sanitation
within the limits of their respective jurisdic-
tendents of quarantine during epidemics, in
their carrying out of said rules and such regu-
lations a. the State board may from time to
time adopt.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. ls.-At the night
session Of the State board of health the follow
ing rules were adopted:
First-A house infected with yellow fever
shall be designated with yellow flag.
, Second-No person shall be permitted to en-
ter house infected with yellow fever except q
physician, clergymen and such nurses and at
tendants as are necessary to take care Of the
sick.
Third-No person except physician aud
clergyman shall be permitted to leave
an infected house without permission in
writing from the superintendent of quaran-
tine, they having first complied with such
method of disinfection as may be prescribed
by him. Physicians and clergymen may enter
and retire from apartments of the sick of yell
low fever at all hours provided, however, that
they shall not enter \ noninfected house, car
riage, car or other place of resort, until their
persons and apparel have been Thoroughly disin-
fected.
Fifth-Public assemblies of all kinds are
prohibited in any place dangerously infected
with yellow fever. and the superintendent of
quarantine is charged with . rigid enforcement
of this rule.
Sixth-From the hour of Pm. until the hour
of 4 A. NJ, each and all persons engaged in the
care of the sick or in the execution of their du-
ties as officers of the law shall remain at their
home or their respective premises, unless by
permission of the superintendent of quaran-
tine. The enforcement of this rule was left to
the discretion of the president. The rules
adopted by the board to day was the result Of
the recent conference at Mckenzie.
President Plunkett received . dispatch to-
night from John Johnston, superintendent OF
quarantine At Memphis, saying: I find thia
morning = number of parties returning to the
city, in violation of our rules. l wish the
State board to pass formally rule or regula-
ton of the State board, positively forbiddino
parties from entering Memphis without per.
mission of the State board 10 first had and OBJ
tained through its representative in Memphis
THE sCOURGE At HAVANA.
HAVANA, Aug. 18.-One hundred deaths from
yellow fever last week, an increase of sever
| over the previous week.
ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. lS.-samuel Kern, Of Jack
] son. Miss, but lately from Cairo, was sent t.
| quarantine hospital to-day with yellow fever