, 1879-07-20
LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 19.-At a meetinr q
the Board OF Health this afternoon. the r,,,e
and regulations Of the Sanitary Council of th,
Mississippi Valley were adopted. The rules re
late to the inspection of steamboats, CARRYING
passengers aud freight from the river and eu1
ports to the interior, and to the moro effective
qnarantinins Of tho railroads. The reguIationt
touching the railroads require extreme sanitary
care Of depots, stations, round-houses, car.
shops, grounds, nater-closets, and priytes
which must be daily inspected By the local rail,
road agent or official, who is to use disinfectipq
material every week, where. it is necessary. The
POINTS RELATING TO QUARANTINE
arc important, and are Us follows: Whenever q
railroad train departs from an infected station.
no person with fever shall be allowed to take
passage on such train. The baggage from such
infected station shall be thoroughly disinfected
before leaving such railroad station. At point
not less than fifty nor more than seventy-fye
miles from the point Of departure from an in
fccted place, there shall be an entire transfer of
passengers and baggage to another train of cars
which train shall never enter an infected dis
trlct. This transfer shall be made under the
supervision OF a medical officer, and no
person With fever shall be allowed to pro-
coed on this traiL, but shall return to the point
OF departure, or be treated in the hospital at
the place Of transfer. The cars which carry
freight without breaking bulk
MAT PASS WITHOUT TRANSFER,
II the freight-cars are ventilated in such way
that constant current of air passes through
the whole length OF the car during the transit
way freight shall be transferred at q point not
exceeding fifty miles from the point OF depart
ure, aud the cars from which such freight has
been transferred shall not proceed further on
the road, but shall be returned to the point of
departure. During the existence of an epi-
demic Of yellow fever, the freleht-cars, after
unloading, shall he thoroughly c1eanse1 BY
scrubbing, and sprinkling with carbolic acid, or
fumigated and disiufected, and then painted.
These regulations we're fully discussed before
adopted. They embody very effective remedy
against the transportation Of disease, and i'm
pose comparatively little trouble upon the rail-
way companies.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 19.-As to this city
establishing quarantine against Memphis; the
following from the Post aad Macs OF TO-DAY iafr-
II represents public sentiment: II We cannot
afford to 60 back On our humane and sensible
record OF last year, and there is DOW 10 reason
to do so, but It would be we'll for some system
to be adopted by which officers should be sta
TONED at some point down the road, with
strict instructions and full authority to
stop the bringing Of suspicious baggage
into our hotels md boardine-houses and to
turn every case OF disease, which could possibly
be regarded rs even ipc1pient yellow fever, aside
% g yellow:fever hospital. That would be- |
enough, while the City OF Memphis is not uu- I
Ter the epidemic cloud, nor suffering from more |
han q dozen cases, and these not caueht one
rom the other. 1t would he an unnecessary
hardship to put the wives and children off the
rain outside the city. We must keep the yel-
OF fever out, but We must let the healthy peo-
lie come, and this is not impossible, 1t seems to
Is. We must not let fleeing families, with bun-
lies OF bed-clothes and other domestic rubbish,
nto the city, but whero men and women, ia
erfect health, With change Of clothing, wish
o come, they must be permitted. It would be
oily to try to prevent them. We can be moro
Rreful than last year, and still lose none Of our
ood name for humanity"