The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-19
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Progress of the Scourge at Mem
phis and Elsewhere.
Prominent Persons Prostrated-Ths
New Cases and Deaths
Yesterday,

MEMPHIS, Aug. 1s-Eight new cases were
reported to the board OF health up TO noon,
SIX white and two colored. Araong the num-
Der are J. Fl. Hahn, Cordelia Atwood, Ed.
Neil. William Carroll and Mrs. Julia Fuller.
Five deaths have occurred-AIthur l.. White
Lorentz Sails, Elizabeth Hilsehof, w. G. Nell
son and Alexander Franklin, the last named
coIored.
W. G. Nelson died five miles out On Polar
street boulevard. Gen. John S. Skffiugton.
prominent Cincinnati lawyer, is prostrated
this morning. His case Is not yet reported to
the board OF health. The weather is growing
warmer. "-.=...z ...s
8p.m-Thrtesn cases In all were reported by
the board OF health to-day sis OF whom are
colored. Two additional deaths have occurred
VIM. Costello and Griff saiveta. Thomas Fl .
Cooke, 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 ard half miles
distant from the city, On Poplar street boue-
ward The lady is daughter Of ex- Gov J.
G. Jones.
The Tennessee State board Of health officials
will tomorrow begin the isolation Of dwell
ings where fever exists. Guards will be placed
to prohibit communication with the inmates.
DR.. Jerome Cochran left at noon for Mo-
bile.
10 D. n-Miss Birdie Goff, eldest daughter
Of A. L. G3ff, ticket agent at White Haven.
Tenn, was attacked with fever al noon to-
day, and DR.. r. W. Mitchell, who returned
from Bartlett, Tenn, tonight, reports negro
sick with fever near that town. His infection
can be traced to this city.
THE ST. LOUIS QUARANTINE.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7-Mrs. PhiImott Of
Memphis, who has been sick with yellow
fever at the quarantine hospital for two weeks,
vas discharged to-day, as was also Jerry
Berrallo italian, whose former residence is
not stated. Two new cases were sent to quar-
aftiue to-day-Cnarles I1wbucher OF Green
vile Miss, and Thos. Jackson, a resident of
this city, who has recently been in IL emphis.
There are now six yellow fever patients at
quarantine, all refugees from the South.
ARRIVAL. OF AN INFECTED VESSEL IN PRovI-
DESCE.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. f8.-The schooner
Susan Stetson, of Damariscotta, Capt Hall,
from Mirazoani for Boston, arrived at Dutch
Island harbor Friday, Complaint having
been made that she had yellow fever on board
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officer, to inspect the vessel and report this
morning. Capt. Melville reports all well on
board now. be captain ) wife died at HaYti
Of yellow fever, and on the passage two sea-
men died OF the same disease. The vessel
looks clean. The remaining six men of the
crew appear we'll. The vessel will leave for
Boston at the first opportunity
THE DEATH RATE AT HAVANA.
HAVANA, Aug. 18.-One hundred deaths
from yeilow fever occurred here last week, BE-
ing an increase Of seven as compared with
those Of the preceding week.
REGULATIONS OF THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF
HEALTH.
NASHVILLE, A4g f8-At a called session Of
the State Board OF Health the following reso-
lutiOns were adopted for the government of
Memphis, or other infected points:
Fir8t-So person shall be permitted to en-
ter a. town or place which is dangerously af-
fected with yellow fever, unless such person
has already had yellow fever, and then only
after obtaining permission of the superintend-
ent Of quarantine.
Second-The superintendent of quarantine
at each place dangerously infected shall have
charge and control, with the counsel and ad-
vice OF this board. Of the disinfection of
houses, privies, cellars. clothing, bedding and
all other textile fabrics, baggage, mails, cars,
depots, sewers, drains-pubic and private
and such other things and places as it may
at any time be considered necessary to disin-
feet
Ihrd-Locai boards Of health are expected
to have charge Of the enforcement Of sanitary
regulations within the limit of the respective
and give aid and support to the
Of quarantine during epidem-
regulations as the State board may from
time tO time Hf0Dt