Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-16
THE DOCTORS AND HEALTH OFFICERS.

agreed Upon.
THE DOCTORS AND HEALTH OFFICERS.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. 15.-The following gentle
men spent the day at the hospital quarantine
boat below Cairo in consultation on public
health matters: Drs. Billings. Bemis, Nit
chell and johnson of the national board of
health; Plunkett, Thompson and ROUGH of the
sanitary council; Warden, of the Illinois
State board of health; Frances, health COM
missioner of st. Louis; Langstaff, president of
the Memphis Howard association; DR.. Homer
Duval, of the Arkansas State board of health
and DIR. Goeber, of the Hickman, Ky., board
of health; the mayor and Messrs. Holiday and
Smith, mem bers of the Cairo BOARD of health,
together with Drs. Dunning, Gordon and
Fisher, who also accompanied the party.
At the present time yellow fever is known to
exist in the Southwest, namely, at Memphis
and Msyersville, Miss. As yet there is no pos
1tlve information in regard to the latter point.
It is reported the place has been infected by a
box packed at Vicksburg during the epidemic
last year. The inspector of the national board
has been sent there. As the place has no rail-
road or telegraphlc communication, and as all
boats avoid it, the proper limitation of inspec-
ton by removal of the we'll is extremely diff
cult.
II is decided to continue to perfect such
isolation of Memphis under the rules of the
national baard which have already given such
good re,ults, to use every possible means to in.
duce all negroes, who now constitute the main
| source of danger in Memphis, to move into
| camp and thus deprive the fever of material to
work on, and to secure the isolation of cases in
| infected houses, blocks or districts, and to ef-
feet this by combining as far as possible the re.
sources of the local. State and national boards
with those of the Howard association and of
taxing the district and county authorities and
thus limit the spread of the disease.
"a no oil
ton the first of next week. It is arranged to send
reserve supply Of tents. disinfectants, etc.,
to Cairo and another point further south to
meet emergencies. It will give substantial
aid at once to the State boards of health of
Arkansas and Kentucky, and the health author
tiles OF st. Louis, in case assistance is needed
at the latter place. There was entire unanim-
lty OF feeling among those present, who say the
results Of the policy decided on will unques-
tlonably be of the greatest value, not only to
places now afflicted but to the entire Missis-
sippi valley.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 15.-Hon. John johnson.
superintendent of the quarantine, D. F. Por-
ter, chief executive of the city, DR.. G.. b,
Thornton, president of the local board of
health, leave on special train, tomorrow, for
humboldt, Tenn, to confer with DR.. J. g.
Billings, vice president, and Dr.. W. Mitchell,
OF the national board of health, DR.. J, D,
Plunkett, president of the State board, and
a.
ton.
MEMPHIs-MORNING.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 15.-Nine new cases were re-
ported to the board of health up to noon, six
of whom were colored. Six interments were
reported by tho undertakers: Frank Cunning.
ham, Mary Dusold, Kate Forbes, Patrick Igoe,
Catherine Phillips, Amanda Naber, the two
last being colored. DR.. r. W. Mitchell. a
member of the national board of health, came
10 bartlett, Ienn., on special train, but re-
turned at once. He was en- route to Cairo, ILL.,,
az which point there is to be meeting of the
executive committee Of the board on Satur
day: Or. jerome Cochrane has been ordered
to Mobile, which is his home. An attemnt ia
to being made to isolate Cbelsa, another subnrh
OF Memphis Hereafter street cars will not be
permitted to enter its limits. There is not
single case OF fever within its boundarie,. All
the prominent sick are reported better TO-DAY.
Weather damp and cloudy.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 15.-Fourteen new
cases were reported to the board of health to.
day, II colored. One interment is renorted
Austin W. Dowell, late engineer of the steamer
Geo. W. Cheek. at 22S Poplar street. As an
additional precaution guards have been placed
on the streets leading into Chelsea, to prevent
communication between that healthy suburb
and the infected portions of Memphis. It
rained nearly all this afternoon and fires are in
demand tonight, the thermometer having
dropped to u. All the prominent sick are
progressing favorably except Ed. Schloss, who
is worse.
NOT YELLOW FEVER.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. l5.-There is no truth III
the specials sent from this city to the effect
that young medical student is down with
yellow fever contracted from attend ance on
the late DR.. Moremen, whose death has been
recorded. student named Barton. who sat
up with DR.. Moremen during his illness was
taken SICK about week ago with chAls and
fever. He was sick only two DAYS. moi heinz
confined to bed any of the time, and is now
perfectly we'll. He was on the street TO-DAY.