Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-15
Omeial Notice OF the State Board
Of Health.
OFFICE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
NANHVuLF- linn. .Inlu Ia 80

OFFICE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July IA, 80.
Whereas, one death from yellow
fever, and two other cases have oc-
Cured in new Orleans among the
crew of the coffee ship Excelsior,
from Rio de Janeiro /; and
Whereas, The history Of said ship,
as recited at a meeting of the Louis
lana state board Of health, held in the
city of New Orleans on the 18th inst,
oonclusively shows that the vessel and
her cargo are infected with yellow
fever, that her infected cargo is now
stored in a warehouse in that city
and that her captain, some members
of her crew, and a large number of
visitors, as well as the persons as
or more) who we're engaged on and
about said infected vessel in breaking
out the cargo, and in handling, dray-
ing and storing her infected merchan-
disc, are scattered throughout said
city and
Whereas, This board is charged
with the duty of protecting the public
health of this commonwealth against
the introduction of contagious and in
fictitious diseases, and believes such
introduction is now seriously threat
ened by the above described condition
Of affairs at New Orleans, it is there
fore hereby
Ordered. That on and after the
date of this publication no freight car
over any railroad, nor any steamboat
or other water craft departing from
the city of New Orleans after the 10Th
day Of July, 1880, and until further
orders, shall be allowed to enter the
s ate Of Tennessee, nor to make a land
ing upon the borders OF the state for
the purpose of t~ransacting any bust
ness whatsoever, unless said car, boat
or water craft shall present to the
proper officers of this board a certif-
cate from an officer or agent of the
national board Of health to the follow
ing effect:
(a) That said officer or agent Of the
national board of health has person.
ally examined the freight of such car,
or the cargo, passengers, officers and
crew of such steamboat or water craft,
and has satisfied himself of the free.
dom from infection of said vehicle
and its contents (persons and things
(b) That the freight or cargo com
prises zone of the following articles of
the list recommended by the Louisi-
ana state board of health to be sub
jected to obligatory quarantine and
publication, to wit: Clothing, person
Al bagging and dunnage, rags, paper
stock. hides. skins, feathers, hair, and
all other remains of animals, cotton,
hemp, woolens, and coffee; nor any of
the following additional articles,
which are hereby declared contraband
Of quarantine in this state, to-wit.
Secondhand bedding, clothing, up
holstered furniture and textile fabrics,
moss, iute and excelsior" tropical
fruits and productions.
z. That any of the articles above
enumerated may be shipped as freight
from New Orleans, and transported
through the state of Tennessee by rail,
if carried in close box cars, securely
locked, and in charge of an officer or
an agent ofthis board. The expenses
Of such officer or agent shall be de-
fraved by the railroad transporting
such goods.
3. That this order shall be enforced
on the railroads at the southern state
line by the officers Of the board ap.
pointed for such purpose; and at Mem
phis, and elsewhere upon the Missis-
sippi river, by the wharfmaster or
other duly authorized officer. The
penalties prescribed by law for the
violation or i%nfraction of the orders Of
this board will be ripidly enforced in
carrying out this order.
Z. A. ATcIHsoN, M. D.,
President.
w, M. CLARK, NJ. D.,
Secretary.
Col. Il. W. Cole,
JOHN JOHNSON,
j. d. PLUNKET, NJ. d.,
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