Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-05
SANITARY SCIENCE.

The Mississippi Valley Association Wants
Some Money to Spend-And Asks the
Government TO Grant a Small. Sum-The
Danger from Yellow Fever.
JACKSON, Miss, April I'm the second
days session of the sanitary council of
the Mississippi valley, the first business,
was the adoption of the following resolu-
tions:
WHEREAS, As it is the sense of the sani-
tary council of the Mississippi valley that
the national board of health is the only
body which possesses the confidence of the
states of the valley, it is therefore recon-
mended that committee be appointed by
the president of the council to petition the
president of the United States to place a
100000 epidemic fund in the hands of
the national board of health for disburse-
ment, in case it is demanded.
Resolved, That in case the national board
of health is deprived of the power of max
ing inspections of persons and freight,
when demanded by the local doctors, health
certificates, issued under the supervision
of the representatives of the sanitary coun-
Gil OF the Mississippi, shall be accepted as
valid by the boards of health of the Missis.
| sippi valley, provided that said inspections
be carried on under the rules and regula-
tions heretofore prescribed by the ma ionaI
| board of health.
| ReSOtUed, That the sanitary council
| recommends the states of the valley to
make voluntary contributions, to be ex-
pended under the executive commission to
coptinne river and rail inspection, in the
event funds are placed in the hands of the
|
ReSOtUed, That the sanitary council
recommends for the guidance of the health
organization of this valley, the system of
inspection, isolation, disinfection, and
quarantine, heretofore adopted by the
national board of health.
ReSOLUed, That the communication of the
Louisiana state board of health be received
in the spirit in which it is rendered, and
their cooperation with the sanitary coun-
Gil of the Mississippi valley in protecting
| the valley from epidemic disease be cor
daily approved and acknowledged.
| In accordance with the resolution. the
president appointed committee of one
from each of the eleven states represented
! to petition the president OF the United
States in reference TO placing the necessa-
ry funds in the hands of the natioraI
board of health to enable that body to con-
| tinue inspection, or for the other services
required. The governors of the respect
! i've states will be solicited TO endorse the
| petition.
! Writ Adams, of Mississippi, was elected
! president and David P. Hadden, of Mem
| phis, vice president of the association. The
| next meeting will be on the third Wednes-
day in March, 1884. The executive COM
mittee, president, vice president and secre-
tary will select the place.
The following petition will be forwarded
to the president in the morning:
| We, committee appointed, sincerely
petition that fund of 100000, in the
event of an outbreak of yellow fever or
other epidemic disease on the coast of our
| country, be placed at the disposalk of the
national board of health, so that that BODY
can give confidence to the people of the
valley as to the necessary precautions and
safeguards yearly demanded by the ex-
posure of the Southern ports to the ravages
of yellow fever. Their inspection stations,
and the methods their officers have adopt
ed in matters of isolation and disinfection
and in establishing quarantine when emer-
gency of the occasion demands it, have
earned for the national board degree of
confidence that of itself alone is worth q
million dollars to the commerce of the
country. To supplant this body, or with
hold from it the necessary funds to main
tain inspection at the stations at all ex-
posed points, will, in our humble judg
ment, cause the wheels of commerce to
clog, bring about feeling of distrust, and,
en- the first alarm, be it true or false, to
cause recourse to shotgun policy
quarantine, which can bat prove destruc-
tive to the commercial interests of the
Mississippi valley which, in a measure,
affects the entire Union. With these views,
submitted with full faith in the apprecia
ton and solicitude you must feel for the
public health and welfare, we herewith
subscribe ourselves, your most humble pc
titioners. Signed by the delegates from
the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Ken
lucky, Iowa, Tennessee, Missouri, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi.