Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-07-08

of Tennessee. The attendance of mem
bers was fair ard attnr th- Hoard was
called 20 order De. aorn.c re2d the
following report:
DIR. THoRNToN's S REPORT.
To the Honorable State Board of Health:
GESTLEsIEH-In eompIiance With in
ssructioas IRON ycur Executive COMMITTEES,
under dste Of June -, and commission
from his exeeilsncy, Gov. Bate, otJune =,
I visited New Oriegns Jdiy lst to witness
s. practical demonstration Of the new meth
DDS OF quarantine snd maritime sanit2-
ton reeantly inaugurated by the Louisiana
State Board Of Health. L. company Gitb
Dr.. Z NJ. S~esIiDgsn, State heslth officer
Of Texas DF. Il. B. Murray, United etates
Marine Hospital serviee, Row on ouly at
Ship Island; Dr. Stanford e. Chaiiie, ;,.ern-
her OF the National Board of Health, men,
hsrs Of the Louisiana Stgte Bosrd Of
Health, and ether citizens Of New Orleans
interested in quarantine affairs, we lett
the city by best July I'd, 8 o'clock am,
aud visited first the old Qua;9n-
tine ststion, sixty-nine miles belos
New Orleans. UAt;i very recently this was
tie OILY quarantine at which vessels were
L4&&uired 70 undergo any detention. It is
= hated en- the east bank OF the Mississippi
%$esr, and consists OF several substantial
signed; though alter years OF experience
the location has proven an unsafe one for
the detention of infected vesse.s, by reason
of isa pgcxinity to other settlements and
its easV Communication with the city. The
United Ssates Customs Department have
here 6 two-stoTy fire-pToof brick ware
house 200 fast long by fifty feet wide To-
the storing Of goods taken from infected
vessels while the vessel Is undergoing
puriieation and the period OF de-
[ention prescribed by the local health
Authorities. The other buildings are for
the off GERS. attendants, e'e, and the ac-
commodeji0n Of passengers CT persons
held in quarantine until after the une
fixed rs the pariod OF Incubation, which
Tor yellow-fever at present is i've uaye.
One new addition to this station is
hot-air chamber, IL which the temper
ature, by means oi Etesm IRON piping, can
be brought 10 tem mpeTature OF 2i20 Fam
s1heit, ior disinfscting clothing and all
fabrics Ct tiBs character, after they have
been tborougidy sprinEled or wet with
eoluiicn of bi-chlorids OF Ener-s
curry strength ore part to a
taansand. This chamber is located imue-
dlatHly Oh ths vi aIf and ~SFy accessible
II fha Yesstl undergoing treatment. 1t
occurs to me T;iiar arrangement should
be placed 81 :.a lower station. Doubtless
this will be -le, every detail IN tSeir new
quarantine $, ,.cln not beirg yet perfected.
Hospital acc0sa uaodations for Cases OF yell
low-ievsr Will il future be furnished at ;be
new station, located On Pass q Z Oatre,
twenty-eight miles below this, which
is nov designated the upper Sta
ton, and js under the charge OF
quarantine officer DR.. Tbos. g. Ably ard
his assistant, Dr. Wa. Ryan. Beth tbesa
gentlemen reside Oh inc quarantine
grounds. Pass = OutTe is the eastern
outlet Of the Mississippi river and the
location selected for the quarantine. One
mile ard hall down this pass seems
sufficiently ieoletsd snd out cf the track
ri commerce, which IS the South Pass, at
the outlet Of @hicd tbs jettiss eIe built.
To this station I'll iuieoIed vessels ard
those irota known infected ports are cr-
dsred, aud uot allowed to proceed up the
| river before being furnished with q clean
| bill Of health by tho officer IN charge, DR..
B. BcShaEe.
The time Of detention is indefinite, any
| infected vessel - held there Until sue is
prououacad free iroln all daUger Of spIead-
ing injection.
An irspectirg officer, DR.. H. f. Oil
! phsnt, Is stationed at Port EGds
or the jetJies, ten miles below
| Pass fOutle, tie immediate outlet oi
the Mississippi river, through which now
ell vessels pass, whose duty it is TO board
| all vessels in the Oting snd il sickness is
/ found an bos:d cr there has occurred 6
| death from infectious Cjsesse on its vcy'
| aye, oT If he has reyScp - o~liivc the caTSl
| is infected. to order th9m 20 the iowsr ri !
ton oa Pass q l'OuTe. suh report y te.i9
| graph tn the liicSg IL clsIga and siso tc
| t:e health authorities IL tae city.
1 The new methods i)r ilI9 dieinfsctjogs o
| injected vessels, car2oes, clot hing, bedding
aDd duLnags of every character cow il
| iCrce by ia0 heg-.b GCthCritiss CT Louis
lana, s9em to n4 To ne th0rauzh arc
| effective. 1oreove:, tae vigilance exer-
! Cised aad tha sy. teu&iiS, bu@iness-like way
| of proceeding under sppsfenUy proper
dis'ipiDe &eett'FE rhe whole service, 81
rcursgss tire bsi,ef that the chances fol
/ the importation OF infections diseases
] either cholera or yelloW-iever, through
New Orleans arS reGrced t. tlie minimum
a detailed description q the new meth
ods of dIsinfection and N ritime sanitation
! as now p.ecticed ' these quarantine Off
csrF, hes pCen published several tines b.
Dr.. Hy /, :,reeidaI,t o. the louisiana Sta,
s4sgs1d CT Health, s-td have been iurnisheC
kfs%s bosrd Of heziiu ard aTe in lis archives
!Tte.tseQ uestiy l viii not ieuEthen this re
port by q technical description nor.
viii stste, however, that hot air, the fun.ai
! CT sulphur, bi-cbiorjde of mercury and ei
. abuudaBce Of wsier, all applied by power
fui uschineYy aud pure fresh air, ara the
garnlicides relied upon These aga n ia
are applied in su n quantities ano length
u lime as IS thought sufficient 80 aneWei
the ends spUght.
We were informed offlisliy that ths
same rules were applied At tie Hgel,t
and Atchatsisys stations as were enforcse
at TIE Mississippi river st-tisns. SHOT {
IN infected vessel sppsGr At ether sh'
would be given the alternative of remain
ing in qng.ELtine folty Gays or going 4
Pass P0cira Ter trCatm; Mt. We mad,
no inspection q ih;se SO long.
! The Ganitsry esie q; vessels enteIiL!
| New Orleans from injected p1rts, n thos
under suspicion, does 3Ut end vita th
passage of the last or upser sta
! ton, but is continued ailer il Teache
the wharf at the city, and until sd:
departs en- her cuiwsrd-b3u6d voyage
On arrival st the whssf she is st one,
placed ucdsr ssgil.zrr SgrSeli 'aoce, aGt
; each individual connected with her, eithe
o. the crew or ps=s5Urer5, are registered
| and kept track Of while they remain i;
! the city. Tuia is : wise preesuiop, as j
! will insure E9Ueh more sec ira ely tbay
| heretofore know lsdge rte ocelrfepsl
OF q csss OF ysllcs= s=!.-Tsr Cr cholera
| should one deytlpD IF e. n arrival IN th'
city, assuming that yel!ow<;evcr IS exoti
{ ! and cap .cniy orcur IL New 0hasrs iron
Importation either from an import j cas-
or from fnm As.
/ White writing this report, I am n re
ceipt Of the following teIeaTsm from d.
Holt, president Of the louisiana Beard q
: Health:
New Oh rASs, July 3, 1885.
To. DR., G Thornton, President Board Q
Health, Mcmphis:
4 spsraGic case o. yellow fever i;
, Suburban. loser part a New Orleans
Every pIeeaptjon Nf disiilft cIon and isc
Iaiion enforced; p.tient canvaleseont; n,
trace Of importation.
JOSEPH HOLT, MD,
President Board Of Health.
Dr. aLit is positive IN his 2onF lctEn
that yellow fever may occur in Esg o.
| 1sans under favorable atmospheric eoud
tions, independent of importation. Upc
2 this point the faculty tbeta are divide1
Asspnli0g tina. DR., Holt is correct in hi
3 ! theciy, think TOO Ist:io .sgart "a paid b.
the ! cll suthGIities to tie sanitation I
: the ciey, / msnticl4 this incidentally
y ray mission there being . ipspsct and II
l ! p1:t upon their Eew methods oi q0araI
a tine, and not their local sanitary c3nditi0
. Tor ths theory of importation UerSits sporadl
e yellow fever.
!, The Bard OF Health Of Louisiana seen
t to be fully alive TO the importance
knosiog Of the existence of first case
either real orRuspi6ious, and making sue
: known 10 the public and all hest II orgu
igations in the Mississippi Vsiley, and tai
ing al available necessary precautions I
pTever sbe spread OF infection from sue
cases spirit OF csndor and fairres
coupled with energy and intelligence, i
:, NV e'''inion- the governing pril
+ ciples Of the lea tn authoritit
Of Louisiana. There ia. no disroe