The morning news., 1888-08-25

SURGEON GENERAL HAMELTON'S
ADVICE TO SAVANNAH

tine Service, But VIII Not TAX
Charge of It-Each Town Must Lool
Out for Itself-An Investigation O
Affairs in South Florida to be Mad
What the Local Authorities Ar,
Doing-slips OF the Inspectors-Inci
dents of the Quarantine.
Surgeon General Hamilton held a tw,
hours conference with the health boart
Yesterday morning, and at noon he left fol
Washington. The quara ltine system wa
discussed at length.
The lack Of a uniform quarantine has
caused great deal of confusion, aud one
object of the conference was 10 consider tht
practicabity of putting the entire system
under control of the marine hospital
service. The surgeon general was not in
clined, however, to entertain such propo-
sition It would take the whole United
Sta es army, be said, to establish and main
tain a theoretically perfect Gordon. Each
town, therefore, w.ll have To look out for
itself
STRICT QUARANTINE URGED.
DR.. Hamilton advocated the mainte-
nance of a rigid quarantine against ali in
fected points. He commended SavannaL's
promptness in quarantining against Black
shear, and he agreed with the
healtn board that all places neglecting
or refusing to quarantine against the in
fected district should be treated as suspected
points, and should be put under quarantine
at once. The railroads, be said, are bound
to respect and conform to all quarantine
regulations that the local authorities may
establish.
The surgeon general has appointed DR..
Hutton, stationed at Waycross, to assume
charge of the quarantine at Blackshear,
aud he has aIso detailed Drs Porter.
and PJsey to investigate the condition of
affairs in South and West florida, with
q view to taxing measures TO prevent any
further spreai of the disease
THE FUMIGATING STATIONS.
The fumigation stations at Waycross,
Dupont and Chattahoochee, particularly
those at WaycroSs and Dupont, will be ell
larged- Tne station at Chattahoochee may
be abandoned. The camp at Boulogne the
surgeon general found in excellent condi-
tiJn and its facilities ample. He inspected
the quarantine at Waycross and recon-
mended the withdrawal of the Savannah
inspectors. Tho health board, however,
deems it advisable that they shall be re-
talned there.
The condition of affairs at Blackshear DR..
AA6I4AANOA hOco ubl SD@ntuoE al
present. However. should another case de-
velop there, the health board will be urged
TO order an abandonment of all trains
LOOKING FOR A HOSPITAL.
The necessity for hospital at Savannah
was discussed, and an effort is being made
to secure suitable place sufficiently isolated
to remove all danger from infection
should the hospital be required.
Several localities have been suggested,
one Of them on the Pritchard
place south of the city near the Montgomery
road, and another near Thunderbolt AL
deTmsn Schwarz is in favor OF securing a
tract OF land west of the city and erecting
buildings suitable for hospital purposes.
LOOKING AFTER THE INSPECTORS.
The lccal authorities are perfecting the
quarantine as rapidly as possible Ex-
Alderman j. K. Sheldon has been appointed
general Inspector, and will have charge of
the entire force. A chief detective has also
been appointed to look after the work
There are a good many complaints of the
inefficiency of the inspectors, but
the authorities say that they are
working 10 get everything Strengthened out
S rapidly as possible. A gentleman, vino
came down from Atlanta, is reported as
saying that the inspectors service on the
line OF the Cent al Is not what it ought to
be, and he is reported as assigning the
reason for tie opinion that he was not even
approached by al inspector, but came all
the way f. ON Atlanta 10 Savannah without
even being asked where be came from.
WHERE WERE THE INsPECToRsl
A Brunswick gentleman who has been
stopping day or two at Walthouryllle. on
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way, came into the city Thursday, he said,
without being asked single question by
the inspectors at Sou1hoyer junction or any
where else. The train was freight and
accommodation, and brought in a dozen pas
sepge-s, none of whom were stopped by the
inspectors. Tie matter was reported to the
mayor yesterday and to the health officer
last night.
A Bay street drummer, who was in Black
shear the day that quarantine was declared
and who drove to Waycross and came
in from there on q health certificate issued
to him here the first Of the week, was not so
fortunate. He had not been in the CITY more
than a few hours when he was arrest ed
and offered the alternative of the small -pox
hospital o. leaving the city. He chose tho
latter and went out on the afternoon train
The Charleston trains are now under sur
veillance, and an inspector has been put on
all trains running between here and Yemas-
see junction.
NEW REMEDY FOR FEVER
Ths surgeon general, in speaking of the
fever, said that he is overrun with all sorts
of suggestions and remedies for the disease.
The following is one of them. II was pre-
sented to DR.. Hamilton by Congressman
Hunter of Kentucky. The name is omitted
but otherwise no alteration in the comnu-
nication is made:
BEaEsvILLE, KY, Aug. IS. 1885,
Surgeon General Hamilton. WdslGlqtOn, ID. G..
Sir: Allow me TO call your attention TO the
fact that some ten years ago when Memphis
and New Orleans visited with the dreadful
seourge of yellow fever as Jacksonville is to-
day, urged upon the surgeon general and the
local authorities OF the first named city the
Importance OF testing the efficiency of the
electric nights 10 repressing the causes of the
uisease' Al IL Is true, as is alleged, that
the poison is 50 delicate aud subtle as TO be
dissipated by light, am of the opinion that Il
row of large army tents were spread along
the center OF some street in Jacksonville for the
Inhabitants TO take refuge in, after having been
thoroughly disnfected, with a sufficient num-
Der of electric lights arranged near the ground
on either side of them (the wires of
course being well grounded), that the
lights could be made 50 intense as 10
repress the poison and stay the destroyer
have given the subject much thought and am
very decided in my conviction that it is OF
sufficient merit 10 be tested What saw youi
Congress / doubt not would easily make the
necessary appropriation, provided eminent
scientists can agree as TO the feasibility of the
suggestion. Respectfully,
AT THE CAMPS.
DR.. Devan filed requisition yesterday