The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-20
RESOLUTIONS LOADED WITH VEL
LOW FEVER.


readers Of the results Of n conference in |
that city OF delegates from the Boards OF
Health OF the Southern States and Of lii
nos, which, after an exhaustive inter
change Of ideas was had, adopted resolu-
tions.
J. Declaring II the sense OF the conference that
ten days detention ofyellow fever refugees should
be- enforced against those destined 10 points south
OF the northern boundary Of Tennessee, but In
view Of the latcnoss Of the season II Is recon.
mendcd that hcalthiu refugees whose bnggngc has
been properly dl,nioctcd should be- permitted TO
go north Of that line without detention,
2 III further declared the sense Of the confer
onco that the appearance OF one case oi fever In a
town should not be- sufficient Ia warrant qunran-
tine against that town until other cases have made
their appearance, aud In no case should city be
annrantined against without inquiry having hnt
been made Of the authorities
q II IN urgently recommended that such change
should be made In the National Health service ~
would, through proper assistance aud cooperation
with State Boards, give protection aud security 10
the public health.
Commenting on this declaration so SOL
EMMY concluded upon after an exhaust
i've interchange Of IDEAS" but not Of facts,
The APPEAL calls attention
/. To the inconsistency Of these doctors
and members OF Boards Of Health declar-
ing ten days detention Of refugees from
infected places sufficient when il is a well
known fact that yellow fever has devel-
oped in apparently hoalthful refugees TWEEN
~ DAYS after they have lett point Of in
fiction. II this were not the case, II there
was nothing 10 lear from "healthiul rclu-
gees" why should they everywhere be
held under surveillance, even in far away
New York, whore the press and the doc
tors still talk lcarncdly OF 'thc yellow fever
zone" forgctiul Of the fact that that disease
once found It's home there ior series Of
continuous ycanL Consistcncyis evidently
u jewel that the doctors do not wear.
2. by their declaration in the second
paragraph the doctors In effect say, wait
ior AN epidemic before you quarantine
against an infected point" They also
leave il To the liars who arc anxious TO
conceal the truth and save the city they
represent rs long rs possible from the ei-
fccis Of quarantine, regardless Of tho
health, lives and fortunes Of other places,
To say whether and when yellow foyer
prevails. They would have tho people Of
tho whole country wait upon wrangling
doctors who arc proycrbial Tor Disagree
ing-whilc they howl 'no" and yes
over VA autopsy This Is the rcduciio I'D
absurlum. The doctors 10 the contrary,
Notwithstanding the towns and cities OF
the Mi sissippi Valley south Of Cairo, will
quarantine against place where one case
OF yellow fever is known Ia exist. aud thcy
will quarantine, II not by a Health Board
proclamation, 10y means Of vigilance COM
miticcs, whose scntincls will challenge
With dodblc-barrClcd shotguus OF repeat.
ing riao. Ia their hands, ready loaded, ior
use against "hcalthiul refugees"
3. In the ihird paragraph these sapicni
docior. arr again in conflict with thc pop
ulnr purpose. The p,oplc want the Ma.
tional Board oi Health restored, or q Ma
tional Bureau Of Health established. moi
~ much with n view 20 cooperate with
State boards as TO save hoalthlul commu'
mites from thcm-ium such vnwrics nj
contemplated action and purpose as IN,
representatives Of the State llcalu
Boards were guilty Of pmmulgaiins
NJ Nashville ON Tuesday. What th,
people ask for Is body Of sani
iarians with national power ono that
when ca., Of yellow fever or cholera ap
pcar, In city or town. will at once quar-
amino II, establish GORDON Of scnti
ncls around H. aud thus ngidly aud cX
actingly protect the communities roun,
about irom OVEN tho lear Of con,n
pion-ior II IL wcll-cs,ablishcl iar
that the fear II yellow fever Is iaia
to trade, keeping, - Il docs, whole commu
mites In state OF apprehension uniayon
bic 10 trade and trade intercourse. And
this h confessed from another telegram
one from wauhi,chic, East Tennessee
which was also published In Yesterday
Arrr,l underneath aud close after IN,
dispatch irom Nashville that brought "a.
the exhaustive" but utterly incousist
cnt, declarations OF the lcalih Boifd doc.
tor. This telegram from Wauha,chic b
irom Dr. shannon, the agent Of the Ten
ncs-cc State Board Of Health, anl Is a.
follows
flcmiug Wi,n1 syccuHy fon psc,ur. AZ,
whodisi 10 MlliNori oa saturday uilbt lart ryi
drnty dici irim yellow ir,cf Abutt drf,I
ptr.ous hslr hOch cspp-o,i nri af, uuv undgr uh
ssrau,u hy pf nrttln, NrHrssuF UfHrtltion,
hay, rarn takcn ami c,vH th.lE ups 1, pHist 4
auamutuy rul,u ,houI 81 established n onc
, ii-twrcl Walhtt.HIr aul DlataHu,fi ilf the ~
tniin ot Nl fHi=I1s ilou Injected ln,alilCs i0un,
vu This sIis of rhathlupEh
THIS demand oi d. shannon h ~
absolute lmliciiou Of the rs1Iu'lonr %
the Health Boards representatives agree,
10 after an "cShaudiys interchange o
iic,,s, ani not oi facts d. Snannor
wants n quarantine established on ncroun
Of the one fatal ease u yellow ic,ct i'm