The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
AUGUSTUS CONFERENCE.
Resolutions Adopted Indorsing th
Surgeon General

Resolutions Adopted Indorsing the
Surgeon General
AUGUSTA. GA, Sept 3-By invitation of
Gov John B. Gordon OF Georgia a confer
ence was held in Augusta to-day between
Surgeon General Hamilton and himself and
several prominent health officers. Tho
conference was held in the parlors of the
Arlington hotel Those present were Gov.
Gordon, SIrgeon General Hamilton, Mayor
Board of Health Foster, Chair
man Young of the health COM
mittee of the city council, and
City Attorney Davidson, all of Augusta
Mayor Lester and Dr. w. +. Brunner,
health officer of Savannah; Mayor
Dunn, of Brunswick; General Man
ager H. S. Haines, of the Sayanx
nah, Florida and Western railroad !;
DR.. Jerome Cochran, state health officer of
Alabama, and DR., James E. Reeves. ex-
president of the American Public Health
Association, and now special commissioner
appointed by the state board of health of
Tennessee. The object of the C Inference was
to consider the situation in Jacksonville
and the expedieIcy of allowing The people
of Jacksonville to go to other places and
under what restrictions.
The following resolutions were received
by Surgeon General Hamilton from At
lanta, having been adopted at a meeting
held there to-day as a result of the arrival
i'll that city of a special excursion train
from Jacksonville:
ATLANTA GA, Sept. 3, 1888
Surgeon General J. B. Hdnailton. care Mayor
of Aitqustd:
am instructed to wire the following resolu-
tions, adopted at noon to-day:
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city of Atlanta, his honor the mayor co-operat-
ing, cordially approves the plan adopted BY the
surgeon general of the United States. requiring
ten days quarantine of all persons from in
fected or suspected districts in Florida, CON
veniently near to infected points
ResoiUed That the wholesale removal of PER
sons from infected districts to populous cities,
and the aggregation of infected individuals in
any part of this country. is regarded as hazard
Gus in q sanitary point of view and Is unjust to
any community upon whom such pers Jns are
forced because OF the probable necessity OF
maintaining many of them at the corporate eX-
pense. JAMES NJ. BAIRD, Sec'y.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE
After a lengthy discu sion of these reso-
lutions, the following resolutions were adopt
cd by the conferences:
RESOLVED. That this convention cordially ap-
proves the plan of the surgeon general of the
United States marine hospital service requiring
ten days quarantine of all persons from infect
ed OF SuSDtcJtu pitEcS bokObuci Win IuulihdilOu
and other disnfection Of baggage, ETC., from in
fected points.
Resotued That the wholesale removal of
persons from infected districts to populous
cities and the aggregation Of individuals from
infected places in any city in this country is re-
garded as extremely hazardous To any such
community Also that the citizens o.
Jacksonville have no just cause for complaint
against the quarantine regulations as at present
operated, inasmuch as abundant provision has
been and will be made by establishing healthful
and cleanly camps for the inhabitants of Jack
sonyille and provision made for the main
tenance of such citizens during detention in
camp
Resolved, That in the Judgment Of this con-
vention that after the suspects shall have been
detained in the quarantine amp for ten days,
and their baggage sh II have been fumigated
under direction ofsthe United States govern
ment, such persons shall be permitted TO go to
any community willing TO receive them.
The surgeon general left tonight, via
Savannah, for Camp Perry, where he has
made an appointment TO meet the health
authorities of Jacksonville.