The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-19
HAMILTON NOT COMING.
THE SURGEON GENERAL KEPT
BUSY AT wASHINGTON.

Ida kpidemic--He Makes Some Sug
gestions to the People-Dr. Deva'
and the Refugees Camp at Boulogn
Health Certificates Demanded O
All Travellers.
"How long do you think the quarantin
against Florida is likely to lastN Mayor Les
ter was asked yesterday by MORNING
NEWS reporter. 1.-TWO months, and posi-
bly, longer" he replied. If Jacksonville
unable to stamp out the fever now, tn
mayor thinks it may continue there and il
other infected Florida places until frost
1t is for this reason that a rigid quaran
tine is being enforced against Florida, fol
while the epidemic does not appear to b.
under much Roadway, or the fever of very
malignant type at Jacksonville, it is be
leved that Jacksonville cannot escape {
general epidemic, and as long as there ii
anything for the fever to feed upon, it will
only await more favorable conditions &c
break out with wider scope and greater
virulence.
Mayor Lester received telegram yeSter-
day morning from Surgeon General damil-
ton, stating that press of official duties at
Washington renders it impossible for him
W AC0NO az JhC fIANoCllb bAiAiC.
DR. HOLT ON THE SITUATION.
DIR. Holt late president Of the Louisiana
state board of health, is out in lengthy
article in the New Orleans Times Demo
crdt on the fever IN Florida He says that
the distress which has come upon the peo-
pie Of Florida is 'the direct result of COM
bination of ignorance, seitishness and con-
cealment." He SAYS the fever was intro
duced into Tampa In May Of last year
Through quarantine which would have
disgraced the fourteenth century, and from
there it was communicated to Manatee,
Plant City and other near by Florida points
He blames it upon the Florida people for
not publishing the facts earlier. He closes
a long communication with an instructive
review OF what steps to pursue in disinfect-
ing the premises where yellow fever has
broken out and which Is a very good plan
to follow before the fever breaks out.
ISOLATION THE THING.
He says the first thing to do is
TO isolate the premises, preventing abso-
lutely all coming and going except as
authorized, and prohibiting general attend
ance at funerals. Prevent all noises and
the creation of any fumes or odors that may
affect prejudicially the patient. Earnestly
advise to keep away all distinguished
physicians" both on behalf of the patient
and the public, and to call ia some plain,
common-sense doctor or old woman who
has seen yellow fever and knows something
about that most treacherous and peculiar of
all diseases. Silently and quietly mop the
floors and treat every available surface in
the house, furniture included, with the solu-
ton of the bi-chloride OF mercury, one part
to about one-thousand parts of water.
GOOD DIsINFECTANT.
This solution is prepared by taking six
ounces each Of the bichloride of mercury
and muriate of ammonia, rubbing together
well in a mortar, dissolving in a gallon of
hot water and adding TO forty gallons of
water Let the hopping of floors include
the sick room. Have just outside the door
of this room a wooden tub containing a few
gallons of the solution, colored by the addi-
ton of a little blueing Ito prevent any pos
sible error in MISLEADING it for drinking
water, for there is no danger in the solution
except if swallowetO, and see to it that
every article of clothing or bedding taken
from this room is at once saturated with
the solution in this tub. Wet the surface
of every hall, stairway and room, including
carpets, mating aud furniture with e So
luton, using mops and fine spray watering
pots. Wet in like manner the surface of
the surrounding yard, sidewalk and tho
street.
1t is well to treat neighboring premises at
least to the extent of wetting floors and
yards. In the event of an epidemic pre-
vailing, this treatment should include every
house in town. In the case of death, i'm
wrap the corpse III a sheet satu-
rated with the mercuric solution OF a
strength of 10 800.
When the disease manifests disposition
to spread, les every man, woman and child
in the entire TOW II PIT on clothing that hos
been dipped in the nilder solution as fist
described, and then dried. Ii the colors
should run, or the clothing be a little
as may possibly occur, what does
that signify in such a terrible emergency?
Urge the people of Jacksonville and all
invaded places to use the bichloride solution
as lavishly as rainwater in regard to its
general and thorough distribution. Let
teem order it by the 500 OF 1000 pounds.
There is positively no danger from tine so
luton, except when swallo we'd As soon
as it can be done without injury to the sick
let every room be treated with the sulphur
fumigation.
LOOKING AFTER THE REFUGEES.
DR.. Devan was kept busy yesterday look
ing after the correspondence and demands
upon HIM from the quarantine camp at
Boulogne, which has been named Camp ST.
Mary. DIR. Devan's attention was called to
the alleged protest Of DR.. Guiteras as to the
use of tents from Tampa at Camp st. Mary,
and he doubted the authenticity of the
statement He is inclined to the opinion
that the tents We're not sent from Tampa.
and il such were the case they would have
been so thoroughly subjected to fumigation
and disinfection as to have them arrive III
as good a sanitary condition as if shipped
from the north.
DR.. Devan has been forwarding cots.
blankets, surgical aud medical supplies.
cooking utensils, tables, ETC., to camp st.
Mary this week. The camp at Wavcross.
for fumiga,ing mails, baggage and refugees,
has been supplied during the past week with
such supplies as were deemed necessary to
increase its efficiency.
NOT COMING SOUTH
DIR. Devan says he does not think that
Surgeon Hamilton will again come SOUTH
nor does he think IL necessary 70 do 80. He
can direct the work from Washington as
well as from the south.
1t is understood by DR.. Devan that the
Florida points under the ban as
infected with the fever are Ybor
City, Tampa, Manatee, Plant City, Jack
sonville, Orlando and Santa Rosa, but
there does not appear to be any ground for
placing Santa Rosa on the list, as it is in ex-
treme West Florida, which Is exempt from
infection, and Orlando denies that there is,
or has been a single case there.
1t was learned yesterday that Passed
Assistant Surgeon Hutton has been ordered
TO Waycross, and that DIR. Urquhart has