The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-11
THE FEVER HANGING ON.
DIR. SHEFTALL ON THE SITUATION
IN FLORIDA.

Danger in Baggage and Clothing
Warning to the Authorities-Th Sys
tenn at Camp Perry-Dr. Shettall Com
plimented by DR.. Porter
DIR. B. F. Sheftall returned home yester
day, after forty-three days of arduous sery
ices as visiting physician in Jacksonville,
and will resume his practice and his office
as city physician this morning. In an in
terview last night with MORNING NEWS
reporter DIR. Sheftall said that he attended
about 100 yellow fever patients, and a num-
Der of malarial fever patients which he did
not report. In fact, the doctor says the
percentage of deaths from yellow fever has
been greater than would appear from the
published reports, as about IS per cent. to
16 per cent of the clses reported as yellow
fever were really malaria fevers
MALARIA IN JACKSONVILLE.
The doctor says that there is great deal
of malaria in Jacksonville, and he ascribes
it to the digging up of the streets, making
new roads and cutting down the green
bushes and permitting them to decay in the
sun. This, he says, mas caused great deal
of malaria in the outskirts of the city. For
the first three weeks of his stay in jackson
WIG, LII. OtlGlbhll says I6 was ktDU Duo1
night and day, his district being bounded
by Clay street on the west, Margaret street
on the east and Springfield and Hanson
town on the north. This was in the princi
pal part of the city. He treated all the
postal officials, and the superintendent and
employees of the gas company.
-"How many patients did you lose?' he
was asked
II treated about 100 yellow fever cases
nv a1ay. al I'D
fortunate enough to lose but three cases.
Two of those had been under the treatment
of other physicians before my arrival in
Jacksonville. "
MUST WAIT UNTIL FROST.
"When can the quarantine be raised with
safety hereg"
mot until we have had a heavy frost.
1t will not be prudent to raise it before that
time, after which there will be no danger of
an epidemic here. do not think it will be
safe even then to permit baggage, and by
that mean bedding and clothing, to come
here from any of the infected districts until
it has bsen fumigated. There would
be danger here next summer if
baggage is permitted to come on
without thorough fumigation. The origin
of yellow fever IN every instance has been
traced to the Introduction of infected bed
ding or clothing, and the sanitary authori-
ties will have to bear this in mind. did
not bring any article of clothing home with
me that was worn either in Jacksonville or
at Camp Perry, but got an entire change of
clothing in Macon before my return home"
THE FEvER's FIRM HOLD.
"Do you think the fever will be stamped
out in Florida this winterP
81 think there will be sporadic cases in Jack
sonville as there almost invariably is after
an epidemic, and it is very doubtful in my
mind if Florida will get rid of yellow fever
this winter. 1t appears to be very gener-
ally prevalent in eastern and southern Flor
ida. A heavy frost will of course prevent
the spread of the fever in the winter sea-
son. Aud vet it is very strange crcum-
stance that when the fever was at Key
West two years ago. it suddenly ceased in
the month of August and not another case
has since been reported there. What caused
this is a conundrum that no one has yet
ceen able to unriddle.
THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.
DR.. Sheftall speaks very highly of the
of the marine hospital service,
and he attributes to it, through Drs. Hamil-
ton and Guiteras, that the fever did not
spread into Georgia. He left Jacksonville
Oct. 25, the visiting physicians having
been banqueted on that day before their
departure for Camp Perry. At the camp
DR.. Sheftall says, every courtesy was ex-
tended bin, and he was invited to mess
with the medical officers, which hospitality
be accepted. he speaks in terms of the
highest praise of Drs. Hutton ana
Camp Perry" said DIR. Sheftall, sis
beautifully located on the bluffs of st.
Mary's river, thirty-eight miles north of
Jacksonville on the Savannah, Florida and
w estern railway. 1t was opened for the
of refugees Aug. %, with period
Of detention Of ten days. l went there Oct.
Is and left Nov. 4.
AT CAMP PERRY.
The total number of refugees received in
camp up to Oct. 81 was 1,007, and the total
number discharged S74. There is no in
spector at Camp Perry. There were 2S
persons who developed yellow fever after
their arrival, but that was within the first
seven days. There have been but two deaths,
the result OF excessive use Of alcoholics.
There are over sixty employees in the camp,
none of whom were acclimated, and not
one case OF sickness among them. Every
refugee improved mentally and physically
while in camp, and while there were five
employees at the fever hospital,
not one case Of fever is reported
DR.. Sheftall brought home with him
group pictures of the visiting physicians,
only one Of whom. DIR. Eddy, died
THE VOLUNTEER MEDICAL CORPS.
The American Volunteer. Medical Corps
Of President Porter, NJ d.; Vice
Presidents Dr. B. f. Sheftall and DR., Brod-
us; DIR. Shatz, recording secretary; DR..
Carr, corresponding secretary; Dr. Bryan,
who was in the Memphis epidemic Of 1878;
DR.. Buntz, in the Savannah epidemic of
1876, and Drs. Mcneil, Van Hood, Ander-
son, Macy, Donahoo, McSwain, Clay, and
Eddy, the last named deceased, and Honor
airy Member w. Milo DIN, the white haired
Of Augusta.
Among other pictures in DR.. Sheftall's
possession are different views Of Camp
Perry, the OK team that hauls the firewood
for the camp, the fumigation car "No 90"
the Sand Hill hospital at Jacksonville, the
Grand Union hotel where the first fever
case broke out, and from which Mccormick.
the first yellow fever case, was taken to the
Sand Hills, and whose entire family DIR.
Sheftall treated at 166 Newman street, all of
whom, Mccormick included, recovered. OF
DR.. Porter, Dr. Sheftal says that he brought
order out of chaos, and to him is largely
due the good results which followed intelli-
gent and systematic organization.
DR. sHEFTALL CoMPLIMENTED.
Since the above was written Mr.. sligo
Myers, having learned through his Florida
that DR.. Porter had written
a highly commendable letter to DR.. Snef-
tall, asked and obtained leave to see it, and
called on the MORNING NEWS to say that
DIR. Sheftall, having volunteered his assist |
ance in the time of Jacksonville's greatest