The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-16
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
An Address 40 the People
rom the Time--Uni0n.


The Board OF Health Of he ) ate Of FIoyi,,l i
COMPOSED OF d.. r. =. DANIEL 0: ms CITY: W
3. Henderson Of Tampa, AMI ". X. Hyrr a.
Pensac ia. o. his board Dr. p Daniel is the
very worthy PRESIDENT and he has inst returned
from tour OF inspection, watch the board mad.
.! some cO4sl cities
4 representative of the Times Union called on
aim Saturday and was very pleasantly received
While the doctor has desire for newspaper
publicity he recognizes the tact that there are
many things connected with his Official position
that are OF interest to the public.
octor ID tnie, said the Times Union man
will you kindly tell me something of your Jour.
ney? There are no doubt matters of interest
connected with it that The readers Of Forldas
great newspaper will be glad to know"
Certainly" was The reply. "What is it that
you wish 10 know
Where did you 20 first?'
We went to Tampa first We made only a
partial investigation there, rs a thorough one
will be made later on. Tampa is lively nus ling
town, and has IA tine future before it,
From Tampa where did you 90? queriel
the Times MON man.
To Port" Tampt, where we made thor
ough examination o. the line Of steamships run
ming to Clba. We were very tavor.ilv i'm.
pressed with the sanitary con iition OF these
vessels, and the manner in which they are
mansgef. The Oivette and the Mascnltc are
fne vessels, ana every attention seems to be paid
W 'utit sanitary requirements.
"Where Was your main point of ilyestjrt
tom"
AT Mlnatee. oar trip was merely intended
Tor the pnipose ofextmining thi, place il had
been reported IL Us thlt yellow ie er still existed
IN Manatce, lni We were DESTROYS of hnding oal
he true facts in the case
DID YOU discover any TT aces of yellow fever
there"
Not . particle We talked with the best
citizens aud spent the greater part of one tIay
there. We lelt fully >a,istie,. that there was no
yellow fever there and had been none since last
TALL. The place IS in good condition, and the
utmost care is being exercised. | was very
much pleased with The system in vogue with
the comfy board of health 1t has sub-commit-
tees in every settlement, composed of the best
citizens, aud thorough, systematic reports are
made 10 the county board.
We then visited Braidsntown and Palmetto.
Now let me state, as an absolute fact that these
places have an aggregate population of AGO
people, and yet during 1888, with the yellow
lever raging as alleged at the time, there were
but thirteen deaths. That is very small
percentage for all epidemic, is it not?
Did you have II formal meeting of the board
while away?" asked the Times Union man.
Our meetings, until a few days ago, may be
considered rs one continuous meeting The law
under which the board was created saws that we
shall, at our first meeting. adopt rules and regu-
iations, ETC. So we simply took recess from
day to day until these rules could be formulated
aud adopted"
After a little desultory conversation the
Times Union man left, and is permitted to pub.
lish the following resolution adopted by the
board. and Dr. Daniels address to the public as
President of the State Board of Health. The
resolution is as follows:
The Board of Health recognizes the necessity
for strict watchfulness over our entire ,ast
during the summer season now so soon at hand,
so as TO prevent violation of the rules aud reg
ulations establishing quarantine, and realizing
our inability for want of proper means to have