The morning news., 1889-04-25
THE SANFORD SCARE.
Savannah Not Endangered by the Re-
r1orted Fever Case.

| ported Fever Case.
| Very little Importance seems TO attach to
the sporadic case of yellow fever at San
ford, which was reported in the MORNING
NEWS yesterday. kilograms TO Health
Officer Drummer from Surgeon General
| Hamilton indicate that no other cases are
| reported, and none are expected.
DR.. Brunner in referring to his recent
| Florida tour, said yesterday that few, If
any, cities of the south appear to be in a
better sanitary condition than Sanford,
| which was among the cities recently visited
| by the sanitariaRs and health officers, Of
| whom DR.. Drummer was one
President Ingraham, Of the South Florida
railroad, sent the following telegram from
Sanford yesterday:
SANFORD, Fla. April "a, 1889
Col. H. s. Rdiues, General Manager SdUdnndh,
Florida aud Western RdilIcdH
There is no further cause for alarm. No in
terruption to through travel
Sanford escaped the visitation of the
fever last year, although it was epidemic
at Enterprise, across the lake from Sanford.
The sanitary conditions of the oSty were ex-
cellent, and rigid quarantine was main
tanned.
Mr.. Warren Williams, assistant superin-
tendent Of BrddstreetS agency in this city,
returned yesterday from a flying trip to
He said that some apprehension exists in
those cities on account of the news from
Sanford, and it is his opinion that if
the fever should break out in Florida
it would seriously embarrass many Of the
Florida towns which escaped the epidemic
last year as they exhausted their finances to
keep the fever out last summer. St. Angus
tine spend about $50, 900 last year in sani-
tary and quarantine measures, which could
not be repeated this year. Mr.. Williams
says that st. Augustine is in the very best
sanitary condition, but it could lily afford
to keep up an expensive system or quaran-
tine as it did year ago.
Reports coming in from Florida towns
show that business is not as active as in past
years. 1t is generally considered that no
cause for alarm exists, but there is an un-
easiness which will hardly be dissippated
until the approach of cold weather.
a member of the health and cemetery
committee Of council said yesterday that
there is no occasion for alarm here. He
expects to hear of sporadic cases of fever in
the sections of Florida which were affected
last year, as always follow a fever cpl
demic, and he said chat there must be
wise discretion in the interstate relations
with the cities and towns of Florida which
were affected last year. Great care must
be taken to prevent the importation of
baggage which is likely to contain and dis
semlnate the fever germs, and IL this be
done the danger will be reduced to a mini
mum. He sees no occasion for alarm in
the Sanford case. and is prepared to hear of
sporadic cases in other Florida cities, Jack
sonville included, but he does not think
that this should operate to arouse any
apprehension.
DR.. Harris, chairman of the health and
cemetery committee, said that the sanitary
condition Of Savannah is much better than
usual at this season of the year. The most
unsanitary part of the city is the vaults,
and these are being deodorized and disin-
fected, and in few days Shere will not be
any reason to complain of the vaults, as
they will be put in the very best condition
possible.
The Citizens Sanitary Association has
aske1 the council to appropriate $1,000, to
be passed to the credit Of the association, to
aid in sanitary work, but the council mas
not yet passed upon the petition. 1t was
expected that the committee of the whole
of council would take action on it yester-
day, but in the order of the proceedings the
subject was not reached and no action was
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