The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-19
FOUR NEW FEVER CASES.
THE DREADED YELLOW JACK GET
TING A HOLD IN ERUNSWICK.
The Health Ofncials Taking Stringent
Measures of observation-disclosures Oh
Patients Kept Secret.

BRUNSWICK. GA. Sept. 1S-The
! prunswick Board of Health at noon TO-
dav reported four new cases OF fever In
twenty-four hours. There have been no
deaths. one patient was discharged ieav-
Inc nireteen cases under treatment. The
case discharged was that Of the Cox
child. The Board passed resolution call
ing upon physicians 10 report at noon each
dav all cases under treatment by them.
A nenalty Of s25 for each unreportod case
viii be imposed. OF the nineteen cases
existing. only enc is regarded as serious;
the others are all favorable. Johnson, the
tailor is expected TO die.
The weather to-day was hot and muggy
"A condition favorable to the spread OF
fever. People are leaving but slowly, from
the fact that most OF those VINO are aDle
to do so have already gone. and those
remaining are principally or the poorer
classes. who cannot get away II they
would. 1t is estimated that there REMAIN.
about 5000 people in the city, ana OF
these the greater number are "i'"'"'
means of . livelihood.
Camp Ualnes near Waycross was OPEN
Cd to-day by Surgeon Murray. the ex-
pert from Dry TOrtugas. surgeon
Geddings will take charge OF the camp
to-tnorrog. Two hundred and hfty tents
were erected at the camp, and mattresses
for /. 800 people placed In them' lhey
are raised eight inches from the GROUND
sanitary arrangements are sood. Deus
on platforms. Two disinfecting apparati
were received at the camp to-day, one
for persons, and one for clothing ana
other personal effects. Provisions ana All
hn ah
the work Of detention OF suspects Is
already efficiently begun.
Grave apprehension IS aroused from
the fact that the disease has spread to
all quarters of the city. and no spot is
uninfected. Surgeons Murray and DE
Sauassure arrived to-day, ard to-?jeht
members of the Board Of Health ana
Surgeons FACET, Geddings, De SauassuIe
and Murray met in consultation ~
was decided TO put men on horseback To-
morrow morning, taking census OF 'he
CITY. and all after that desiring 10 leave
can 90 through Camp Hutton. NO one
viii ne allowed to stop at Camp Hutton
over ten DAYS. and must then continue
on 10 their destination. surgeon Geo
dings reported that he had thrown
Gordon of men around the city, and no
one will be allowed TO leave town with
ont going through the camp. Surgeon
Murray reported one death, but no one
could tell who il was, and canvass
this afternoon failed to disclose.
A correspondent appeared before the
meeting and requested the names OF
patients but was refused. He called the
attention of the board TO the fact that
some one had given names out yesterday
and this announcement created cohsluer-
able discussion. IT WAS determined by
the board to investigate and discover the
member who had dvulged the names.
The correspondent requested as an act
Of Justice that names be given him as
others have been given information, but
was refused and told that they would
discover the person giving Information
from the executive session and warn
him. but that the correspondent would be
given ali the information others were.
The correspondent then announced That
he would canvass the town for sickness
and report names unofiicially, and was
shut off by member OF the board VINO
stated that the correspondent would be
dealt with II such were done. This action
forces the correspondent 10 send reports
without names OF the sick or be probably
imprisoned.
AT meeting held tonight II was de-
cided that no outside physicians were
needed yet and no volunteer nurses were
needed. Surgeon Murray has four nurses
en- route and will get more II necessary.
Three nurses are now here. Trains
this afternoon carried away large crow 1.