The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-06
YELLOW JACK HELD ATBAY.
The Epidemic Losing its Grip and its
March Stopped.

Only Nine New Cases Reported at
Brunswick Yesterday and No
Deaths-The Patients on Jekyl Is
land viii Recover With One Excep-
ton Everybody on St. simon's Do
ing Well-A List of the Contribu-
tions Sent By Sympath1zing Towns.
No New Cases at Jesup-one Case of
Fever at Gardi EARLY in the Epi-
demic.
Brunswick, Ca, Oct. 5-Nme new
cases Of fever were officially reported to-
day as follows;
White Mrs. Theodore Johannessen,
Jekyl island.
Colored-Maria Bowles, 210 Stonewall
street; Joe Bell, 32S South Wolf street ;
John Neils, 400 johnson street; Jack
Morris, 3l2 A street; Grace Gardner, 4l6
Amherst street; G.. w. Ellison and Mar
gle Ellison, 3O6 Reynolds street; child of
A Whitaker, Jelkyl Island.
scharged-Johnnie Bowden, Priscilla
Fisher, Sophie Bland, Mrs. Ford, Lula
Andrews.
Recapitulation-Cases under treatment,
s. discharged, So; died, IA; total, 157
rate of mortality, 50 per cent.
ALL CASES NOT REPORTED.
While the death record is correct and
cannot by any reason be disputed and
proves conclusively the skill of Bruns-
wicks practicing physicians, the MORN
ING News correspondent reiterates the
statement wired several times previously
that there are more cases of yellow fever
in Brunswick than appears on the Of
fetal report. A careful investigation by
practicing physicians among Brunswick's
colored population will bring to light
from fifty to seventy-fye cases of yellow
fever now listed as malaria. The
cause for this is easily explained. Drs.
Blair and West, two colOred physicians,
are employed by Su cgeon Murray hunt
ing the sick among their race In addi-
ton to these Charles A Clark, a well
known and very reputable colored citizen,
is employed by Surgeon Murray as tempo
rary government sanitary Inspector
These three men do not report to the
health board but to Surgeon Murray
The day following their reports, Sur
L
visiting the white patients daily, made
the rounds Of all the patients the colored
sanitary Inspector had listed. Surgeon
Murray's enforced absence from Bruins
wick in surro unding towns, for the past
several days, has prevented these colored
sick from having their eases positively
diagnosed, and the consequence is there
are now over 100 colOred people listed by
the three inspectors as malarial fever.
50 MUCH MALARIA IMPROBABLE.
1t is nonsense to presume that malaria
prevails to such an extent during a
yellow fever epidemic in a population of
Brunswick size. Thereforeithe sensible
conclusion is that two thirds of the sick
have genuine yellow fever In addition
TO these three cOlored inspectors Dr,L. b.
DAVIS, physician who rendered invalu-
able services in the Brunswick epidemic of
1870, but who has not since actively prac-
uced for reasons best known to himself,
mas come forward with his services and is
now hard at work among the
sick. A peculiar feature OF DR.
Davis reports, however, is that
ne never reports any cases of
fever. He has large and growing list
OF patients classed as malaria This feat
urc OF DR. Davis reports and the peculiar
Wedicament the colored inspectors are
placed in by DR.. Murray's enforced alb
sence has aroused the health board to
action. Realizing the condition of
affairs Col Goodyear to-day made
that a committee of three, con
sisting of President Hugh Burford.
NJ d., DR.. J. A. DunwOdy and ]. A.
Butts be appointed to Investigate the
matter and accept the invitation DR..
Davis some days ago rendered the board
OF any member thereof to visit his patients
ana ascertain whether any mistake had
been made in the diagnosis of the cases
now being treated by him and the three
Colored sanitary inspectors. In addition
10 tnls the committee were instructed to
CONFER with Surgeon Murray on the same
DIR. WALL ARRIVES.
Dr Wall of Tampa arrived in Bruns-
WICK today, and Surgeon Carter reported
Tor outy at Camp Detention. r. Moon
On Monk street, tonight uuof1lcially re-
ported new case, which is very mild
Dr Robert Burford is rapidly improv-
ny ana will be up in few days.
Lf. d. BurfOrd has been appointed act
tnE surgeon on land vice DIR. j A Dun
NouE resigned. His appointment does
,,ogi.. noo conflict with DR. Robert Burford's S
''r.'Q4 1,, IN as acting surgeon al quarantine.
+irot II; Buford was called to quaran-
ON 1IpF th hyo-aay to Investigate suspicious case
-. -lg DdIk jerusalem, from Santos. 1t
f-S.Su S.I} 10 be case of overhead.
oo,fg.ltor [,fo,Iector J. II. Deveaux is in communi-
.o1l.1n a,iou with Washington regarding
Su@,1Illn SI"aanllne matters at this port during
I,-gou burtord's illness
ara,.,. aralr,.,,.esJlgation develops the fact that the
ro r.'it tt u. sent out from Waresboro was the
AnnatooII A oI slight fainting spell of Miss
GO, oe-le Harvey, Brunswick refugee,
feAIpogI.Ienced. Some one feared it was
TI TI ana wired the alarm.
win pduents on Jekyl will all recover,
yeaTs 'IIe one exception, person about 20
rard. us patients on St. Simon's are rapidly
ments lug Ill and there are no new develop
THE CONTRIBUTIONS.
rS,ll C,oLlIn ~ ssary Manager j. w. Smith esti-
visi'n- lhe value of the contributed pro-
Br'o.u BpIe'ous received to date as follows:
Macon oA''..S ZIG 81 Naldosta. 81 90