The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-06
TOILET THE QUARANTINE.
SURGEON Hutton Advises lis Removal
Against Brunswick,

The Sanitary Board Considers the
Matter and Sends DR.. Drummer to
Camp Haines to Confer With Sur
Reon Hutton-Fifteen Days Since the
Last Death From Fever-The Tampa
Quarantine.
Surgeon Hutton, of the United States
marine hospital service, who has been on
duty at Brunswick since yellow fever was
first announced there, has recommended
TO the surgeon general that the quarau-
tine against that point be raised within
fifteen days Of the death from the last
case of yellow fever.
Dr. Drummer received the following tel
egram on the subject from Surgeon Hut
ton yesterday:
Brunswick. Ga, Sept 5. 1s93.-Dr. W. F.
Drummer. Have recommended to surgeon
general raising Of quarantine end OF fifteen
days from date of death Of last case provided
no other deaths occur In that time. Ould
be pleased to confer with you at Brunswick
or Camp HaIue5-CaBuOt elsewhere.
W. II. H. HUTTON, Surgeon.
A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD.
The telegram was laid before the san
itary board at its meeting yesterday after
noon. and the subject of raising the quar-
antine was discussed. In accordance
with the suggestion of Surgeon Hutton,
DR.. Drummer was authorized to hold a CON
ference with him on the subject and
report to the board. He will probably 60
down to Camp Haines this week
If Dr. Brunner's report IS favorable,
the quarantine against Brunswick will
probably be raised by the end of this
week Harris. the last yellow fever pa
tient TO die in Brunswick. died upon Aug,
nd f1v- fbirfnAU DAVIS have
already elapsed since his death. To
morrow will be the fifteenth day, and if
no new or suspicious cases develop by
that time it is thought that it will be
safe to remove the quarantine restric-
tions.
THE PORT TAMPA QUARANTINE.
The quarantine against Port Tam
pa and vicinity will probably
also be removed Dr. Porter, state health
officer of Florida, has published a state
ment in Tampa. in which he says that
subsequet developments have shown that
none OF the cases reported as yellow
fever from Port Tampa were yellow
fever but were a type Of malarial fever
the early symptoms of which bear a close
resemblance to yellow fever, and DR. POr-
ter has ordered quarantine restrictions
against Port Tampa in Florida removed.
He iustihes his action in reporting the
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der the circums tances he could
not affort to await further developments
of the cases, as, should they prove to be
yellow fever, it was necessary that quar-
antine restrictions should be enforced
from the beginning. The cases were Of
a doubtful nature from the beginning,
DR.. Porter says, but the symptoms very
closely resembled yellow fever.
TO LOOK AFTER THE LOwLANDs.
The sanitary board passed a resolution
instructing the health officer to notify
the owners of lands on the eastern and
western suburbs of the city to begin at
once to put their property in good condi-
ton by cleaning away the decaying fish
and vegetation lodged there BY the storm,
otherwise the work will be done by the
city authorities at their expense The
Central railroad property above the city
is said to be afflicted with the largest
accommodations of dead fish and vegetable
matter, and many complaints are being
made from the western section of the city
on this account.