Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-15

punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor
more than goo, or by Imprisonment in the
other place as may be designated by the
court, for not less than five days nor more
than six months, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment. in the discretion of the
court.
Quarantine Regulations.
The interstate quarantine regulations in
regard to yellow fever provide that local
tiles infected with yellow fever, and local
tiles contiguous thereto, should be depopu-
lated as rapidly and as completely as pcs
sible, as far as the same can be safely
done, persons from non-infected localities
and who have not been exposed to infection
being allowed to leave without detention.
Those who nave been exposed or come
from infected localities shall be required
to undergo period of detention and obser-
vation of ten days from the date of last
exposure IN a camp of probation or other
designated place.
So far 2S possible the sick should he re-
moved to a central location for treatment
AS soon as the disease becomes epidemic
the railroad trains carrying persons allowed
to depart from the city shall be under med
1cal supervision. At the close of an cpl
dem:c the houses where sickness has oc-
Cured and the contents of the same shall
be disinfected.
By Way of Illustration,
A recognized authority on hygiene ard
pubic health says that as New Orleans
Eas been the port most threatened by
yellow fever, 1t will be convenient to use
that point by way of illustration, with the
supposition that the fever has made its
appearance in threatening proportions,
whether by importation anew or survival
from previous year.
The statements of this authority are
timely, in view of tie existing outbreak at
New Orleans. The object is to confine the
disease within existing limits he continues
ana the advantages Of an already crganiz-
eo system or inland quarantine, with ample
authority for regulating intercourse on all
iines OF communication, over the various
plans adopted in 1878 by paric-stricken
citizens are too apparent for argument
~ Inc plan of noE-intercourse, though JUS
t.fable in case of surprise, without pre-
vlcus organization to meet danger, is quite
Gut of harmony with the civilization of
our age. in the needless hardships which
II imposes; but restrictions must be pre-
scr!bcd, and there must be power at hand
for their enforcement.
Necessity for Quarantfnfng,
In the judgment of medical authorities
the scope of repression should be limited
chiefly to the f,eighborhood of New Orleans,
and all the railroads and the river in both
directions should be subjected to quaran-
tine. AS regards the detention of travel
eis. those who have had the fever should
be allowed to proceed as soon as their bag
gage has undergone disinfection. Travellers
from an infected town should be required
to make an entire change of dress and un-
dergo complete bath, including the hair
Inc clothes put on after the bath must
nave undergone fumigation, and those
taken off fhust be subjected TO the same
process. AS regards outgoing vessels by
sea, no interference would be necessary
since the quarantine at each port should
be competent for its own protection.
Methods which Should Prevail.
In case of an outbreak of yellow fever in
an interior city, as Washington may be
said to be, the plan of proceedings should
be quite similar. Temporary quarantine
stations shouid bc established on all the
avenues of approach, and no substances
capable of communicating the infection
Should be removed before thorough dlsin-
fection. Railroad trains passing through
should ne. er stop. but keep running speed
of not less than ten miles an hour. Water
craft used as lighters from infected towns
to the quarantine station should have their
closed departments fumigated daily, and
their decks treated likewise.