The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-09-11
\ RIGID QUARANTINE.
Mississippi State Board of Health
Takes Prompt Steps to
Stamp Out Plague.

New Orleans, La. Sept. 1T was
considerably after midnight. this morn
| ing. when the board of health office WAS
closed for Il few hours and the tired ply
| Sicians Went home t. snatch Il few hours
of rest. Up to that time. although the
| widest publicity had been given 10 the
Grlpi case ana the desire OF the board
| was Known that every suspicious case
! should b" PROMPTLY reported DO news was
received at the office To lead to the belief
that thcr" existed = single case. of yellow
fever in New Orleans
The office was opened early this morn
lng. but up to . o'clock no report was
made of any suspicious cases. The board
VIII hold another meeting today Ia act
on puarantln" I, gulations. and there viii.
b" informal conferences daily while the
scare lasts. 1t is understood that ut the
meeting today there will be some modih-
catl1n OF tn" regulations adoptC,! ycster-
day quarantining the entire coast. and
steps will be taken To- allow residents Of
New Orleans who are sojouruing at un-
affected ports to return to the city after
having been properly examined. and
furnish certificates that they have not
| nr"h IN proximity to any eases Of yellow
fever.
Although the action of Mobile and
Galveston III qUHrantiUinc New Orleans iS
| naturally resented. there i> 10 DISPOSE
! non her" to rrtaliat" unless fever shall ap-
pear IN on" or both of these cities Many
small towns III Mississippi and Louisiana
| have quarantined against New Orleans,
hut tn" barriers are likely to br raised at
once u 10 NOR" cases develop here. In
the m"antim" the physicians are nm
shaken III their belief that such Il Gordon
can be drawn around the Gelri residence
as to prevent tn" spread of sickness.
y nf Nlt \
member of the state board of health
| hh~ taken cflar@" OF the situation at
Ocean SPru=S and will spare neither
PANS nor money in an effort to stamp
out IN" prevailing fever. He is of tn"
opinion that with care and good man
aGrmcnt this can he done in Il very few
days. All houses where fever has been
or may toe Will hc thoroughly looked
after and the sick will he Isolated To
lay the board has put out diSinfcctantS
IN all tn" principal streets and the town
VIII b" >trcwn with lye from one end
20 the other
The excitement has quirtci down con
Nd"rahIy ami the people. now that the
Ilr>l scare J. over. 81" that things are 10
W"rs" than they have been all along: and.
IN TACT, are better. aS there has been but
on" new caSr reported III the past twenty
luur hours and thcr" ar. lut three 80
called dangerous cases AMONG the patients
III the town. All the other -.aScS are ,n-
ing well. Tn" duration of the fever i
only from twenty-four to twenty-cight
hours. ami some Of the patients do not
tax" 1" their beds at all from the disease.
fh'- t""'i-i""" h-."r. of health has 4
record OF al. pcopl" who have COME CIum
Ocean Springs in the last few days and
i giving strict attention to all of them.
ia"HI G"lpi. l.; years Old. was the frs
victim Of yellow fever in New Orleans.
Grlpi WIS tn" son "f prominent people
hcr" ana had hrcu spending some time
ut ocean Springs. where he WAS taken
down with fever and brought home here.
soon after arriving. despite the best mcd-
cal attention, he died. Or. Thcard. the
physician in charge, Immediately reported
to Tho board of health and expressed the
opinion that death was due tn yellow fc-
ycr. This afternoon an autopsy proved
that Dr. Thcard's idea of yellow fever
WIS correct.
The officials 1T tho encouragement
office are aui,c auNioU~ thit Dr. Guiiyia-
should hn on the ground a> soon rs pos
SIhl". rs tEcy thin. 80 much of his orim-
ION IN yellow fever cases AZ to be guided
entirely hy it in their action. :" far
their adyicrS are ronlirmatury of the
press reports that the cpd nulic is of the
nature of yellow fever They say that
if the disease j. yellow fever i l. very
strange that ont If tinp casts there should
have been nriy twelve deaths.