The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09
FEWER SHIPS FOR sAPELO.
The Sanitary Board Establishes a
Precedent in Quarantine.

Health Officer LeHardy got in his first
blow at the United States marine hospital
station at Sapelo as an annex of the Sa-
vannah quarantine yesterday and estab-
lished a precedent which will doubtless re-
suit in the abandonment of the practice
of sending vessels from infected or sus-
pected port bound TO Savannah to the Sa-
pelo station.
Suachan & Co. notified DR.. LeHardy
that they had received a cablegram, inquir-
ing il vessel now at Rio Janeiro would
have to go to the Sapelo if ordered to Sa-
vannah. DIR. LeHardy conferred with
Acting Mayor Hamilton and with his APP
prevail called a meeting of the sanitary
| board at noon. In spite of the short no
tice, six of the seven members of the
| board were present those present being
Acting Mayor Hamilton, Alderman WILLY
| and Owens, DIR. William Duncan, Mr.. W.
| B. Stilwel and DR.. LeHardy.
The matter was stated to the board and
after some discussion it was decided that
| If, when the vessel arrives at Savannah,
| there has been no sickness on board, and
| if there has been none en- route, the YES
sci be disinfected at he Savannah station
and allowed to proceed to Savannah after
the usual detention.
DR.. LeHardy brought the question of the
regulations governing quarantine before
| the board. He called attention to the rule
which prohibits any one visiting the
quarantine station even the health otfi-
| Ger, between May l and Oct. l. He point
ed out that Notwithstanding this appar>
emily rigid rule the Theckla is allowed to
| make constant trips between the city and
the station. If there were any danger of
infection being brought to the city from
quarantine, DIR. LeHardy said, it is cer-
tn @ hrnnObt
crew of the Theckla than by the health
officer, who would understand what pre-
cautions should be taken to avoid intec-
ton. DR.. Le1ardy announced that he
did not intend to visit quarantine so long
as a rule forbidding him to do so ex
listed, and what was more he would no.
| allow the Theckla to go to and fro be
tween the city
After some discussion a resolution was
adopted, permitting the health officer ana
the members of the sanitary board to
visit quarantine until such time as the
new rules regulating all matters pertain
| ing to quarantine shall have been adopted.
Drs. LeHardy, Duncan and Owens were
| appointed committee to prepare a set
of regulations for the government of quar-
| antine, to be submitted at the next meet
| ing of the board.
DR.. LeHardy requests the Morning
| News to state that he will be pleased If all
| citizens having knowledge of the exis-
tence of nuisances of any kind which may
prove a menace to health, will furnish
him prompt information, in order that at
tention may be given them at once. He will
make an inspection of the market one day
this week He will also request a confer
| ence with the butchers and green grocers
with view to arriving at some plan by
which the meats when being brought to
the city and offered for sale, may be bet
| ter protected than at present He will
also request a conference with the colored
ministers of the city with view to hav-
ing them urge upon their congregations
| the Importance of cleanliness, especially
as regards their i1abitations with the hope
| that the present high death rate among
the colored population may be lessened.