The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-17
Board of Health With Other Physicians
Busy Diagnosing Cases.
And Will Not BE Given Out Until Some Time
To-day-News From the Crescent
City Not Encouraging
Status Elsewhere.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Montgomery, Oct. 16.--Fior three days
the people here and elsewhere have de-
manded of the health board a positive
to be prevalent in Ward l. of this city.
the board of health and has visited a
Gated and dsmurred until the public has
lost patience with 1t. State Health
ing. 1t was confidently expected that
positive statement would be given out
tonight. The board met soon after 6
o'clock this evening. 1t remained in
session until $50. Shortly before the
board adjourned it became known that
1t would make no definite report.
About 9:20 representatives of the two
local daily papers and of eighteen of the
nineteen or twenty nonresident papers
that have correspondents here, ad-
dressed this modest request to the DE-
liberate body:
Demands are being made upon us for
positive information as to the suspicious
cases of sickness here. We must make
tonight more definite report than we
have yet made. We desire to submit to
your board five or six interrogatories and
will consume not exceeding fifteen min
utes of your valuable time. We earn
estly hope that you may see fit to grant
us an audience"
Ths report was signed by the represent
atives of the papers.
The board adjourned about FIVE minutes
after receiving the communication and
gave out this statement:
1.-THE board of health announce to the
people that they in company with ',gle
state health officer and the attending
physicians here are examining all cases
of sickness thought to be suspicious and
have not yet concluded their investiga-
rtions."
Mayor Clisby has been present at prac-
tically all of the conferences of the
board. He has an opinion and expresses
ST without fear of contradiction. He
says there Is no yellow fever here.
State Health Officer Sanders has
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the city. He has been in conference with
the board OF llalth and has visited
number of the suspicious cases. It is
unofIicially announced that he has seen
Ave Of the eight or nine, and pronounces
that there are mo cases of yellow fever
among them. He declines to affirm or
deny this. saying that professional cour-
tesy prevents him from saying anything
more than the board gave out. He does
say, however. that there are some cases
that require great deliberation and care
sn diagnosis; thaL when he went to Flo
maton few days ago the first case he
examined convinced him IT was yellow
fever, but that the cases here demand
more careful. examination.
DR.. Sanders will continue his investi-
cations tomorrow, and the public Will
hope for verdict by tomorrow night by
the latest.
Tho Age-Herald last night wired State
Health officer Sanders the following
questions:
"In your opinion. does yellow fever ex-
ist in Montgomery
Does dengue fever exist there?'
us the fever now prevalent there con-
tagious?"
SHOULD Birmingham raise its quarar-
Nne?"
The Age-Herald requested an imme-
diate answer.
Dr. Sanders wired the following reply:
'grhe board OF health Of Montgomery,
in connection with the attending physl-
clans and myself, are examining all cases
deemed suspicious. and until inyestiga-
tons are completed your inscrrogatories
cannot be answered"
The, Age Herald sent a telegram to
DIR. Sanders which was in substance as
foIlows:
"win you not give your unsaplyoeaI