The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-20
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
OFFICE OF


GREENyIILE, MISS, Nov 10, 1897
To the Honorable Board OF Supery
sors OF Washington County:
have the honor to report tina
about September LIST of this year an
for several days following we wer
made aware through the columns Q
/ the press that fever of suspicious
character was prevailing at Oceal
| Springs, Miss. This created a rppl
OF excitement in the minds OF the pub
| lie and put health authorities through
out the State on the alert Durn)
these days investigation of the feveI
was being made by expert physician
of boards of health of tho States o.
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama
As these Investigations progressed thu
situation appeared more serious, when
on September 9th |, as health Officer
of this county, telegraphed DR., IL. II
HARRISON, a member of the State Board
of Health, that | had report that vel.
low existed AT Ocean Springs. With
IN one hour ! received a message in
answer, stating that the reports were
true-that yellow fever really existed
at Ocean Springs This report OF the
experts heralded to the world sent
CONSERVATION and dismsY TO almost
every community throughout the Gulf
States, our own being no exception
Oar people, not few of whom had
before tasted from the same bitter cup,
realized the grave situation confront.
ing us, in the fact that that most un-
controllable, subtle and actively infec.
lions disease which affects mankind ID
this section bsI after au absence of
nineteen years again INVADED the
shores of our State and secured an cd
vantsgeous position.
III view OF the above facts and upon
the receipt of the message from DR.
HARRISON |, as county health officer,
declared quarantine in effect agalns
New Orleans, Mobile and all points Oh
he Mississippi coast, in the interest OF
.he health and lives of the people o
he county, On Tuesday, September
'th, | communicated these facts to !
7our honorable board, which was thel
Il ' SesSIou' Iney' reallzing that acllTn
Il the matter was urgent, unanimously |
rave me the power and intrusted m
With the task of doing whatever !
,1elheu noeo''"I' ~ prevent 1ne Pea-
on county. With the best iudgmeu
nd discretion | possessed, giving tho
! yin niy uuielh,t'ing persChSi S'teh'
l'' wi "niou required Almost my en'I''
''no io' W. anu Que nan lnon'us; 70
'n ,s,,u WI .,,, 'ne supstahIIAl oacNius
! , ou' oo"iu "u" 'no support %
' ''9' 10y VI 'no so"u peoPIo VI 'ul'
=! en-" Un'y' ! n0'o eal nes'ly Gu
"a, u eN " L'oi i',' III co uiIeously aiio
- - 80 '"on 'ii W i''''0h'o"
~ ", '"e @a'.e9 ou nave Gu us'. -"
AZ ~" "H'' suooss' YOU al
=" a. CIV -,
SoPIotnoei oiu quarantine Fegula
oU Wa oaiCul"'eu ~ Pro'ect tue cl't1ep' {
" no1IH : 'on county from lulecVlop
olG" 80 "oIe pun IN lo'co ~ c
op0V"ns passengers on all incoming G
' Dtn' anu sIe@'nooatS' suo p'acihE L
~ u0'i 80 gu all irelghts' mercnanul't t
~ baggage from injected polh's t
l II ios' iUtlons nave Deen III lolc'
IL llglu inspection carried GU s
'in 'nA' uaIe uhIlI the present, Ioti
otehoer' 1885, on all points 10 Ih'
utH VI % Whlcn were Ihlecseu anu
'n1 iuieoteG reglou' Inc polhtS III G.
''ou 9' '1at uate were ocean springs
'oAl "nu DaIkIty, miss; Ne" ""
,nS' Ia ana Moolle, Ala .,
Oh september IAN yellow teVei -,
IS o0olareu 10 exist al hu"aru'' Ia
s'I GIVING me invading peslllenoe d
on uoIu muCh nearer 10 Us shd H.
'aS'ps our DANGER ana FEARS ~ III
ages at hls point ana around wef' "A
liesslns III the extreme, hardly u
gle person escaping On the mex
y oep'em0er 10Th, l received mes
e from Mr. Geo. Lamb announcing
= malcolm cameron had yellow
Ut AT Nltta Yuma, only few miles
OeIleVe) from our county line,
70 hecessltated placing guards on a
US Ieaalhg from SharkeY county
washington. | telegraphad the
hoet OF board from 9th district t. +
9 ibis done, 1t was done to place 10
,narge OF IL u Stratton and Johl.
" inter ana continued under them
tne Oc'ober meeting of the board; u
~ the entire work on that line l
Fercy as The centre OF operation
put IN charge OF Mr. IL, Il. STRAIT
ana ne mas faithfully and satistac- n
~ performed the duties assigned r
lln' AS proof, no case OF fever has
Gareu thls SIDE OF his guard line, Is
uas oeeh the most important, as