The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-09
YELLOW
FEVER,

vr lIE REPORT that yellow fever has r.dc its appearance
. Oh the coast OF Mississippi has caused u great deal Of
onca>@es throughout the state and most of the larger towns have institu,.
ed most rigid quarantine. When We consider the character of This disr,xc
it, fearful maIignanry the mspcakablc suffering and trouble which uniy,r.
sally follows it We can but commend the exercise of every possible rr,,ou.
''n' lr board of mayor and aldermen OF Greenwood have done their duty
we'll and We trust that they will leave nothing uudonc which should he done
/" i'nd'r impossible the importation of this dread disease to our little city
Let every citizen at the town put his premises in such condition that were
perfect sanitary condition that it could not spread. The following from DR..
t. NJ Nt"rntcrE, an eminent authority ON yellow fever, will be read with in.
tcrcSt and profit
When the infectious agent is introduced by the sick or hy mcoo. of fam.
ties to localities the "yenoW fever zone during the season favorable for
the epidemic prevalence Of the disease. iN propagation without doubt de-.
ponds largely upon local inSanitary conditions, and 1t is doubtful vh,bc, II
could eject Il Judgement in a clean and well paved city. Its epidemic prev
alcncc in New York and Philadelphia during the latter part of the last and
tue carry part o' The present century was during Il period when these cities
were for the most part unwvcd. answered and unccao. And if is IN SINH
lar localities in the cities now most subject to invasion that il usually first
appears and most rcrststrntly remains. In Havana, Rio de Janelro, and
"ther endemic iori O the disease it is especially prevalent IN low-lying. filthy
oN'r''s win "hpaNca streets Organic matter of animal origin in a state
Of decomposition appears to afford a favorable indus for the germ. and the
accumulation OF rcAI matter in exposed situations is favorable to the dcyel.
oprncnt If an epidemic. Reasons have already been given for the view that
the 'Nrre'a" OF the sick contain the specific infectious agent. DR.. rarkcs the
English hygIcnist, maintained the focal origin of the disease. He avs: ITO
use a convenient phrase yellow fever, like cholera and typhoid fever. is a fc.
West India barracks in the odcn time. Round every harrack there were
'HSr''N' often open to air and sun. Every evacuation of healthy and sick
men was thrown into, perhaps, the same places"
One method hN which infectious material may tr Transported from such
exposed htO,tcd> Ia the stomach of individuals living in the vicinity has
recently attracted considerable attention in connection with the propagation
of cholera. ThiS is through the op,uc, Of ni.s which ,uy ,,,, I,uu,,
'fn Il ceSpool TO the kitchen or dining.ruom, and there cont ,mina,e art. |
'NS "ed' tor 1000 or drink In this connection, however, it is well to call
to the fact that the epidemic prevalence of the disease has ucverT
t"h shown t" depend upon the ue of contaminated water supply, sis the
ease in cholera and typhoid fever In cities hayln@ a common water ,pply
'he olscNe Is not generally diluSd al the outset of an epidemic, but il OK.
ra'hrr slowly from certain infected foi to which it has been intro
in the first instance or subsequently,.