The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-08
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ports to return to the city.
Although the action of Mobile and
Galveston in quarantining New Orleans
is naturally resented, there is no dispo-
sition here to .retalfate unless fever
shall appear in one or both of those
cities.
Many small towns in Mississippi and
Louisiana have quarantined against
New Orleans, but the barriers are likely
to be raised at once if no more cases de-
velop here In the meantime the ply
sicians think a Gordon around the
Gelpi residence will prevent the spread
of the sickness.
DR.. H. A. Cant Of Water Valley,
member of the State Board of Health,
has taken charge at Ocean Springs and
will spare neither pains nor money in
an effort to stamp out the fever. He is
Of the opinion that with care and good
management this can be done in a few
days. All houses where fever has been
or may be will be thoroughly looked
after and the sick will be isolated. To-
day the board has put out disinfectants
in all the principal streets, and the
town will be strewn with I've from one
end to the other
The excitement has quieted down con-
siderably, and the people, now that the
first scare is over, see that things are
no worse than they have been all along,
and in fact are better, as there has been
only one new case reported in the past
twenty hours, and there are but
three so-caled suspicious cases among
the fever patients in town. Other cases
are doing we'll. The duration of the
fever is only from twenty-four to forty
eight hours, and some of the patients
do not take to their beds at all from tie
disease, the Louisiana Board of Health
has a record of all people who have
come from Ocean Springs during the
last few days, and is giving strict at
tention to all of them.
GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. I'm addition
to Dr. Guiteras, Drs. Murray and Car
ter. also yellow fever experts, have
been ordered by the Marine Hospital
authorities to the scene of the epidemic
at Ocean Springs.
The following order was telegraphed
to-day to Past Assistant Surgeon
Wasdin at Mobile:
Until a Gordon is established, have
railroad agents sell tickets only to
points north of Washington, or points
in mountainous districts, and keep rec
ord of all who leave, with points of
their destination, notifying local au-
thorities. Arrange for Gordon, en-
ploy necessary help and turn matters
over to DR.. Murray on his arrival and
report TO him for duty"
The Treasury Department has pro-
cured POO tents from the War Depart
ment for use at the permanent yellow
fever detention camp which has been
established at Waynesville, Ga. There
are no fever patients there, but the
camp has been established as a precau-
tionary measure.
This afternoon the Marine Hospital
received two kilograms from DR.. Was
din from Mobile, which had been de-
layed IN transmission. One reported
that President Oliphant of the Louis
lana State Board of Health reported
another death from yellow fever in
New Orleans and three new cases. The
other telegram said that two new
cases were reported in New Orleans.
Surgeon Murray, who has been sta
toned at Mobile, has been ordered to
return at once and will take charge
tomorrow. Surgeon H. r. Carter of
Chicago, a new man, who had charge
at Brunswick, Ga, few years ago,
and Surgeon Oakley of Savannah have
also been ordered to Mobile. AS the
State authorities have as yet made no
appeal for assistance, the Marine Hos
pital service must confine its work to
preventing the disease from being car
ried from one State to the other. Cor
dons and detention camps will be estab
lished at Ocean Springs and New Or
leans.
The theory of DR.. Bailbach, the act
ing Surgeon General. is that the origi-
nal disease at Ocean Springs was dem
que. and that the case of yellow fever
was imported and superimposed upon
the patients suffering from the other
ailment.
RIGID QUARANTINE AT MOBILE.
MOBILE (Ala.), Sept. livery pre-
caution has been taken to-day to guard
against the Introduction of fever into
Mobile. Rigid quarantine has been es-
tablished by land and water, and half
a dozen persons who got in before the
quarantine arrangements were complet-
ed have been sent out of the city to the
detention camp, located fifteen miles
west on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad At this camp also are de-
tanned all travellers who came from
coast POINTS or from New Orleans
They must remain ten days in quaran-
tine. There are several there now No
train crews are allowed to come into
town.
A close examination here by physi-
clans enables the Board Of Health to
say positively that there is no case of
a suspicious nature in Mobile Marine
Hospital Surgeon Murray will be here
tonight and has arranged to leave
in the morning with fifty trusty men
for Ocean Springs, to form a Gordon
around the place and to confne ard
stamp out the disease there, as tie Ma
rine Hospital service did the fever at
Brunswick. Ga. There is no fever at
Scranton. nor as far as can be learned
at an coast point, except Ocean
Springs.
THREE CASES AT BILOXI.
BII.CxI (Miss.). Sept. AT 1890
O'Clock tonight three well defined cases
of yellow fever were found here They
are under guard and no fear is felt.
No Need Of Troops.
HAVANA Sent. IA wealthy