The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-01

went thence TO the Sealy hospital, where
was met by DR.. Bats, who conducted me-
through that institution, in which | lound
.otning in the slightest degree suspicious
AS IN houston, the majority of the case,
WIZ eehVaiescent from Gergue very few
81 'ai ea'e and considerable number
VI Il chronic character. These remarl,
are equally applicable to St Mary's inflrn.
aIy. where DR.. Dunn kindly showed mr.
through. From st. Mary's [ repaired to tbs
ohics or The city health officer. where /
met also Acting Mayor skinner who
.ehuered me all the courteses applicobje
o .e .re occasion. After leaving DR.. Fisher,s
;na. l proceeded to see as many practice
ins physicians as practicable coIIan,;,
what information could as r. ,ho ,,ol.t'
vi the city and incidentally to insnoct ,ts
tSI condition. In the dIscbarre a,
ms part of my duties, | visited e1or,,
ip% ai' OF the city, saw In companv viii
nc iaIi,iiy physicians. quite number ~
.il'se H. ncne OF whom were serio,,sIv ~ ~.
smu IN no single instance WAS there az,
acter. Vi malignant char
oh the sanitary condition Of the c,tv :
nr,sa nv st,staih from an expression OF sur
pIiae nave been acquainted with Cal
,neston twonty-seven years. have ssan
unucr varlous and diversified cireun,-
o.a m ana thought knew It's topograr,hv
~, .i, mad expected to find it, as hereto,
80, iuli or dips, or basins, in which
ma.er would stagnate end foul smells he
sSNinel".eu, On the contrary found h
n n.y. wen drained. l found but two low
places In the city where water could o.
eumuiate and stagnate and thev vs.
ulih'nutlve. There wns dump bean nesr
me santa Fe depot which needed a,ten
',uh ana which Or. Fisher assured mo
snou'u nave had but that his disinfectant
save cut and that he had to wait for an.
u,he' supply AtoSether Galveston is The
I ,Sse city have seen since 1855 ar
isoo' WIS then in Baltimore wbora
lnousinds OF refugees from the on,dem,cs
VI yellow fever In Norfolk and portss
mouth, Va, had congregated few month.
osiore' II will be remembered thot 80
inns occasion yellow fever was NOT com
,h,uhlcated In single instance to any y,
'ne citizens Of that city. u
WINE IN Galveston naturally maid
some attention to the auarantine roy nu
Tons, as had done to those ~ unns,aa
II TRANSFERRED that an Individual from 10
vaha, at comparatively recent date bad
maze his way through New ,,rioan.
n.'uSn the State quarantine at Sabine
NV nouston to the station at Galveston
, Mns.s ne had bsen detained the usual
snstH time and discharged. II an
S,d a,so mat Messrs- p. J. Willis & CO.
view shipment OF fifty sacks NJ oof.
zee IRON New Orleans. which on arr,,a,
~ the Galveston station was seized sna
sent 10 the eastern end of the island
Mhere II Will be kept until all danger ~
iinieeuon Is passed. The State on rcyas
20 unquestionably under great obliratiors
~ 1T. Tisher for the vigor with which ~
tion. es VI MS POSI-
elt Gsiveston at $40 n. m. ana ar
r,Ved In Houston at $780, where the board
Vi heaith IN session was awaiting me
was surprised to hear that a cass h,d
yecurrea IN the city limits, recently fror,
beaumont. which DIR. Swearinpen ho1
r.eneuhced suspicious and placed unasr
s s. After N considerable amount -
.tseussion and the collection OF Ali a, ,hs
.e that could be had of the f,c,s T.,
~, ,ne ease; II was aKreed by the board 10 eo
~ oouy ana examine the same VS..
W. ,na',ea 10 accompany them, which did
Yin 'ouna the case without snv history ~
~, Ut lever, uncomplaining OF ANYTHING
,,,,s so ,ne prostration. temperature OF %
rarss IVY, presumed to be the effect OF port
for apoh which she had been stimulated |
,ta,as ~. neurs previous Her physician |
kamn,. a' ne nsd been giving her anti |
pressed menstruatton and theft after ,aIsap
!, TOT some time she commenced n vor,Is
49,, uieouy urine. small In quantity vnr.
'eA una loaded with albumen I, ua
~ unanimous opinion Of the hoard ~
=, sn ! iuiiy concuUed that there w,.
!. sSanustion Tor suspicion In he csss
lis.s Sn, ~ our State health officer
N kespins ! Z! IA insisted J