The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-19

southern States department, thoroughly and
Systematically organlsad IN dts three Srea'
ucpaiamenSs; toe meriSul assistance OF the
SAX, the quick handling OF the freight aad
the rfanagen,s mt OF the deteni.on camps.
! All shas should b. so planned Ia all The
details that upon uac iirst outbresS Of
alarm the whole machinery would 80 Il
i WON like O monilizsd army.
| The people must also be educated to rec.
ogaize tina, the vlrulence Of the disease l:
! much diminished.
The people must realize also the gigantic
strides made by tho modern scientific
methods In the diagnosis OF the disease
and lis treatment, which have contribuiel
materially 10 the decrease in tho death
\ rate. 4i
Also rspec,aliy IN the unlimited powers
| of aJFt!sepsis In the controlling of eht
disease, II but applied al the beginning o.
each case
| They must understand that. although
| isosaiun aud detenaon are valuable ad-
! jnncts, the sheet anchor is the antisepsis
| tbs is, the destruction OF the germs us
| fast as they leave the body OF the "a eni
| through the excrcl5ons or all sorts, aud
| before they turn into dust and infect the
| room, then the house and then the neigh
| toIAood
The results demonstrated IN the ,soia-
| ton hospital in New Orleans in 1897 sound
ed she giaddenlng peal OF relief aud as
surance in the hearts OF all. There the
citizens threatened to burn, and actually
began 10 burn down the Beauregard scnooi,
which III had been decided 10 turn into a
yellow tever hospital. They said that II
would be a pesthouse that would infect all
the neighborhood. And yet the rnal re-
suits proved, to the aniazemens OF all. that
not only not single case in tho neighbor-
hood had come from It, but that within Its
own walls no case developed ornong any
OF the sisters nurses and attendants. al
though several were non imm,inee.
This was also the case with the Tourv
nm mary and the Hotel Dieu.
The yellow fever Of today is not the yell
low fever OF old times.
1t Is now so comparatively mild that It
Stands to or yellow fever like yarioioid
STANDS TO variola or mild smallpox.
It should be called yellowold and not
yellow fever.
The mortality in the city of New Orleans,
IN 1897 was Pos or about one to 1000 tn
habitanis. regardless of the number OF
cases of fever.
The total number OF cases from reliable
returns, in the two States OF Ioulsian and
Mississippi. up to October To- is 1861 and
the total number of deaths ~. The NOR
tally, therefore. Is 4. 81 per cent less than
grippe, influenza, typhosd fever or scarlc,
fever
This is not quarantinable disease.
1t is such object lessons that will carry
convictions assurance and obedience, and
not legislation and coercion.
yellow fever should be attacked at its
origin.
The most Immediately applicable methods
should be at once resorted to-
This consistI in erecting dlsinfecting
plants at tina points of departure similar
in every respect to the one at the Missis-
sippi river quarantine station.
AL Ia ifpl St,tn
North or South, should be compelled TO
first stop at the station to be thoroughly
disnfected. as fs done mt the Mississippi
river uaiartine station.
Then each day of the voyage should count |
as day OF detention.
When the slip araves at a quarantine
station without having developed sickness
CA board she sh1uld be allowed to proceed
withlrt further distinction or detention.
Vessels going north should be also sub
jet TO this treatment. because nth the
rlpla means of travel of the day persons
can leave an infected port for Il United
States Northern port and then come to a
southern Reality in a very few days.
Besides, he may carry the germs of the
disease in his baggage. even IL he himself
be an immune. and that is why the bag
gage should be dasinfec.ed.
1'Aen the fever ports themselves must be
thcrousnly sanitated in their tidal cur
rents. their wharves their sewerage, drain
age, raying, garbage removal and water
supply, etc.
And this, the latter specially, will be
very difficult to accomplish unless the |
Unite1 States enforces its influence, not |
by conquest and annexation, but by pro |
tectorates, thereby accomplishing for this |
h hemisphere what Great Britain and Russia |
have done fer Asia, pac.fy with its strong |
aTin all the local and fighting factions, |
setting them down TO work and 10 pro
duce and 10 trade with us, and teach |
them self government.
To our mind, the true historic role of our
great country is the redemption of these
beautiful countries from the crushing eff
feets of a long domination of ignorance,
fanatIcism and tyranny,
National Legislation is needed for two
things only:
Flifst--To compel localities to allow
through trains to go through their terri
cry unler regulations to localities beyond
which are willing 10 receive them.
Second-,ro compel each maritime quar-
milne station 10 have q resident Federal
Inspector or supervisor. who will report
1t once to proper authorities all viola
tens of the quarantine and sanitary regu
ations.