Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-28
scAHoELY ARCADIA.
pr' Lnclen D. sslomon Return. from [.
Medical ins.stiration Tour 81 Porto u,.o.

br' Lucirn .. Solomon return. from .
medical ln'".tirstion Tour 81 Forte Rica.
NCw York. oct. gs-Dr. Luci,n T.
Solomon. who FOR ten years was score.
iafy ~ thr state board VI hcakh OF
Lou.aina, ana ls ono ~ the most proni.
nent prucuc.ng physicians In New or.
leans Go 90 NcN York. having Just r..
'nfr.d from Porto Hlco. whittier he
went three weeks ago on a special mia.
|t lHf shU Louisiana state board Of
health iu r.udy conditions In the island
especially reElrdlnE contagious aud in.
ifepoua diseases. with u view Of Tram.
lhH any quarantine rrgulnilona fyund
necessary when commercial relations
with the Island are cHahllrhed.
Dr. Solomon visited Ponce. san Juan,
Ma>hgucz, ami several small towns In
ihr Interior He sailed on October I'm
itnm New YORK on the tunspurt Port
Victor and returned on the Manitoba.
~, sllom'u said that while general
health conditions on the island are bad,
De- found no contagious or infectious dis.
rhHtu, except atulll box, which Is al
Ways thru 90 limited extent
When he Len Ponce last saturday
thcrc were 10 cases VI small plx In the
puf house outside the cay. gathered
flpm the fponcc district. but none In
che city itsef
Thgre vua mo- yellow foyer on the
island a. the time VI hls visit, aud pre-
Nluaiy only one authenticated case
among the United States troops az
Ponce, the origin VI which could not
b. traced.
There was ais, one case reported at
MHNaEuea Two months ago,
yellow frvvE pr. salmon said. had
been introduced from time 20 time by
spanish troops but had never gained a
furihuld. The most serious epidemic
vas Gght years ago. but there has
been none since,
Prevailing diseases ln the island. Or.
! Snlomun found, are typhoid fcyer 10 a
/ mild nrm. which II generally called
CONTINUED mnlarlai feycr' by tho
/ resident physicians, AMI tuberculosis.
which lH prevalent The prcvalfncu u
/ The latter disease he consider due 80
| she poverty and habits u the people
/ whose food lH backing In nourIahinent
/ nud whose homes are uusnultary. The
mortality among people from bowel
[ complaints ~ very large, fully 90 per
/ cont Of the death IN the island being
/ iu this class.
The mutary condition OF the towns
/ o. very bad and only three towns uu the
have regular water supply. Ponce
has partial bus wholly Inadequate ays-
tenn. There ia absolutely 40 sewerage
] System.
m. health OF the United states troops
qulIter.l ln Porto Rico, DR. Sahmon
dpUlufrs. iF bad, at least 10 per cent Of
them b,tug constantly 10 from typhoid
ur trieua fever Last Friday when hs
visited ihs grnera' hospital at Ponce
he found 800 90 there alone.
Much 10 this illuras, De- declares, Il
duo 90 bad water ana Tor much uf a.
he slyA the soldiers themselves, are O.
blame They eat uurlpe frlf drink
anything they can Evt and especially
large quantities. OF "a particularly VIE
quality VI rum, manufactured on ms
Hospitals busl by the spauiards are
h. declares. admirably suited Tor tbs
purpose AMI r1reellently managed by
I inc American surgeons, There u much
home sickness among the troops, ana d
great deal ~ discomfort al she prospect
% garrison duty,
gni1mlu mld are not conducive % q
desire GO remain, Ing population u
NOT friendly and only about half OF
| % is clsHrd as white, and thry are NerJ
much mixed Ia cll1r"
Dr. Solomon Will recommend that M
quarantine Doc established against fuE.
/ MOO hy ,ho Ettte Oh LOUISIANA, II.
considers me prospects ~ a large trad,
br1Nesr Porto Rico ami che uuHot
States excellent Conee and sugar VI
excellent quality arc grown there ane
will boz declares, na largely export d
/ TuhI.tl Do also grown, bus except "
one small district, near III CaneY Is u
Inferior quality
Wiih proper management IN toacc'
cultlylfluu, Curu'g and name 1oiure, ~
thinks. however, that "a prosperous trad'
can be- bull, up there, There N also
he says ln opening for prosperous
Import trade ln American machiner,
nfi agricultural implements ana 10
] manufactured cuttuu goods, Al pros
ttt the only manufacturing plapta %
tho Island are comprised In two lee tae
tories, one at PnGce and one - Maya
guez. and large match factory u
J Mayaguez.