The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19

bodies might DO. II win Be seen that there are
thu! At least three independent bodies In every
local SSoaTd. The representative Of tho sdiscont
States and tho officers Of the United States
iieved that no case could possibly escape this
thorough system, aud the result has justified
tary and quarantine service
Last years epidemic was duo to the fact that
the yellow fever was allowed to shoulder away
tsm SST'p before Sgt'n e was 1ai'S discovered aeS% duni This was
due to a. wrong diagnosis of tho oase, to, local
81 power Of the Mississiprpdi Board Of Health, and
TO the failure Of the other boards to act with
sSiiST. The DFE% oSIsianS board SnS Thl sS 10 i pSy By Thl ben
Ing driven from power by an indignant peopie.
peeranoe on the Gulf coast for nineteen years,
and the people were not expecting u and not
of watchfulness, and was allowed nearly three
months g0oTsh', in which to inGu6aio and ,gg ee I a GOO
ing disease. as is populaTly SUPPOSED. On the
Itself hsiro. It Is an alien from cuba, and e
generally two months after Its arrival before
L, has acquired sufficient strength. to spread.
presenting few of tho marked characteristtcs
of yellow foyer. and In consequence very, dill.
Is almost impossible to dotoct Z any coantaEion.
AT tho ond of two months It has become &C.
cllmated and is easily communicable; HENCE
discovered Of the very beginning. All the cpl.
denies, but particularly those Of is7s and
the disease at the beginning and to take the
necessary steps then to crush It out.
GERS rhS was sen sbst June .e %ss The by critical tic nS %onth o% as
far as the recrudescence of last years yellow
fever was concerned. When the disease has
made its reappearanco in May or carly In June.
The United States Marine Hospital physicians
could, run until Sune Is without the appearance
of yellow foyer. 1t was perfectly safe, SO far as
the toeo rsapGGoa ran 2, Of ILd Las, ESS S rscs Epidemic do,y was ss
watch the ports to prevent the disease. from
slipping In from Cuba, a very easy matter IN our
ado. The Louisiana Board of Health was dis
posed to DO more conservative, and was 9nwili-
All agreed that the point Of danger was in the
three coast counties of Mississippi, Hancock,
Harrison, and Jackson. 1t was there that the
the disinfection werk had been least efficiently
done In the smaller towns OF that district.
The anticipatlons of tho health officers were
they feared it would do. in the frst part Of
or towns Of the MisSissippi coast district;
it9nts; It is situated on the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad, twenty.four miles from Mis-
SissipPl City, which is on the Gulf coast. 1t
had the fever last year, when there were eighty
been noticed that the sawmill towns have been
most prone to yellow fever, and that the dis.
Ease 70 has roG been moSt . dific ut. to fn get rio ia pr there :. S@
element Of danger. The drainage or sewage
runs into the sawdust, which preserves the
keeping them warm and alive during the win
ter. 1t has been noticed of many previous cpl
close by a sa Edust heap, and it is a notorious
fact that the lumber vessels OF the Gulf coast
are the best beds Of yellow fever. and that their
crews suffer most from that disease.
fever N1' to en SpeaR a Us yef naGwn Of Of its tnH origin Mifa'bP ays
was left over from last year. owing 10 a lack Of
proper dtsinfectton. The other cases are trace
able D to MSaenFy beyond all question. o me
ing sign that the disease should have made Its
appearance in only one of the lo4 towns and
point. to this. as proof of the efficiency of their
disinfection work. They point also to their
first cases of it that occurred-as proof of their
in their ability to keep it under control. -.
certainly be made under the most favorable
conditions, and there is no reason to doubt the
demic confined to McHenry as it was to Biloxi.
Pensacola and Brunswick proviouslo. McHenry
"a in a thinly populated forest country and can
be most efectually quarantined.
The announcement of the fever was followed
at once by the most vigorous quarantine meas
year were accused of weakness and lack of cour-
age and determination. No such charge can DO
maueL llB year, 1nQceQ, the Quarantln6S, In tDelr
rigor, have aroused a great deal Of Indignation
on the part OF those .qGarantined-the three
coast counties of Mississippi, Hancock, Harrt-
son and Jackson.
fever to McHenry. 1t was at once surrounded
by q Gordon of armed guards. a new census Of
tants was required to give his whereabouts
Not only this, but every one who had been in
f MSasnr and in at s1S sSG T Eor' T RRssG sisassm "o 81
this policy was soon shown. A former resident
OF, McHenry was found sick at Bond. fifteen
mile3 distant. 1t proved to be the yellow fever:
AZ ESchutta, in the neighborinR. county of
Wayne, on the New Orleans and Northeastern
McHenry. When they complained Of pains in
the back they were at once isolated. 1t proved
to DO genuine yellow fever; As far as known
started to walk across country to Now Orleans,
where he would be lost to sight In the popula:
to point and arrested at GENTLY. near New or.
leans. and sent back to McHenry.
SO far the action Of the health authorities vas
universally approved, but the further steps they
took have been most criticised because Of their
harshpesS and severity; Tho State Boards of
slppi, not satisfied with quarantining against
McHenry, quarantined against the entire Mis-
St, louis, Pass Christian. B Il Scranton,
Pascagouia, Ocean Springs, Handsboro, Wave
land and Miers; The explanation Of this wh9le-
sissippi coast counties. that the yellow, fever
ortginsted there last year. that the local health
OIilCcIB COUCCalCu ING IuCI LuSn, lDdL LUcy hhU
no confidence in the health report of these Off.
GERS now nor in the dlsinfectiop of the towns
A most vigorous protest came from the placer
thus shut off. Scranton held n mass meeting
and declared that IL would never in the future
buy q pound Of anything from New Orleans OF
Mobile, which, 1t held responsible for the quaran,
tine, but would do all its business with st.
Louis. A convention was held at Biloxi or
Tuesday, June IA, composed of representatives o.
the Iron injustice" Why should we bG
thus Disseminated againstl' they asked. 1--WE
have not had 4 case Of yellow foyer or even Q
suspicious case, vet VIC are cut off on the NORTH
by the Mississippi board. on the east by Ala
bamA, on the west by Northumberland In or
all sides and our business ruined"
There can be no denial OF the injury wrought
by this quarantine. 1t has completely stag
mated business Of every kind, and has sent pros
perity down in all that district, for 1t Is regarded
as a declaration that II is within the fover zone
Bay st. Louis. Waveland, Mississippi City
and Pass Christian arc summer suburbs Of New
Orleans. In which thousands Of the residents
of that city pass the hot months. The quar-
antine has completely closed these towns K
summer residents. 1t has done more. L
was clapped on at a moments notice and caugh
q number of New Orleans merchants in theiI
seaside villas. These merchants are the mos
stalwRrt proteSters; they are stalled. and car
neither, go forward nor backward. A membel
OF the Louisiana Board OF Health went TO Pas
Christian on his bridal trip, and was quarantine
there during his hnneYnOnnn A anacial afPnr,