Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-18
TO STOP YELLOW jack
governments Plan For Checking the
Dread Disease.
THE QUARANTINE OF CUBA.
'oating Distinction Plant. In n.
Eut In Operation at Ports on
That Island-Experts Start
For Havana.

washington, Nov. 1s.-The yellow f.
yer problem has been receiving earnest
a.'ehtion of late from the authorities
mere, particularly from the marine hos
pital service and the war department
owing TO the important relations estab-
lsheo with Cuba and other fever locau-
ties TO the south of US, and also because
VI the recurrence Of the disease within
'h.s country during the last summer.
Inc purpose is to prepare during the
coming winter months for such an eff
cient GORDON of protection around the
country mat the chances OF a reintro-
ouctlon or the disease will be reduced to
minimum, While at the same time the
points OF infection in Cuba and else
wnere Will be SO improved by sanitation
ana guarded by quarantine that the
main sources of danger will be removed.
Already the marine hospital service
mas begun its work of establishing
quarantine around Cuba. A large float
Ing dlsinfecting plant is In operation in
havana harbor and similar floating
oisinfectlng plant is at Santiago, al
though not yet in operation. These are
10 take charge Of the shipping coming
10 American ports and put it through
such thorough disinfection that all fe-
yer germs will be removed. Similar
floating plants will be established at all
other large commercial points and such
rigid rules put in force that the ship
ping will be free from danger before it
Is out of Cuban waters, although the
same rigid quarantine at American
ports will be continued.
Surgeon General Wyman is going
ahead with this floating disinfection,
although the present laws are not all
that Is desired to give officials the right
to establish quarantine outside Of the
country. Owing to the weakness OF the
laws strong efforts will be made to have
congress pass what Is known as the
Caffrey bill, granting additional quar-
antine powers.
Internal Sanitation.
Besides the quarantine to provide
against the escape Of diseases from the
island, the authorities are now consid-
ering plans for the internal sanitation
Of the island on an extensive scale.
What branch Of the service will have
that in charge is not yet settled. Sur
geon General Wyman says that the ma
rine hospital service will undertake the
work if it is desired. but as Cuba will
be under military rule for many months
to come the var department may deter
mine to carry on the local sanitation In
come ,tion with It's other branches Of
military occupe ton and control.
Just what should be done in the way
of draining, clearing away foul depos-
its and establishing modern sanitary
methods at the main points Of Cuba Is
being thoroughly canvassed by officials
here, end it is expected that plan and
the officers to execute the plan will be
decided on at an early day.
Another means of coping with the dis
ease is by staticn'ng a force Of fever ex-
perts throughout the island, to report
on the condition of contagion and the
appearance CT any new outbreak. The
surgeon general now has two OF these
experts at Havana and one at Santiago.
and this will be the nucleus OF much
larger force Two other experts. Sur
goons Wasdn and GeddIngs, have just
left here for Havana, raising the force
there to four officers besides the sub
ordinates and assistants.
The york Of Surgeons Wasdln AMI
Geddings is considered particularly i'm
portant. as they are specially appointed
Inv the ures dent as a commission to as
| certain the causes OF yellow fever.
| These appointments were mace ABOUT
| a wear ago. and the experts nave open
| ed laboratories and conducted their In
| uu:ries at New orleans and Havana