The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14

ously adopted ana reconinu,s
p0u'n ,onle NJ conference held {
w orleans last February. The Il
EQUATIONS arc revision Of those {
creed upon at the Atlanta con
49,, Of the South Atlantic
states. held in 1895 u
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.r,,ations for the government o. u
detention stations OF camps
cron sx,stence OF yellow fever at any |
X sstween our borders.
c~n,rnl Principles
I,+,ona are somewhat numerous
pc ,na hut II Is by the strict OBJ
49, - IKE regulations that the art
ANY. has accomplished It's wonders
uls.' yellow fever should occur at
.a "a. ~ the Southern States, the most
.,,,a method TO prevent shotgun quar-
and their disastrous enects upon
.r,e ia TO establish disintecung ano
sn,lon stations or camps on tne iiues
travel BY rail or boat
I, by practical actions tnat the peo-
oil, be treasured ana not by hsree
WIZ rersuasion based on words, as
nls ~ or hesitation. TO show the peo-
ans an posslble care is. effectually
tuss nravent yellow fever from reach
,s the hest and only argument
should yield to.
.,,ss coming from localities infected
.,,oys faver should not be allowed to
a,,ora,tine localities capable OF being
s.,sd nv yellow fever, unless thew nave
,heir nersons. clothing, baggage, etc.
,;scted as needed, and unless they
~ rsmaiupd at the station ten days after
III Thorough dlsinfection, and places
,a,,s communication with localities I'M
insufficient restrictions may them
Ives be held in quarantine
{rhese stations or camps VIII be erected
tbe United States marine hospital SER
sThev will be operated by the United
{ates marine hospital service
fThe marine hospital service VIII also
rsnrested at an immediate date to pre-
Ire at least four disiniecting plants, IN
[,Slnr four cylinders for furnishing steam
Zsnfection.
3Medical inspectors from Interested States
n localities will be admitted to the
[at,ons TO witness that the regulations are
thoroughly complied with.
kenuIntions Applying to Persons,
4 Clothing and .Bnggage..
Persons arriving at the dlsinfectlng sta
Ions will have their clothing and effects
lsinfected.
4 The clothes and baggage Will be disin-
kcted by moist steam under pressure.
Ian articles requiring TO be subjected
moist steam shall remain in the steam
hsmber at a continuous temperature of
n TO 22O degrees Fahrenheit for thirty
&inutes.
Articles not amenable to this treatment
hall be disinfected as hereinafter pro-
ided.
/ The persons will then be placed in the
apartment Of the disinfected.
1 They shall be inspected daily.
Upon the appearance OF any tendency or
5ymptoms whatever of yellow fever, they
hall at once be placed in suitable iso-
Iated locality.
II they develop a case. they shall be
placed in the hospital OF the station.
The persons will remain at the station
len days.
Persons thus detained Will &c given 6
Certificate to the effect that disinfectior
has been practised and detention of ter
Pays enforced signed by the resident Off
Der OF the United States marine hospita
keryice
Well authenticated inmunes will not b.
Retained, but will be disinfected.
Then the persons should be received
Everywhere and by everybody as being in
capable of conveying infection.
Regulations Governing Freight.
| Articles should not be shipped from
dwellings, nor from places contiguous Il
dwellings, without being disinfected.
All articles shall be new, clean and dry
Special conditions of infection:
+. lal When fever exists in a sporadi
form.
Merchandise under the above condition
lean be shipped.
tb) When fever is more than sporadic
|but not general.
merchandise of the above character
|may be shipped from the wholesale distr'c
|ol city, except such as from its liabilit
20 injection would be especially apt t
conserve 1t, such as fruit, vegetables !
|open crates, straw, sawdust, excelsior an
similar articles used for packing.
ihese articles can be shipped only II the
nave been preserved from possible expo
sure 10 Infection or have been disinfecte(
>, CLASS l.
me following articles should be admit
IVA without disinfection or restriction
|of any sort:
"a All new and dry material, unpacket
sucn as lumber, machinery, brick, tilini
ver and sheet iron, tin. steel. agriculture
uipiements-no part of which is textile
aun Ties, stoves, saddlery. not upholstered
,upoer betting, rubber hose, linoleum
atous' new trunks. hardware withou
packing, lime, ice and salt in bulk, tu
pvntlne' rosin, stone, gravel, coal. COX
~ Sment' grain in carloads, cooperage. oyi
.r s ana fish packed in ice, and ovgr
' ~ packed in Ice properly refrigerata
NJ original packages in clean an
h rvotn wooden or metallic containers n
'-Cnen or packed in an infected locality
ana Arucles in such containers. put !
Az. nahdled exclusively in the wholesa
uistrict, which from their nature or mo,
packing are incapable OF carry
injection. such as roasted coffee, i
n.ea sugar, coal oil, creosote, acids, bear
So; rice, sailed meats and articles
similar character.
~ FRUITS, sound. and taken directly
soou condition from clean vessels viii
nr,S p complied with all quarantine
~h.eulehts. or cars and transferred
sn nsrves or railroad depots not infect
Ma s IN good sanitary condition, imm
t o- n TO the disinfected cars or vess
'of shipment
w' FRUIT, vegetables and Western pl
fer, IN barrels or boxes directly traI
'elied as above.
,stn freight In good sanitary conditi,
n e directly from clean vessels or CT
STARS or vessels at a wharf or rallrc
conS,s not infected and in good SAINT,
w Live stock and poultry.
m CLASS IL.
s, ne Following articles will require o,
oon nsesneial disinfection-i. e., outside
tail, All goods in original wooden or I
an ~, paeHages, not broken or packed