The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-01

Washington, July 31.-The latest Off
cial advices received up to o'clock to-
night show a total of thirty-eight cases
and seven deaths from yellow fever at
the soldiers home at Hampton, Va.
One new case developed at the home to-
day. Thus far the disease has been con-
lined to the home, but all surrounding
towns are excited, and vigorous quar-
antine is being maintained. DR.. Wadin
of the marine hospital service is now in
charge of affairs at Hampton, and is
working in cooperation with the local
boards of health. He has strengthened
the GORDON about the town of Phoebus,
which he reports is in a very bad sani-
t6<y condition.
The fact that only one new case ap-
peared today is encouraging to the Off
Gals here, who are taking every meas
ure to prevent a spread of the disease.
They feel that the fact that the affect
ed locality is in the hands of the gov
eminent and under one management,
will be of great value in dealing with
the scourge and enable better results to
be obtained than where epidemics broke
out in commercial places. Already a
number OF inquiries have been received
by DR.. Wyman from quarantine officers
throughout the United States, asking
whether they shall impose a. maritime
quarantine against Norfolk. He has re-
piled that there appears to be no neces-
sity for such restrictions in the case of
either Norfolk or Newport News.
DR.. Wadin's official report of his eX-
animation of existing conditions at the
soldiers home reached DR.. Wyman to-
day. It is dated yesterday and notes
the fact that the doctor has seen all
the cases of suspected disease at the
home. He sums up the history of the
contagion as follows:
Early in July an old soldier entered
the home for a short rest, and soon af-
terward appeared at the dispensary,
where he informed the physician in
charge that he was but recently from
Santiago, via the transport to a north
ern port; thence he started for Manila,
via San Francisco; beat his way to the
home on a freight train, and entered
with his baggage. He complained of
dumb chills and fever, and was pre-
scribed for. He mingled freely with
the inmates of the home and a short
time ago disappeared This is regarded
as possible cause for the outbreak
How Disease Broke Out.
preceding Friday. the Dist inst,
there had been noticed nothing of a
suspicious nature. The weekly death
rate was as usual. But on the 21st and
22nd there became i'll during the night
with sharp chills and high fever, some
eight or ten inmates, men of usually
good health. These seizures, although
noted as peculiar, had occasioned no
alarm until about Thursday, the 9th, !
w~en death occurred the man becom- |
ing distinctly yellow some time prior |
TO death. On or about the same day |
another man died without having at |
tracted particular attention. He also |
turned quite yellow. AutopSieS were
held on both by the resident pathologist. |
1t was then, or a little later, that the |
telegram was sent asking for an expert. |
] found there We're $500 inmates and |
that thirty-five had been taken i'll since |
the Dist "
DR. Wadin says he withheld a posi-
tive diagnosis in his first communica- |
ton because of tha assertion OF Surgeon /
Viokery at the home that there haG |
been no communication of inmates with
any Cuban soldiers returned since last
May or early in June.
With the discovery of the probable |
origin of the infection and the two au-
topsies today, there can be no doubt.
he says. about the disease being yellow
teyer, and he continues:
There has been a very free inter-
communication between the inmates
and the people of Phoebus, a public
house near the grounds having been
freely visited until last night"
After a Gordon had been established
around the soldiers home. neighboring
cities We're warned and advised TO hunt
for any inmates of the home who might
be visiting and to keep them under close
observation Dispatches to this effect
We're sent Sunday TO Norfolk, Ports
mouth, Newport News and Richmond,
and the health officer at Washington
was notified. In Norfolk a house-to-
house inspection is being made. Sur
geon yickery, at the home. has been
asked to prepare a list of soldiers who
have departed within month, with
view to tracing them.