The evening times., 1899-07-10

According to the statement of Surgeon
General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital
Service, made TO a Times reporter today,
there is not case of yellow fever known
10 exist in the United States at the pres
ent time. This, of course, does not in
clude those that are known TO be in quar-
antine stations and have never landed
The deaths that have occurred in Santi-
ago, Cuba, have not come under the con-
troll OF the Marine Hospital Service Off
cials, but are within the supervision OF the
army surgeons stationed at that city. To
prevent the entrance of the epidemic into
this country, however, the marine aulhori-
ties are stationed at every Cuban port and
all ships leaving are required 10 undergo
the strictest examination as to the healt /
of those on board. IN addition to this pre-
caution, the usual quarantine regulations
are already being enforced at all ports of
entry in the United States.
In this connection it may be interesting
the spread Of the disease when once ii has
made its appearance in any locality.
As soon as a case is discovered in a
place the locality is Immediately quaran-
tined, and no one allowed to leave without
q certificate from the medical officer in
charge. The individual cases are carefully
isloated and the most approved treatment
given. Those who have been directly eX-
posed TO the infection are also placed by
themselves and every method preventing
the spread of the disease employed.
A Gordon Of guards is then thrown
around the locality, but it has been the
experience of the Marine Hospital Service
that this is never a perfect safeguard and
many frightened refugees make their es-
cape.
The passenger trains running from the
direction of the infected towns are thor
oughly inspected In addition TO this all
OF the roads that may be traversed by pri-
Tate conysyances are closely guarded. All
of the mails coming from a locality where
yellow fever exists are carefully fumi-
gated, is all freight and only the neces-
sary supplies are allowed to enter the To-
cality affected. Those employed in carry
ing relief are not permitted TO return for
ten days, and even then they are subjected
10 examination.
In towns considered especially threatened
by yellow fever there is established in
some safe place a small isolation camp of
both tents and buildings, where an i'm
portant case of fever can be removed, if
1t be right to move the patient, and where
those presumably exposed to his infection,
or rather suspects, may be isolated.
place may be SO isolated as to be in ex-
treme danger Of infection, generally by
proximity, from an infected town. In this
case all ingress is subject TO sanitary su-
pervision and a Gordon around the clean
town required, and practically the same
fystem adDn: ed for hpsipped pifV
BY this method Kenner, La, eleven miles
from New Orleans, received no infection
fn 1897.
Refugees from an infected territory are
not permitted TO return until after the sec
opd frost or until the place has been pro-
nounced by the constituted authorities as
free from fever.
The quarantine regulations at the various
ports of entry are even more perfect, and
according TO the Marine Hospital officials,
The chance Of a spread of the disease is
now reduced to a minimum.