The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10

many escaped detection. This arose from
the difficulty OF securing evidence at the
ports Of arrival.
The races represented by Immigration
| In excess OF 5000 and under 10000 are the
croatian and Slovenian, the Finnish and
the Lithuanian; between 10000 and 10000,
the English siovak. and tie Northern
Italian; between 10000 aud 10000, the
German. the Polish. and the Scandinavian:
between 80. 900 and 10000. the Hebrew and
the Irish; and the Southern Italian. In
Guiding Sicilians. exhibits total OF 6S.-
| $50.
The marine hospital service now owns
and operates thirteen large and complete
quarantine stations. which, the surgeon
general reports, with their boarding YES
sells, disinfacting apparatus, hospitals,
and personnel, add materially 10 the adj
ministrative duties Of his office. There
were sSsS vessels inspected and $40 dis.
infected at these stations during the fiscal
year. There are, besides nine stations
where inspection OF incoming vessels 10
conducted by officers OF the service.
In the latter part OF July last an cpl
demic OF yellow fever appeared in the
National Soldiers home, near Hampton,
Va, the management OF which was given
over entirely to the Marine hospital SER
!
were successful there having been to-
tai of As cases and Is deaths,
In his annual report the surgeon gem
eral discusses the probable origin OF this
fever and describes the methods adopted
J TO suppress 1t. The success has but one
parallel. that at McHenry, Miss. In 1898,
The. epidemic excited unusual attention
, because OF the peril to which some thir-
, ty-hve veterans OF the civil war were
, exposed and because OF the terrible raw
ages OF this disease in Norfolk and vicin-
, ity in previous years AS usual in all
epidemics, endeavor was made by ire
, sponsible parties to throw doubt upon the
character OF the disease, but the opinion
of the physicians. twelve or more In num-
Der, who saw the cases, among them ex-
merits of National reputation and one
, sent by the State of Louisiana, leaves
no question as to the diagnosis.
The surgeon general gives credit 30 the
I physicians OF the home and its governor
! Tor their prompt and intelligent action
4 and calls attention to the lesson to be
derived from this epidemic, namely, the
necessity OF promptly recognizing ana an
nounoing the disease The incident is en-
couraging as demonstrating that whei
this is done the spread OF the disease may
be checked
DESPITE the work of the service and the
Louisiana State board of health during
the winter of 1889 In aerating houses
and the contents thereof, infected during
the outbreak OF yellow fever in New Or
leans in the fall OF 1898, the disease agar
appeared as a recrudescence, the hrst cas'
having been noted in the CITY oil ne" VI.
leans in May, 1899. but there mas peer
no very wide spread, and up 10 the pres
emit time the total number OF cases re-
norted has been less than 100.
In September, yellow fever was reporte'
in Jackson, Miss, and Mississippi city
but in these places. as In New Ollo si .
the tendency to spread has been limited
and the cases have been few
In both Louisiana and Mississippi ON
GERS of The marine hospital service NAY
heen ,aesent to insure the execution
the treasury quarantine resuiaeioha az
give aid to the local health suthorlues
officers have also been detaileo 10 iu,os
tigate rumors and pass upon Ine na'u'
OF suspected cases in many loealles'
ON August 81 the marine hospital ourea
rsceiyed the first announcement OF III
existence of yellow fever III hey W, w.
though subsequent developments lndlca'
that IL had previously prevailed theie
mild form for several weeks. me inau
agement of the epidemic IN the cry icy
was left as is contemplateu W 81
10 the State quarantine autnorlt'es' ~
eArorts Of the marine hospital service NC
Inc. directed toward preventing 'ne Ii'
ease from spreading to other portions
the State and to other states Accu' :
inrly the service established marin
- patrol around the island OF Key WeSe "a
g a detention camp on Dry ior'usas'
nj miles distant where pei 4ous 10 rortq
81 leave might undergo the required pelia
,r ~ aetertiop. To October 20 mere hau pes
IS renorted 1880 cases OF yellow ieVer ana
i. deatbs Many cases Of milo type ia
ar doubtless been unreported, as huaiD'
re Of the Cuban physicians in me Guy ia,
of failed to report their cases. me uise'
III at this time is rapidly on the decrease
Y, The disease was subsequently discover
as NJ Miami, Fla. the frs, official announc
ne ment being made October 10, with u
b. statement that 1t had probably been exis
be ing IA a mild form unrecognized lot I"
months. There have been reported
al October 20, 90 cases and deaths
ns has not been determined whether ye
A. low fever at Miami IA traceabie TO q
o,n fever at Key West ana u ~ ~ W. hesn
90 the cases were not existing there oeio
y. the quarantine patrol had been rlace
&C. around the island OF Key West
H. Miami has been placed under quarantlu
ly, and the marine hospital service has pr
on pared a small detention camp at Fulfor
'5S a few miles north for people wishing
~ leave Miami The lateness OF the acts'
~, renders widespread prevalence imISo
~ able. 49, -,
I'm The surgeon general reports that psi
to the announcement Of the fever the
had been q number OF cases o. SOCIAL
gar dengue fever, many of which were wit
md out doubt mild cases OF yellow fever.
of deprecates the unwlllngness OF phys
-, clans to acknowledge the serious natu
ie' of supposed cases OF dengue fever, and
an his report urges that measures be tax
ia to prevent the spread OF dengue. sin
$40 that disease is. 80 often associated WI
yellow fever
oh On account OF the prevalence OF yellt
les. fever and smallpox In Mexico quarauti
for officers were stationed at the three pr
SO cipal railroad crossings from Mexico u
rye Texas--at Ell Paso Eagle Pass apd La
Ing do, Texas. Passengers from Mexico WI
on obliged to give evidence OF not hayi
an been in any yellow fever infected dlstr
te. g. Mexico for ten days prior to the
tae arrival at the border, this inspection 81
per vice being supplemented by system
1OI sanitary certificates Issued 10 Mexico.
IN With regard 20 yellow fever, attention
les; invited to the report OF the commiss
old OF medical officers of the marine hospi
an' service detailed by direction OF the pre-
I v dent TO make an investigation into
,o7l cause Of this disease Their hndinss
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