The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-11
LOUISIANA BOARD OF HEALTH
President souchon Replies to
the Resolutions of the riissis-
sippi Board.


Louisiana Board of Health,
2o4 Carondelet Street Cor. of
Common,
New Orleans, Feb. q, 1899.
DR., John +. Hunter, Secretary of
Mississippi State Board OF
Health, jackson, Miss:
Dear Sir--l have read in the
daily papers of this city the res
olutions passed by the Mississip-
pi Board of Health at its meeting
OF February 3, alleging that i
favored concealing yellow few
or, contending that yellow fever
called by him (me) 'yellowoid'
is not a quarantinable disease -
that | have refused to inform
the country at large when cases
Of yellow fever have been re-
ported to him (me) by physicians
Of the city"
have heretofore purposely
and Systematically ignored all
attacks made upon me and the
Louisiana State Board Of health
from parties not in authority.
having realized from tho start
how wearing and endless task
it would be to answer them. But
when allegations come from such
authority as the Mississippi State
Board of Health | hasten 10 reply
without waiting for the copy Of
the resolutions that is to be sent
to me.
! do maintain that the yellow
fever of the last two years is not
the dreadful yellow fever Of old,
and that the harsh quarantine
measures for the grave forms OF
those dark days should be re-
placed by modern scientific SAN
ition after the true up-to date
Anglo Saxon spirit.
vehemently protest against
the imputations conveyed in
these resolutions. They were
PASSED without calling upon me
for any explanation. That would
have been but simple justice and
courtesy TO a fellow officer Of a
sister state. Thereby the board
allowed its prejudice TO get the
better Of its judgment, duty and
official courtesy.
would not, and could not an
nounce cases Of yellow fever and
proclaim quarantine on rumors,
or without having the reported
cases corroborated by other phy-
siciaus, experts Of the Louisiana
State Board Of Health, especially
as the true nature of the fever
chat prevailed the previous year
and was prevailing again was SO
much disputed,
The new Louisiana State Board
Of Health, the majority Of which
is composed ofleading physicians
OF the highest standing from the
parishes, recognized the sense
and justice of such course, as
it passed resolution to the effect
that "No report of case Of
quarantinable disease shall be
accepted without having been
corroborated by one or two ex-
ports OF the board Of health.
energetically deny here, once
for all that | failed to announce
to other boards of health any
case Of yellow fever that had been
reported to me by any Of the ex-
perts Of the Louisiana State
Board Of Health, or by any Of
the health authorities.
The Mississippi State Board OF
Health had a permanent medical
inspector stationed in New Or
leans from the beginning Of May.
He was afforded all the facilities
for investigatins he asked for.
He was treated with all the cour-
tesy, official and social, to which
a representative of sister state
and gentleman was entitled to,
although we fully appreciated all
the time that he would quaran-
tine this great city at the very
fret opportunity. We all here
can testify to the thorough, palms.
taking and conscientious manner
in which he discharged his duty.
When in the beginning of July
the secretary of the Mississippi
State Board requested the Louis
lana State Board to permit an