The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-07
DR. PORTER ISSUES MOST ENCoUR-
AGING BULLETIN.
NO PROOF OF YELLOW FEVER
IS NOW TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY
OF TAMPA, FLA.
Bakers Case Shows no Symptoms of
yellow Fever, and Psrker's Case
Is Believed to he Typhoid-Never-
theIess All Necessary Precautions
Are Being Duly Observed-A House
to House Inspection-Genera + cell
ing One of Security.

ing One of Security.
Tampa, Fla, Aug. estate Health on
Ger Porter's official statement of the
health situation here, issued tonight at
10 o'clock, is as follows:
THE sanitary situation, relating to the
existence of yellow fever In Tampa, re-
mains unchanged since the statement of
reported or discovered. The State Health
officer, assisted by United States heath
authority, Surgeon. ]. H. White, Marine
Hospital Service, has kept under obser-
walton the two cases reported to them as
cases of yellow fever at the date of their
arrival In Tampa, last Saturday, carefully
watching all symptoms and with the fol-
lowing conclusions:
'Mr Baker. who is sick at Mrs. Han
ford's residence, was too far advanced in
convalescence when seen to warrant a
positive diagnosis of the nature of his
sickness when first taken i'll, but we can
not now find anything in his case denoting
yellow fever.
Mr. Parker. now quite sick In Central
avenue, Hyde Park division of the city,
has, in our opinion typhoid fever.
VIII Keep Up Quarantine.
while this is our professional opinion,
we recognize at the same time the pro-
fessionaF right of honest difference. The
determination of the character of these
cases does not materially affect the sit
uation here, in so far as relates to quar-
antine restrictions, for as public health
officials, it is demanded that a strict
quarantine supervision shall be continued
on account of the reported death of
Mr.. Sonnenburg from yellow fever,
whose case we did not see, but which
must be accepted as reported and suffi-
cient time allowed for any possible infec-
tion 10 arise therefrom.
1.-THE logical sequence of events, there
fore, will prove the correstness of the
diagnosis made, which we do not wish
to pass upon or discuss. Through tins
medium of a house-to-house inspection
of Tampa, which was begun to-day, and
will be pushed rapidly to completion. all
cases of febrle disorders will be brought
70 tne hnOWieuSe Oh tHe proper duIHcfs-
ties. and will be Investigated. Any fur
ther developments will be published"
This bulletin was signed both by State
Health Officer Porter and by Surgeon
White of the Marine Hospital Service.
House to House Inspection.
All day Tampa waited for some express
sion from these authorities, as to-day has
been generally regarded as the Critical
period of the situation. The city sanitary
Superintendent, under direction of DR..
Porter began at l o'clock to-day, a sys-
tematic inspection of every house in the
city. -Four inspectors have been appoint
ed for each ward. and these will submit
their reports daily to the sanitary super
intendent. who will transmit them to the
state health officer.
The general feeling of the people is now
one of security, and the last trace of any
panicky symptoms has disappeared.
Travel out of the city has practically
ceased. 1t is generally believed that Tam
pa has heard the last of the scare.