The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-29
NO TAMPA QUARANTINE
sTATB HEALTH BOARD RECOM- 0EgDO TO GOVERNOR.
Cass Reported st That Point is Well Isolatea aaA screenea-OAcers Aso Working With the
 G7FeateUt CaRe.

Alabama will not quarantine Tampa or any section of Florida on the
 strength of the single case of yellow
 fever on record in that city. It Is the
 opinion of Dr. W. H. Sanders, State Health Omcsr, that there is no urgent
 need to put ban on the riorida ci.y Such . recommendation was communi- cAted yesterday to Governor Jelks in
 Blount Springs. and although there
 have been reports that Tampa would be restricted, no action will be taken
 on the part of the State. =.
 A telegram received yesterday by Chief Clerk W. R. Brassell of the State Health Departemnt, from State Health Oficer J. Y. Porter of Florida. inspired
 Dr. Sanders with confidence in the
 Tampa and Florida health authorities
 The assurance was contained in this lengthy telegram that the case in Tampa had been taken in hand early after his arrival on a steamer from
 New Orleans and was now isolated and screened. Besides, the communication
 states that the case presents symptoms of a mild type. There Is no fear to speak of even in the city, where the case is now being treated.
 Dr. Porter's telegram further in-
 formed Dr. Sanders that the appear
 ance of the Tampa case was not due to any laxity on the part of the health off,
 icers there. The case arrived before Florida proclaimed quarantine against
 New Orleans. It was on July 22, the steamer having left the Crescent City
 July 20.
 Clerk Brassell held a conference yes-
 terday morning with Dr. H. Simpson Of Pensacola. a member of the Florida Health Board. who was passing through Montgomery en route home from Jacksonville. He presumably was we'll informed on the history of the Tampa case and he practically con- Armed the information transmitted to Dr. Sanders by Dr. Porter. Dr. simp- son said that the case Is several days old and has been In Tampa for six days now without causing a spread of | the fever As 1t Is well screened and was well isolated from the beginning l the belief is strongly expressed by both pr. Porter and Dr. Simpson that the fever will die with this one case.
 On the same train of, the Atlantic Coast Line which brought Dr. Simpson | to Montgomery. yesterday morning were six passengers from Tampa di- | rect, according to the statement of MT. | BrasseIl. who is State quarantine SUI pervisor for this point. Mir. Brassell and his men were helpless. but the sit- uation was not so bad after all since | four of the half dozen passengers went | straight on through to distant North ern points. The other two are believed | to have remained in Alabama. though not in this city The local authorities l do not consider these instances as any cause for alarm for the reasons oi l safety in Tampa conveyed in Dr. Por- | ter's report, All of Dr. Porter's. report was repeated to Dr. Sanders in Noble by Clerk Brasseli4 yesterday during g l long distance phone conversation. | In this conversation Clerk Brassel l was told by State Health oficer San. | ders that he will not return to Mont l gomery for a few days yet on account l of his being at present engaged 1T ton camp at Grand Bay. Miss. a sta l ton on the Louisville and Nashvill, | Road just beyond the Alabama line l This camp will be a relay point fol crews on the Louisville and Nashville
 so that entirely different train com plements will be on the line from thu camp to New Orleans from those whfcl
 will traverse Alabama. As soon as Dr Sanders Is satisfied with the camp a Grand Bay he will return to Nhis offic'
 here and conduct all quarantine bust
 ness from Montgomery. .. | Supervisor Brassell yesterday caused l a conductor and three negro porters t' be taken from Pullman car of thu Southbound Louisville and Nashville train arriving at Il o'clock and hat them sent to Nashville last night or
 the same road. Oficers had detected | that the conductor and porters wer' | violating the quarantine regulation!
 as they have been in New Orleans
 since the first proclamation of Govern l or Jelks. As an illustration of th' | efficiency of the State quarantine ser
 vice, two officers in the northern par lof the State were yesterday dismissed on account of la xmethods and report 1 ed connivance with fugitives.