The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-08-30
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announcing that charges would be pre-
ferred against Surgeon White for re-
porting to Surgeon General Wyman
that the city was infected, based on
the case of Mrs. Guerico, who devel-
eped yellow fever shortly after heT
arrival here. When shown the dis
patch, DR.. White said he cid not care
how many charges were filed and that
he intended to report facts whenever
he discovered them.
"An examination of the mortuary
reports of Memphis will be found
interesting in this connection" said
DR.. White.
Last weeks Memphis Inortuary re-
port has attracted a great deal of 10
cal attention. II shows hat out Of 81
deaths, ten were from malaria, five
from typhoid, two from araemia and
one from nephrytis. Mistakes are
often made in diagnosis, il is content
ed by local physicians.
Meantime Memphis and Mississippi
are beginning to have some of the
experiences of New Orleans N the
matter of hasty guarantees. Texas
has quarantined Memphis people and
Baton Rogue and other towns in Louis
lana have quarantined the whole state
of Mississippi. On the other hand the
steady improvement in he New Or
leans situation is having effect on
the authorities in Mississippi and it
is expected that their influence will
be used against restrictive measures
in the future.
The authorities continue to have q
great deal Of trouble with the Italians
in the parishes just above New Or
leans. Extraordinary efforts are made
to conceal cases and report is made
of the throwing of the body Of a
yellow fever victim into a well near
Kenner in order to prevent the dis
covery of the case.
The fever at Gulfport has caused
the Mississippi coast towns which
have not become infected to double
their quarantine guards and to CON-
pletely stop intercourse with towns
under the ban. Ice boats from the
Biloxi canning factories are not al
lowed to enter the waters of Ocean
Springs which is seriously interior
ring with the schrimp business. A
section foreman who ran the qua-Gn-
tine in a box car has been fined $50
at Ocean Springs.
The appearance Of fever at Natchez
and Lake Providence has caused Mot
roe to put on a tighter quarntine. 1t
has also resulted in increased restric-
tons by Arkansas. The effect of tho
action of the latter state threatens
to annul traffic over the Iron Noun
tain. A train on that road passing
through Monroe has been stopped &C
the Arkansas line and turned back.
Monroe is therefore without northern
outlet. Natchez people, however, are
making no effort to escape north
through Louisiana. They are going
east by way of Jackson. A dozen
coaches loaded with refugees has al
ready left the Mississippi city.
The local situation steadily grows
better. In spite Of the cool weather
there has been no increase in the
death rate, the small number of fa-
talities in the past "a hours having
an exceptional fine effect. On the
same date in 1873 there were 81
deaths.
Sister Mary Engelberta, the young
religeuse who fell victim 20 the fever
in the convent of Perpetual Alteration
only entered the order two weeks ago.
She was a native of Bavaria and Lad
been in this country three years, max
ing her novitiatee. She leaves a sis
ter in the same order and other rela-
tives in Europe.
Professor BOyce of the Liverpool
School of Tropical Medicine has de
livered his first lecture at the TEN
pie Sinai. He was given a cordial
reception. Professor Boyce said he
had been here long enough to realize
that splendid work was being done
under the direction of the federal
authorities and expressed the opin-
ion that an immense service would be
rendered to the civilized world b.
the success of the campaign, which
he felt was assured.