The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
BABE DISCUSSES
 FEVER SITUATION Sees No Cause for Alarm in
 Birmingham REGRETS THE QUARANTINE Thinks It May not Have Been Neces- sary, Although He Does MOI Criticize County Health
 Board.
REGRETS THE QUARANTINE

T R. Babb. secretary of the Co',,'',e' c,o, chib. in speaking yesterday oi '"' a+titnde of Birming'ham's pusliesS -. .,,a yellow fever situation, naos this statement; ,,,.,;,,..
 ..r ,,,e many other persons in Blrnliiie' ,an eould have wished, without III any sense condemning the action 'aAe" .sa r.fferson County Medical society tha' the solid sense of that inteihsen' would have seen fit not to auaraii''''e against Montgomery. The ques'ioH' nv .,,or u,as merely one of opinion ana iii- asn,,cb as the experts have seen he 'o quarantine the Capital City, IL pecoi'es inc dutv of all citizens to recognize ,..,,,,r conditions and reckon with them promptly and wisely
 "Rirmingham's business men recoshiNe' I think. that this action Of the iieuie"' society was dictated by what was' Ill 'iie societv,s Judgment, an intelligent seaso of nrudence; and in the face of that ac- .,on inc industrial. commercial and man cial interests of the city will accep. eiie situation and do all in their power 'o co- onerate with the authorities in executing
 
 the nolicy that has been adopted.
 No Cause for Alarm.
 .It hardly needs to be said, however that there is absolutely no cause TOT alarm here in Birmingham The ohis thing that can even in the least degree oc- casion anxiety here is the fact that the stepomIa fasciata, the mosquito that transmits the yellow fever, has been found in or near this city. In the absence of the yellow fever poison or germ, this mosuuito Is quite as harmless as any other of her sister of brother songsters. The stegomia fasciata may be found Tn cities far to the north of Birmingham. take it that this city in it's present ex- celient sanitary condition has no more reason for anxiety than have Philadelphia or Washington or Baltimore or Nash vile Our altitude precludes even the pos sibility of an outbreak of yellow fever here. The city is thoroughly healthful. II has been made clean and will be kept clean. The stegomia fasciata may be here but under present conditions the yellow fever germ or poison cannot be bred here and if imported cannot survive here. Ha- yana was for centuries scourged with yellow fever epidemics, but since 1t was cleaned up and put in good sanitary con dition there has been no outbreak of vel low fever there The stegomia fasciatai however, still lives there. and will con- tlnue to do so probably for centuries.
 Will Be lnconvenient
 '.Inasmuch as this is the case, there is no reason why there should be even the slightest anxiety here in Birmingham There will of course, be inconvenience suffered by reason of the quarantine in structions, but this annoyance will be only temporary, and will not measurably re- tard the progress and prosperity of the city.
 Though Birmingham's business mer know that they and the.r fndustries are free from peril, they nevertheless keenl, sympathize with cities and sections of tn, south that are afflicted with yellow fever They are, I am sure, prepared to be pa tient and to lend helping hand to cities less fortunate than Birmingham" loT lHspeciofS to meet every tram Iron Montgomery at Calera and go through tho train, compelling every passenger iron Montgomery to get off the train before i i reaches Birmingham, or to be locked II special cars and to go on through tn, city as do other through passengers. The Southern.
 The same regulations will apply to tn, Southern railway and arrangements vii Trains from Selma will be inspected, al people could go from Montgomery t, Selma and come into Birmingham by tha route.
 MT. Toe estimated last night that i would require four inspectors for thu Louisville and Nashville trains and prob ably the same number for the Southern trains to and from Selma. He had copie. of the proclamation printed last night ] as well as affidavits which all passenger, will be required to sign in addition tt those required by the state quarantine Badges for the officers were also printed and will be distributed this morning. The first city quarantine officer will g south this morning at 5:25 o'clock on tn, I Louisville and Nashville accommodation to Montgomery, and will meet the nortl bound accommodation train at Calera. H. will go through the train and requir' the oaths to be taken and not allow an, one from Montgomery to enter the city.