The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-09-05
AT a Meeting of the State b "a. d
of Health.
Florida Il Not mciuded--No Quar-
antine Has Been Established
by Board.
THE CONFUSION Is ENDED


conference between the members of
the state board of health, represent
atives of the commercial club, and
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and representatives Of
the railroads entering the state from
the south. held at the Gait house
was of far greater importance than
was first divulged The meeting was
the actual defining of the yellow fe-
ver-infected district on the part Of
DR.. j. n. Mccormack. secretary Of
the Kentucky state board of health.
The whole trouble had grown ont
of the fact that II had been left to
the railroad companies to determine
what the infected district In Missls-
sippi and Louisiana embraced. The
fact that scattering cases of yellow
fever had been reported in various
cities In Alabama and Mississippi,
such as Montgomery. vicksburg and
Others. led the railroad officials to
regard sections wherever a case was
reported, to be a part of the infected
district. and hence they would re-
fuse to issue tickets TO Louisville I'M
less the applicants could show a GER
tiflcate of detention in camp seven
days as prescribed by the rules of
the Kentucky State board of health.
The infected territory as defined
by DR.. Mccormack with New Or
leans as the center is as follows.
From New Orleans on the l.. and
y. railroad to the Alabama state
line, on Grand Bay. a distance of
about ninety miles.
From New Orleans on the Yazoo
Valley railrosd to Baton Rouge, not
including city Of Baton Rouge. a
distance OF SO miles.
From New Orleans on the Illinois
Central railroad TO Ponchatoula, La,
a distance of about 80 miles.
From New Orleans on the Queen
and Crescent or Southern railroad to
Alabama state line. distance of
about 80 miles.
From New Orleans on all railroads
west of the Mississippi river to all
stations within a radius of about so
mites.
After the infected district had
been defined IL was then explained
that the following regulations of
the state board of health, as given
out by DIR. Mccormack, should only
apply to this district unless the
boundary line of infection is ex-
tended by the authorities:
Kentucky has not established a
quarantine, but has simply extended
its regulations of August 3 so as 10
require that no railroad or steam
boat company shall furnish trans
portation to or bring into this state
any person from any of the infected
districts of Louisiana or Mississippi
who do not hold certificate from
some proper state or United States
health official that he has remained
at one of their detention camps for
at least seven days. All of the lines
from the south have been notified
of this regulation, and IL is now in
fun operation"
Considerable stir was created in
Pensacola. Fla, over the report that
Kentucky had quarantined against
that city, and business men of the
coast city have been anxious to hear
the truth in regard TO the matter.
The defining of the infected zone by
DR.. Mccormack where the regula-
lions of the state board of health APP
ply relieves the business people of
Pensacola of their anxiety. Although
several cases Of fever have been re-
ported from Pensacola. yet IL is not
ofiicially in the infected district.