The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-08-27
NOT AT ALL UNEASY
Excellent Arrangements Will Ex-
CIude Fever from this State.
BELIEVES FEVER WILL NOT BE
STAMPED OUT UNTIL COLD
WEATHER-ExcELLENT PRO-
GREss IN PLACING PENSACOLA
IN SANITARY coNDITIoN-MsLL
NOT MEET GUITERAs.

DR.. Joseph Y. Porter, the Scate
Health Officer of Florida, who reached
the city from Jacksonville Friday
night, spent all of yesterday in con-
sultation with local officials of the
board, and as result he is well salts
fed with the manner in which the
work is being done, and the system
that is being maintained to keep out
Of Florida parties who may ATTEMPT to
come here from infected places.
DR.. Porter has been keeping in close
touch with the quarantine officials In
all sections of the state, and when
talking last night was high In his
praise of the work of DR.. Anderson,
the agent of the State Board of
Health, and DR.. Byrd, who is in
charge of the quarantine at Flomaton,
and believes that the quarantine ar
Flemation and in this section is the
most effective ever known in Florida
D. Porter was aYerse to being inter
viewed. but something of the situation
twas gained srom his talk He sale.
'sThe quarantine in this section Of
/ the state has been exeellently Dla1ag-
ed. and no time since the fever vas
/ discovered in New Orleans. have |
been at all uneasy. In fact DTs. Audar-
/ son and Byrd have done excellent
! service, and in addition they have
acted in a gentlemanly manner in en-.
/ forcing the regulations. All of our
( officials, however, in the entire state.
i have acted in such a manner and have
worked systematically, and every
avenue leading to Florida is thorough
! " patrolBeG. not excluding the branch
| line that runs to FlOrala, which DR..
! Anderson had the foresight to look
after.
No Danger From Water.
"The danger of the fever reaching
Florida by water has been reduced to
a minimum. The war between Wanda
man, of Mississippi, and Blanchard, OF
Louisiana, helped us to great ex-
tent, as a very rigid quarantine was
maintained, and since then the Marine
Hospital Service has placed vessels
in commission to patrol the coast. so
as the days go by the danger Of the
fever getting into Florida is lessened.
+ New Orleans Situation.
: "The fever in New Orleans" contin-
5 ued DR.. Porter, sis not likely to be-
2 come epidemic as it has in the past,
D hut do not think that they viii be
t able to rid the CITY of it before cold
2 weather. The officials are meeting
/. with a great many difficulties, and the
people there, to judge from reports.
are not doing what they should, bat
on the contrary are very secretive.
The authorities, however, are doing
excellent work, as has been shown,
: Notwithstanding the handicaps under
which they labor.
"The time to commence work "a
eradicate the mosquito and to clean
up is winter. This was shown by the
\ manner in which Havana was clean
:. ed. Most of the work was done dur
II ing the winter season, and when sum
81 mer approached it found the city II
d good condition. You cannot expect
!. any city of any size to be cleaned n
! a month or two months, as 1t requires
. time and hard work TO place it in con
if dition.
a. About Pensacola.
It, 81 have not been able to sscertaiI
from actual observations the condl
ton of Pensacola, but to Judge from
what I have read in The Journal ant
It from talking with the physicians, ex
r. ceIlent progress has been made Ia thl
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