The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
Is Energy Thrown Away.

Is Energy Thrown Away.
 "Cleaning up streets and removing dirt from gutters is energy thrown away" declared President Kohnke of the city board of health to a delegation of citi- zens who called to consult him on the subject You ought to put every man you can get hold of to screening cisterns and draining standing water from prem ises A tomato can half filled with water is as dangerous as an unscreened cis- tern. We shall demonstrate without doubt that the mosquito and the mosquito only carries this Infection
 The most popular screen at present Is of cheese cloth. It is not as durable as screen of fine wire mesh but the fever came so suddenly that the wire houses have had their sources of supply ex- hausted.
 The emergency hospital which has been fitted out for the care of yellow fever pa- tients was In full operation today. It is located in an old building in the heart of the French quarter. The building is three stories high with an annex. It has been transformed Into a modern infrm- ary with kitchen and dining room for the nurses and other attendants. There is hot and cold water on every floor with electric fans to keep the atmosphere cool. All the doors and windows have been completely screened and patients will be surrounded with every reasonable com fort. The hospital will be operated at its full capacity. patients being removed to it from all sections of the city In a screene ambulance which has been al ready provided.
 No Excitement Among Residents.
 A visit to the French market section to- day gave little visible evidence of the serious epidemic that has prevailed in that quarter. Two weeks of hard work by the public cleaning gangs showed in the general cleanliness of the surround ings, but there was no excitement among the residents. The better class of Italians in the societies and the priests had done excellent missionary work among their countrymen. and now that those who are in the infected district realize that 1t Is practically impossible for them to get out of 1t. they have apparently decided to stay until the fever Is wiped out. Every avenue of egress from the city has been closed by the rigid quarantine and unin- fected sections of the city are discourag- ing any further invasions by Italians Pity for unfortunates. A family which carried it's belongings iuto the sixth district today was per sdaded to return to the home it had va cated and landlords are refusing for the present to rent to Italian tenants Pity is felt for unfortunates who have suffer ed from the scourge, but 1t Is considered wiser for them to remain where they are at present and where they are to be charitably cuie ed foi if distress and nursod if i'll.
 The detention camps established by the marine hospital service in order to enable persons to ieave the city who want 10 get into sections quarantined against New Orleans were opened today. Permits to enter these camps are to be obtained from the headquarters of the marine hospital service here. This is to be required jn order that eacn applicant may be exam fred, the hospital service not desiring 60 send into the detention camps persons who are likely to become III, thereby es- iablishlng lew cen.-.s Ct infection. There IS very slight hegira of New Orleans people. Some heads of families are send Ing their wives and children elsewhere. and men whose business Las suffered by 1 'he appearance of .he lever are taking apNantage oi thu oIfDortl.l.ity to take sun
 mer vacations now. snt unless the fever becomes much more ser.ons than it Is the numbe coing away Will b. much smaller tfaa in lsS7 and lsas.
 Impossible to Get Away. Meantime it is next to impossible to get into Mississippi. Alabama, Texas or Louisiana towns without detention. Guar antine are being made constantly mora risio since the board of health began to make puohc the number of cases and oeatn' Mississippi is sending her inspec tors right into New Orleans Every pas senger IS examined and the tickets of ioush passengers scrutinized to pre-