Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-31
Alabama Health officers Active.

h1aOdlua ACoitL SAhSSAo &ASeASSs
Thursday afternoon l received tele-
phone message from a prominent business
man. asking me to meet him in the even
ing for conference at the office of the city
board of health l hoped that this meant
that something would be given out con-
corning conditions In the city and the plans
of the board of health, but in this L was
disappointed. The same night L received a
message from Doctor Souchon to meet him
the next morning, and Friday morning
he telephoned me that health officers from
Alabama had arrived in the city to make
an investigation. and invited me to meet
them and join in the investigation. Some
cases were to be shown us, and there would
probably be a necropsy. When I reached
the office of the state board of health DR..
Souchon was absent, but / saw DR.. G.
F. Patton. secretary of the board, and Sur
geon ]. II. White of the service, and two
health officers representing the state of Ala
bama and the city of Mobile
They visited one of the hospitals and
made a tour of the suspected district ac-
companied by DR.. A. Nolte Of the state
board of health, with the result reported
in my letter of yesterday. Quarantine is
reported to have been instituted against
New Orleans by the city of Mobile at 3 40
pm, and the conference between the visit
ing and local health officers and others, re-
ported in my letter of yesterday, took place
about 4 or pm.
This morning Saturday DR.. Souchon
invited me to witness a necropsy at Charity
Hospital at noon. Positive evidence of yell
low fever was found, as already wired by
II report these matters in detail because
I desire that the bureau should have as
complete a history of the events of the
week as possible. l neglected to wire in
formation OF rumors. because I was con-
stantly hoping to get hold of facts which
would be more definite and satisfactory
than any l had"
Work of Health Authorities.
A dispatch received by Surgeon General
Wyman Of the public health and marine
hospital service from DR.. j. II. White, in
charge of the service work at New Orleans,
tells of the steps taken by Surgeon Il. +.
Richardson, who is supervising the work
in the infected district for the city board of
health. 1t reports that on Thursday and
Friday there were 1918 houses inspected,
10 cases of sickness were investigated and
900 or more tanks and cisterns oiled.
The officials of the marine hospital serv-
ice express the opinion that the fact that
the area of the disease has been well re-
Stricted is an encouraging feature OF the
present outbreak. But two other places
outside of the state of Louisiana they say,
have officially reported a case of the fever,
a notable contrast to former outbreaks,
when it spread with greater rapdity.
Troops May Not Be Moved.
Unless the yellow fever epidemic in New
Orleans actually extends to the military
post at jackson barracks, which is within
the limits of the city, it is not likely that
any action will be taken by the War De-
partment for the removal of the troops
from that post
No cases have yet appeared there, and
every possible precaution has been taken to
guard against the introduction of the dis
ease
Lieut.. Gen Chaffee has received private
letter from New Orleans to the effect that
the disease is mainly confined to the Italian
quarter, and as the authorities appear to
have the situation well in hand it is not
likely to spread to any considerable extent.
Three years ago, when yellow fever ap-
peared in San Antonio, Texas, the troops
remained at Fort Sam Houston without the
contraction of single case of the disease,
and the impression prevails at the depart
ment that. as result of the sanitary
measures adopted in the case of Jackson
barracks, that that post will also escape
the epidemic.