The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-22
To the World is Cairo as Result
OF Strict Quarantine TO be
Enforced Here
MUST HAVE PERMITS
SIGNED BY CAIRO OFFICERS BE.
FORE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY
CAN BE GAINED.-clTY
BOARD OF HEALTH
TAKES ACTION.

To prevent any possible danger of
yellow fever entering Cairo the city
board of health yesterday afternoon
declared Cairo guaranteed against
the world
As soon as the order. which was
adopted and approved by the mayor
and Secretary Egan of the State Board
of Health. becomes effective. no per
sons will be allowed to enter the city
from any direction unless provided
with permit signed by either Alder.
man Thomas Fuller, chairman of the
city board of health or Secretary
James A. Egan, of the state board
The permits will be mailed 10 any
persons out of the city desiring to
come to Cairo. If they will write to
either of the above officers and state
that they have been away from any
infected district for the past ten days.
Every train and steamboat entering
the city will be met by a corps Of
inspectors and the person holding the
permit will be compelled to prove that
ne is the one who applied for the
certificate.
The permits will be worded as fol-
lows:
Conditional permission Is hereby
granted TO Mr. Blank Of Blank town.
to enter the city of Cairo with blank
number of days Ii will be understood
by the holder of this conditional per
lnit that before he will be allowed to
enter the city he will be required 10
Identify himself by documentary evi.
dence or otherwise and to demonstrate
TO the satisfaction of the inspectors of
the city or state board of health that
he has not been in any infected dis.
trict within the previous ten days.
No person coming direct from the
states of Louisiana will be permitted
to enter Cairo.
The above must be signed by eth.
tr MIR. Fuller or DR. Egan
| The official order For the strict
quarantine, as adopted at the meeting
yesterday is as follows:
Quarantine Orders.
City OF Cairo, Illinois,
August n, 1905.
| The City Of Cairo. Illinois, is hereby
declared 70 be quarantined against all
places north, south. east and west.
No person whomsoeyer will be per.
mitted to enter the City of Cairo unless
he presents permit issued after this
Edate and signed on behalf of the CITY
of Cairo by Thomas w. Fuller. chair.
man OF the local board board Of health,
or on behalf of the state board OF
health of Illinois by James A. Egan
secretary OF the state board Of health
This order win go into effect imme
diately after it's publication.
GEORGE PARSONS. Mayor
Approved by the Illinois State Board
t0f Health.
JAMES A. EGAN, NJ. D,
Secretary.
Secretary Egan yesterday placed n
ban on Kentucky certificates by issn.
ing the following order:
10 Transportation Companies Opera
I ing IN southern Illinois,.
The Illinois State Board Of Health
requests that you direct your agents
to seel no tickets to points in Illinois
south OF the line OF the Baltimore e.
Ohio Southwestern railway running
from st. Louis TO Vincennes. unless
the persons applying for same present
certificates OF health signed by na.
uonal, state, county or municipal
health officers The certificates of
private physicians should not be ac.
cepted
The State Board Of Health Will not
recognize certificates Of health issued
in Fulton, KY, Bowling Green, KY. Pa.
| ducah, KY, McCracken County. XIV,
and Birds Point. Mo. other points
will be added as additional evidences
Of the sale of health certificates is
| obtained
JAMES A. EGAN, Mr. b,
Secretary.
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