The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-02

itv of the patients suffering from the disease recovered. Out of the total number of cases. when two patents had died, the official announcement or the presence of yellow fever was maoe. Az a result when the official announce ment did come many Montgomery peo- pIe became alarmed and left the city.
 The present situation Is quite diner- ent. The stranger who came 10 the city infected and who developed fever here was i'll but few hours before the City Physician was fortunately summoned to his assistance. His illness, once recognized as suspicious, Minne- hett was immediately removed from the city to the emergency hospital, and the Board of Health informed of the sus- picious nature of his illness. Convinc- ed that Minnehett was suffering from yellow fever, instead of making an att tempt to conceal the fact. the people of Montgomery were immediately taken into the confidence of the physicians.
 Came From KentwOOd.
 Kentwood, where Minnehett came from, Is about eighty miles from New near Jackson, Miss. The place Is a large lumber camp in which Minnehett has been working. It is supposed that Italian laborers fleeing from New Or leans brought the disease to kentwood. Minnehett came into Alabama before the QudranLlne uaU Ucch against the State of Louisiana. He reached Montgomerey Monday night, the 24th inst.
 On last Thursday he called at the office of the Mayor and. on the grounds of poverty asked that he be furnished with a ticket out of Montgomery. This was given him by the Mayors secreta- ry. He delayed using 1t for some reason. If he had used the pass which was given to him without any knowledge of his condition. the fever which was in his blood would have developed in some other city than Mont gomery. But Minnehett remained in Montgomery to be taken i'll Friday night.
 The crisis in his case has now passed. He is reported as being past the danger period in the disease. convalescent now he is demanding more to eat than the authorities consider it judicious to give him. Since the suspect has been at the Emergency Hospital he has been nursed by a negro woman who Is familiar with the attentions required and needed by a yellow fever patient.
 He has moreover been given skilled medical attention and supplied with all he needs.
 The members of the Board of Health are unanimously of the opinion that there will be no spread from this single case from Louisiana. It Is the opinion of the physicians that in a short while Minnehett will have completely recover ed from his fever and that there Is hardly a possibility of its spread in Montgomery. Throughout his entire illness Minnehett has been carefully guarded from mosquitoes. Medical science has demonstrated beyond doubt that mosquitoes are the sole, the only means of distribution and infection of yellow fever. Removed from the city as quickly as he was. guarded as closely as he was the physicians are confident that no opportunity has been offered for the spread of disease.
 No Cause for Alarm.
 They see in tlse present situation no cause for alarm. In this particular Dr. W. H. Sanders. State Health Off, cer, agrees with them So sure Is Dr. Sanders that there will be no spread from this single case of the Louisiana stranger that he advises, that no oth- CT portion of the State shall Quaran- tine against Montgomery. It is gem erally agreed that the city was never in a more cleanly or healthy condition. The danger from infection had been reduced to a minimum before the Louisiana lumberman came in with the yello wfever in his blood. And now that he Is here, the physicians believe that his case had run it's course through the danger period and in a short while he will be discharged and all danger of any spread of the dis ease removed. And out of this firm conviction the members of the Board of Health assure the people of Mont gomery that there is not any occsaion for any alarm.
 In speaking of the situation last night, Acting Mayor Mcintyre said: The members of the Board of Health, think, are to be commended for their courage and promptness In making known the presence of yellow fever brought in by this man from Louisiana It might be said that 1t would have been more to the interest of the city if the news had been suppressed. This Is possibly true, but the people of Mont gomery. am sure. will praise the men who have been fair and open to them These same men who have dealt fairly and above board with the people have