The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-08-26
DR.. ]. !. PORTER
REACHES THE
CITY
And VIII Remain Here for SeVera
Days Looking Into Matters
Pertaining to the
Quarantine.

DR.. Joseph Y. Porter, state health
officer of Florida, reached the city last
night, coming from Jacksonville, where
he had been for the past few days.
The visit of Dr. Porter at this time
IS to inspect the quarantine system
al FlomatOn, and to consult with Dr..
Anderson and DR.. Byrd in regard TO
the same
Up to the present time the system
maintained at FlOmaton has been
most satisfactory, as DIR. Byrd AMI
the inspectors on duty there have used
discretion and good judgment In
performing their duties. DR.. Porter,
while in this section. viii also con-
suit with DR.. Guiteras, the noted vel
low fever expert, who is now in New
Orleans, relative to the quarantine
which has been established by Cuba
against Florida ports.
When DR.. Porter reached the MeT-i
chants hotel last night ne was worn
out from a long trip from Jackson
VILE and asked to be excused from
being interviewed, as there was moth
ing of interest to be given out.
To Inspect Quarantine
The Jacksonville Tsnes-Union of
gNONGludg NOhNelAlNN NAAN AOAAcHA-Ao "a
ticle relative to DR.. POrter,s visit to
this city:
DIR. Joseph Y. Porter, State Health
Officer. will leave this morning for
Pensacola, after remaining in Jackson
vile for the past ten days and look
ing after the details of the office OF
the State Board of Health and direct
ing the State quarantine from this
end of the line.
Having gotten everything working
in a satisfactory manner, DR.. Porter
will now visit Pensacola 70 the pur-
pose o. comforting with DR.. Hiram
Byrd. assistant to the State Health
Officer, who is in charge on the line
Of the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
between Pensacola and Mobile. Or.
Porter will also confer with DR.. War,
ren e. Anderson, agent of the State
Board of Health at Pensacola. who
has been in charge of all matters for
the board at that place. RS
DIR. Porter will not be absent from
Jacksonville but few days. He
hopes that while he is in Pensacola to
arrange with DR.. John Guiteras, the
noted yellow fever expert, WHO recent
~ passed though here, en- route from
Cuba to New Orleans, 60 meet him at
! Flomaton and confer with MIN in re-.
gard to the senseless quarantine thatI
/ Cuba is maintaining against all Flori-
da ports.
DR. Guiteras is a prominent official
! in the Cuban government, ta.ad as he
! has expressed the opinion that there
IS not the slightest danger 10 Havana.
/ or any other part of Cuba since the
! recovery Of the yellow fever case in
/ West Tampa, Dr. Potter hopes that.
DR.. Guiteras may influence the Cuban.
/ Government to withdraw its quaTan-
! tine against Florida.
THE quarantine against Florida
/ ports acts as a great hardship, and all
non-immune passengers going TO Cuba
| from Tampa, Miami and Key Wess,
are required to spend five days in the
detention camp at TriSCOrnia Quaran-
tine station, on the opposite side Of
| the bay from Havana. The expense
has to be borne by the passengers, who
have to deposit with the agents OF
the steamship companies the amount
of the quarantine detention fee before
they are sold tickets to Havana. The
| fee is $3.50 per day for board at the
quarantine station.
During the absence Of DR.. Porter
| from Jacksonville, DR.. r. II. McGinnis,
who has been acting as assistant to
| the State Health Officer will be in
/ charge as the personal representative
! of DR.. Porter. Mr.. J. Marvin Durrancs,
/ the new executive clerk 10 the State
/ Health officer, is fast familaTizing
| himself with the details Of the office
work. There is an immense amount
OF office work in connection with the
/ State Board of Health, and it natural
/ ly takes any person some little time
/ to master all of the details The
/ daily reports received at the office
/ from all over the State have to be tab
ulated. and there is a vast amount OF
| correspondence to be attended TO at
! all times
DIR. Porter yesterday received
letter from South Florida from a par
/ " wanting professional advice regard
! ing a matter that has never before
/ been called TO the attention of the
/ State Board. During the absence OF
the State Health Officer DR.. McGin-
/ mis- and DR.. Andrade VIII investigate
the matter and will probably have
report TO submit on the subject when
/ Dir Porter rpfUrnC'