The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-08

ATLANTA OPEN
TO REFUGEES
City Refuses to Quarantine at Order
of State Health Board.
LOCAL BOARD CENSURED
Advent Of Stricken Yellow Fever Patient
from Pensacola, Fla, Results In
Test of CitY'S Immunity.


from Pensacola, Fla, was discovered
in Atlanta few days ago, and the
patient, Joan &. Caru;hers, is now AT
the detention camp, three miles out
from the city.
Caruthers reached Atlanta Thurs
day night and stopped at one OF the
smaller ho.eis Of the city. Friday
morning he was taken III and during
the day repaired to the offices OF tho
city board ri health, asking that his
condition 20 looked into. DR.. J. F.
kennedy, cty health officer, exam
lied the man and detected symptoms
Of yellow sever.
While the news OF the case OF vel
lew fever MS the topic OF much dis
tussion, there was no alarm manifest
ed by anyone. At the office OF the
hoard CT health 1t was stated THAI
there was absolutely no ground for
worry on tire part Of a single res
ident Of Atlanta
The Gatient is a carpenter and his
residence in Pensacola was only
short distanre from that OF the Greeks
who are now down with the disease
in that CITY. 1t is regarded by tho
local authorities as fortunate for Ca
rrthe-s that he reached Atlatna be-
fore being taken III.
Atlanta's hCnlth board was made
the subjec' Of severe Censure by the
state boarl OF health, which met az
the atate capitol in called SESSION Sa..
urdly for It's failure to L:Omptly no
t'fy the state board OF the existence
CT the C1ruthcrs Clse.
In connection with the resolution
consuming Atlantas board OF health,
tae state beard also Adopted a rcso.
l,.iO1 advising that Atlanta should
2, cncc institute and declare quara0.
ne against all yellow fever infected
points.
N'ny other cities in the state, par.
t,cularly the railroad centers, were
advised to institute quarantine against
infected points without delay.
Strongly asserting their belief IN
the olt-proyCn contention that yellow
fever cann0: gain n fOOthold in Al.
,anta AMI that the fever cannot spread
from any imported case, the Cl;y
Lcard OF health Sunday morning dc.
clined 20 ac,ede to the request OF the
state board OF health and will not
quarantine tCainst the fever infected
districts.
When the question OF quarantine
had been fully discussed motion was
made that action upon the matter b.
deferred until some future date. This
meant there is no probability that the
city board of health will institute 4
quarantine
Marine Service Confident.
Washington special says: Allan.
"a IL not regarded as infectible ter.
ritory for yellow fever by the pub.
lie health and marine hospital serv.
ice, and no spread OF the disease
there is anticipated This view is bss.
ed on the experience Of the past, cs
cases OF the fever have several times
appeared In atlanta. but have never
produced a new case. Surgeon General
Wyman sad he had received Il report
Of the case developed there from Sur.
geon Wertemberger Of the marine
hospital service stationed there. Tho
Infected perSon has been removed
several miles out OF town aud
screened, Dr., Wyman said. however,
that the yellow fever mosquito does
not breed In Atlanta. and for that
reason no spread OF the disease may
be feared.