The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-10
Mounds Establishes Quarantine Ac.
count Of Epidemic of Gale
Meningitis.
GILBERT STILL ON THE FELL
Making Thorough Personal Invessi-
cation Of Actual Condi-
tions There.

A special meeting of the Cairo
board 9of health will be held this
afternoon for q general discussion
of the situation prevailing at Gale
and Mcclure.
II is probable that inspectors viii,
If found necessary, upon receipt of
reports from the Infected points, be
appointed, whose duties will be to
examine a persons entering the
city compelling them to present
health certificates showing that they
arc not from any infected districts.
No radical, insane measures are
contemplated, but whatever is found
essential to restore confidence, will
result from this meeting of the
board Of health.
This meeting is found necessary
by the fact Of the adoption of GER
tain regulations by the city council
of Mounds last night. the Mounds
authorities be ieving that Cairo was
not taking. what they think are
necessary precautions in the matter
of preventing the admission into the
city Of persons from infected points
in Tennessee. Missouri, Gale and
Mcclure. n
Mounds Establishes Quarantine.
On account of the epidemic Of
spinal meningitis prevailing in the
country surrounding Mcclure a
special meeting of the city council
of Mounds was held last night and
following general discussion by the
aldermen 1t was the unanimous SEN
timent of that body that as meas
ure of self preservation, certain pre-.
cautions should at once be taken, in
order 10 conserve the health OF Its
citizens.
The measures, it was the general
opinion of al the aldermen, should
not be radical and relics of bar
barous age but based on common
sense and sound reason.
Therefore strict quarantine
against all points to the west was
ordered.
The Illinois Central railroad will
be requested not to discharge any
passengers from points west in the
city limits from their train known as
billy Bryan
An inspector is to be placed on
the gravel road at Burdette's Cross
ing on the Interurban road, about
one mile below Mounds on the way
to Mound City. whose duty viii be
to go through all interurban cars
and require health certificates from
all unknown persons.
An inspector is to be placed at the
Illinois Central depot in the city of
Mounds. whose duty will be to re-
quire health certificates from all
persons alighting from the south
certifying that they were not from
any infected points.
Hard to Get News.
1t was impossible to obtain any
authentic news from Mcclure or
Gae last night as all telephone
wires are down. County Commits
sioner Gilbert had not returned to
Cairo, up to midnight, strong evil
dence that he is personally investi-
eating conditions in a thorough
manner
The only information authentic Is
the following from our correspond
ent under date of January s:
Mcclure, Jan. s, 1918.
DR.. C. e. Westervelt, of Shelby
vile, H., secretary of state board of
health, was here Wednesday and in
long consultation with DR.. G. E. Dun
can; he also visited one of the
patients sick with the disease and
who has since died. He has appoint
ed DR.. Duncan representative of the
state board of health for this dis
trict and empowered him to act as
the best course to prevent the spread
of the disease and to quarantine and
enforce it, to fumigate each house
after the disease has done its work
He recognized the excellent work
done by DR.. Duncan and the valuable
services rendered in such large