The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-06
MOBILE TAKING
PRECAUTIONS
TO GUARD CITY
PUTS RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL
BETWEEN THAT CITY AND
SHIPPING.

Owing to the prevalence of the bu-
bOnic plague III New Orleans, the city
of Mobile has adopted precautions to
prevent the disease spreading TO that
city, and has put restrictions not
only on shipping, but also on travel,
according to the following from the
Register:
Pointing out with especial emphasis
that no undue alarm should be excited
by the action taken it was decided,
as a result of a meeting of the public
health committee held at the offices
Of DR.. Charles a. Mohr, city health
officer, Friday, that every reasonable
precaution should he taken to pre-
vent infection coming to this city, and
measures will be put in force that will
effectively safeguard the city, DR..
Mohr believes. DR.. MOhr says that
rat survey will be made at once and
should infected rats be found the re-
sources of the city would be put be-
hind a campaign.
No vessel should be allowed to dock
from New Orleans until it has been
fumigated, either at the quarantine
station, or by city authorities, and
such vessel shall not moor closer than
three feet to the dock, and shall use
rat guards. This action was not taken
as a direct quarantine against New
Orleans, as the rule will apply TO YES
sells from other ports said to be in
fected, but especial stress was laid
upon TIE danger OF infection from
small vessels running through Lake
Pontchartrain and tieing up at the
wharves of New Orleans, almost di-
rectly within the infected district
there.
Other precautions that will be put
in force Immediately are as follows:
Rat survey-this will consist in catch
ing rats in every quarter of the city
in which rats from vessels might
seek refuge, examining them for in
lection. and submitting them to
death In kerosene. caustic soda, or
some solution that will destroy the
fleas on the rats, as we'll as the ro-
dents.
Excluding visitors-While no general
quarantine will he established
against visitors from New Orleans.
who might come from the infected
district, it was decided by resolution
of the committee that railroad men,
who visit here, and who live within
the infected district i'll New Orleans,
shall not be allowed to visit their
homes at present if they would re-
turn to Mobile. This resolution was
adopted in response to telegram Of
inquiry from Superintendent Mar
shall of the L. and \. road asking
that his men be allowed to visit
their homes in New Orlea rs Or.
Mohr was instructed to teleSra y Il
superintendent Marshall a denial
of his request, and this was done
yesterday afternoon.
The meeting of the health commit
tee was lengthy one. COrtinuirG for
above two hours, and every pha-" "f
possible danger to Mobile No -"Ue
into. 1t was presided over ny ID .. \
Owen, chairman. and attended ~ Ilr.
D. T Mccall. DR.. J. J. Peterson, Or
Toulmin Gaines. DR. NJ J. Bancroft,
DIR. Mohr and his assistant, Or. Scales.
The general opinion of the committee
was expressed by DR.. Mohr, who said
that the danger to Mobile from the
pla que is negligible, if proper precau-
tons are observed"
This was agreed to, but 1t was in
sisted that these precautions should
be determined upon and put into e.
feet. The committee was unanimous
in the opinion that the chief source Of
danger lies through infection from
rats, and various methods Of catch