The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-19
Appropriation of $4,000 Made
at Meeting With City Com
missioners Yesterday. Do
KENNEDY EXPLAINS RULES
Officer In Charge of Quarantine
Warns Owners of Private
Pleasure Craft. bbHC

At meeting Of the Florida State
Board OF Health and the city commits
sioners yesterday, $4,000 was ammo
prlsted by the Florida State Board q,
Health to fight rats in this city. IN
I'll this money has been entirely ex-
pended the city OF Pensacola will not
be called upon. But at that time PEN
sacola is expected to advance S200o0
or ohe-haf what the state advances.
Inc United States government will
| underlake 10 pay the salaries ef the
OFFICIALLY appointed rat-catchers while
| the state OF Florida and the CITY az
1 Pensacola will pay bonuses on am rats
caught. The salaries of rat-eatebers
will be $50 month. The bonus IA hs
paid on rats is as follows: infected rats
s2.29 apiece; dead rats, 10 cents: and
live rats. % cents.
Present at the meeting were Joe +
Earman Of West Palm Beach. presi-
dent and secretary OF the Florida state
Board or Health; Z. VI. Earnest. also OF
the Florida State Board Of Health: Con-
gresham Smithwick: DR.. Noales: Or.
,. X. Mallory Kennedy; Major Ralph
y. Greene. state health officer: Can't.
spencer, formerly in charge Of govern
ment experts in New Orleans; Commis-
sioners Henriehs and Pou: City Attor-
ney Jones; Comptroller Bayless. AIavor
Frank ID. Sanders presided
On motion OF Mr.. Earman a resoln-
tlon was put before the meeting that
the State Board OF Health 20 on record
as appropriating $4,000 for the exter-
minaiion of plague in the state OF
Florida.
Capt Spencer. formerly in charge OF
the bubonic plague epidemic at New
orleans and who arrived in The city
yesterday morning TO take charge IN
all government rat -catchers. stated that
there probably will be ten cases of the
plague develop in Pensacola before AN
rats can be exterminated. The plague.
according TO Dr. Spencer. is a disease
carried by rodents, !. e. rats. mice. etc.
This disease can be readily trans
ferred from rats to humans by means
OF flea bite. So every effort will be
made to exterminate these rodent pests
Dy The State Board OF Health in the fu-
ture. Capt. Spencer's plan Of action
is as follows:
4. Intensive trapping of rats
,. FumiGation.
3. Quaranting cases.
a. Destruction OF garbage and rat
proofing, mainly against The brown,
migratory or burrowing rat.
The city Of Pensacola has already
appropriated 5000 for This campaign,
besides furnishing a truck for the con-
veyance OF workers. etc. Thirty trap
pers Will be sent here in the near fu-
ture and If more are needed they will
be furnished by the government.
Only two deaths from plague have
been reported. Another ease was dis
covered yesterday, the victim being
Frank Bradley eolored, Is years old.
OF 1908 n. a. street, who has been
i'll for about three days
In speaking OF the appropriation by
the State Board Of Health OF $4,000 20
fight plague in Pensacola, DR.. {. r. NJ
Kennedy, in charge Of quarantine work
here for the public health service. said:
Il am much elated at the action OF
the state board which is entirely in
keeping with the generous provisions
made in the past During the yellow
fever epidemic here tle state board of
health spent between $4,000 aud 49,
300. II has erected laboratory here.
and one at Tampa for experimental and
work and has kept a trained
staff on duty at -aen. It has con-
iucted examinations ~ school children
'IId has spent considerable money II
carrying on follow-up work against
.rcchma'' -
DR.. Kennedy discussed tie quarantine
{ gulations at This ppri AMI called al
eT tion TO the ruling which reguires
PIC asure boats, whether for private
PARTIES or for oormercisi use. to be
Imigated onre a ncD.h and 10 be
'reasted off the '.1ck and be provided
With approved rat guards. This rule
lpplies TO all craft which land at places
,ther than Pensacola. For example,
,osts carrying picnic parties TO Camp
Walton or 70 Santa Rosa Island are re-
[uired to comply with the quarantine
uIings and also TO be breasted off at
heir destination.
In calling attention to this ruling.
)r. Kennedy said: 1T is not unusual
or a rat to travel two or three miles
nd a plague infected rat might land
1 Camp Sauffley and find his way
own to Fort Pickens."
1T is ridiculous said DR. Kennedy,
for any community TO quarantine
gainst Pensacola because we are TAX
ng all the precautions here" He
dded that so far no communities have
against this city and he
elieves that none will
The following bulletin was issued
y the State Board OF Health last
light:
Pensacola, FLA, June is, 1920.
Local Headquarters, State Board %
Health. Bulletin No. s.
Third human case today. Prank
radley. colored, male. North A street.
las been sick for three days. Serum