Disinfection and Fumigation after the Death of a Person with Yellow Fever.

Date: October 17, 1888

Series: S 868 - Yellow fever epidemic incoming correspondence, 1888.

Incoming correspondence to Joseph Y. Porter.

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JJ. Daniel, President; P. McQuaid, Vice-President; Dr. J.C. L’Engle, Treasure; Chas. S. Adams, Secretary; Jas. M. Fairlie, Cor. Secretary.


Executive Committee:

J.J. Daniel.

P. McQuaid.

J.M. Schumacher.

Dr. J.C. L’Engle.

C.G. Elliott.

P.E. McMurray.

W.A. McDuff.

 

Office of

Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association,

16 ½ West Bay Street.

P.O. Box 749. Telephone 108.

 

 

Jacksonville, Fla. ………………….. 188

 

Dr. Porter, (4).

 

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that a certificate for the property destroyed be given to the owner.

Rules 3 and 4 are cordially concurred in.

INSPECTION OF HOUSES PREPARATORY TO DISINFECTION

AND FUMIGATION

 

The Executive Committee view this as a very important work, and

think it a wise precaution to designate infected material as you

describe, but would suggest in view of the impression that prevails

that many cases of yellow fever were not reported to the Board of

Health, that all houses where cases of yellow fever were suspected to

have occurred, be visited, and infected material marked same as in

houses where yellow fever was reported to the Board of Health.

Permit me to say that the suggestions made on Destruction

of Property, Rule I, that the Government should pay for infected

material destroyed, - bears strongly on the work of seeking out and

marking infected material; so few are able to bear the loss, that

unless they are assured they will be paid for what is destroyed, I

very much fear [striken; much] infected bedding will be hidden away and not dis-

covered by the Fumigating Staff, and be the means of propagating the

disease hereafter.

The Executive Committee have requested the City Council


 

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