Show A TRIBUTE TO ME AC HAM HAMD I D EAf wa AK C Co WORCESTER EsTER secretary of f the Interior of r the tM insular govera meat in his hI to the Philippine e commission for the year 19 1902 2 givs s some interesting details of af the he work of l f the late lt J te Dr franklin ra R Ro Meacham K e 8 who lived for some time in Salt Lake City and Dd who is well remembered by b hun hua huns s who wb knew and liked him hint To Dr M dIJ Mr r Worcester g all aU the thee credit e t for tor to stamping out an n epidemic of b bubonic plague pIque in Manila and making g ga a recurrence of the disease e impossible It was Dr according Ung to o othe the report who laid aid down the principle Jn In II Manila that rats were responsible for fer the th spread of the plague p ue Working on Oat this tJ theory t he h began gan a crusade crusa I a the rats r ts Plague houses bouses were thoroughly disinfected says the tb report and their owners were competed eom un under dec der the of Dr Who Iras chiet health inspector to make make nee necessary necessary essary alterations r These e indue the laying of ot cement ground und floors oon double was and aad ceilings were removed rem plumbing defects rem rein remedied remedied and nothing calculated to make maie the buildings safe for human occupancy oc occupancy u pancy w loft left undone In cases canes where alterations altera 08 were impossible the build buildings ings were destroyed Almost A m st without exception eX the taw buildings treated aft after r I Dr specifications remained j free fre from frn th the plague ague t Continuing Mr Kr Worcester says S sa s t tI I Especial credit eIt is ai ss e to Chief ChI Health Inspector Meacham Mecham for the Ingenuity which lh i displayed in devising means means for the tion of or rats and for lor the e tireless energy with which he devoted hImself elto to securing their adoption C During Daring one month 6 traps were set let and aBel plates of rat bane bone Placed by the squads who had bad a special t uniform and cap It is estimated that several hundred thou thousand thousand sand rats were killed by the poison me 1 houses were remodeled cleaned and aDd made habitable and hundreds of shacks shades were we e burned to the ground The work wa we was begun early in January and anel in April it was all an finished Not N t only Manila but the provinces were freed fred from bubonic plague and it has not since mee reappeared rea d in any great greet ex extent extent e tent In conclusion the report says This T J long Ions fight light without rest day d or r night had told on n Dr Meacham When th the battle was over oyer and aDd the plague had teen bun driven from it lt last haunt he cal col collapsed calla t lapsed Jap la ed J E I a tr was Vas ys exhausted hau ted he was unable uDIe to light fight for himself and died on April 14 1182 It It is unfortunate for the United States that th at fie fI mah tB an who tr the Philippines of or bubonic plague Dr Dt Franklin R It Meacham and the man wile Jie freed fregd Cuba of or yellow Y fever ver pr r rW W pr r R Bed ed should both pass 3 at y the very moment their great g at work nd d been bees accomplished |