| Show ONLY A RUSE OF HEALTH BOARD San Francisco March n a lI specIal meeting ot of the tho board ot of II health h held to consider time tho plague situation there thero were present the tho members Dr Federal quarantine officer Dr of the tho united I States Marine hospital service and Prot Prof Arm Armstrong strong tron of the tho University of California Dr reported that all of tho animals at time the quarantine station on Angel Island wre Inoculated with virus Irus from the bod ot the Chin Chinese one ese who expIred n a few clays ago under circumstances lied had died with the exception ot of the monkey and tt it was In n a dying condItion An Aim autopsy on the rats anti and guinea pIgs that they item baa developed of the genuine After Arter discuss discussIng I Ing the matter the tho board decided that the Chinese who died at 1001 Dupont street had imad been o afflicted with the ue A request was made for volunteers from among members of the Iho medical profession to 10 make a hou house to examination and aid the tho board In thoroughly fumigatIng mm the entire quarter A tine voa os not but time tho board adjourned nt at an aim early hour this morn mornIng Ing to meet nt at noon tOOn today when It Is In that such action tie taken Time The board of health hn has agreed that the work Chinatown with It Ii View If V to Improving its HB sanitary con condition shall begin lt at Time The section n wll be distrIcted and ever every da slay unU nit all danger is II every corr house houPe will be visited und anti every ry occupant In lo Chino Chinese will be detailed to the tho time the po police lire lice render ha t assistance the thern times rn can The These ChInese will 11 be supplied for Ih tha work ork by time sIx companies lI Un in another case of plague develops Chinatown will remain tree free from quit notice but people are re requested to ha have Iu little communicatIon as al with the suspeCted district When the of time the action of the board of health there theN was II an exodus from Chinatown or of those thoo Tho are em employed outside of oC the which rainy roay again be quarantined Dr J 1 M I Williamson on president of oC the hoard ot of health says Bas the cue cane In him question there thero is I rio no cause for Cor paulo It 11 may Inay be sporadic and no oth nIh era ma may develop but It subsequent In investigations sho show that new cases fol follo follow lo low the one ani mentioned I have every oel Nuon to believe the inspection Just In Inaugurated au by the will wll min Into th time danger to tl such Buch In an extent that the disease will not succeed In getting a foothold In the city No o alum alarm is III felt b by ho discuss URI matter and some doubt Is III yet et as to the tho nature of at th the from which the tho died hey Yow Yew Mr 1 I b blie be lie here that thIs Is II nothing moro more nor less than o n ruse rUle on the part of the board of health to 10 th the liabIlity of f dam ego suits whIch have frequently been blen on account of the outrageous act of last week In quarantining lie Chinese quartet There never neer was all army plague In ChInatown hut but It hf there thero Was Vas I would W be the lr flint t person to assist In protecting the tho health of San Francisco The Tho In question was 18 made the subject of a 1 thorough examInation by bym m myself IC amid I will riot not hesitate to Lo say that the tho public n need not be alarmed The man amen was sick for some Mme time and died of af an aIlment which In II common though riot net contagious ulI J if any more mor attempts are made to blockade time the quarter we are prepared to procure injunctions from time the an will protect the rights ot of our people as al tar far RI as possible f |
