Deseret Evening News | 1901-06-29 | Page 9 | Yellow Fever in Cuba

Ym JOW IX iN 1 CUBA CUti lies tell Such Vigor I or that Not ot a Death Has New York June 29 Yellow fever feer has line been with guch Uchi vigor In Cuba that not a u single death has hns been boon reported as ns resulting from tram It this year said Col Co ci J r H II until a few less days a 1 ago an assistant adjutant general on the time staff of if Gen Gemi Wood Continuing he lie said The reason that yellow ellow fever has imas been beems een HO so successfully overcome Is III be because because cause of the sanitary methods employed by hy IJ the time United States health Havana Itself has haa been revo as regards Its sanitary con conditions experiments experIment having proved that yellow ellow fever rever was lIIK to ti it great degree transmitted by U bred bredIn bredIn In the time tropical anti and the tIme cess cesspools pools drastic tlc meant means were sere I rl employed to kill these Insects As the this people of ot New Ne Jersey have hale found out kerosene oil or petroleum Is a ii exterminator of ot mosquitoes Accordingly the streets and sewers Jn n Havana and other cities on the tho Island were sprinkled with ker kerosene with the most satisfactory re ye results suits True the tIme time of or greatest Infection tion Uon from yellow fever Is IH later Inter In the year between July and BOll October but I l feel assured that this year will end with no deaths dea from fro this tills scourge This Tills means In many man ways rays OS the salvation of Cuba Cubit for or If it the danger of ot yellow ellow fever Is eliminated thousand thou ands of Americans who now hold back will settle In tho time thoI island Uland I