23; MS, VA–126

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1899

–126 Blanchard tally from State and locality breakouts below.

Summary of State Breakouts of 1899 Yellow Deaths

Florida (83) Aug 31-Dec 20 Key West (68), Miami (14), Port Tampa City (1)

Louisiana (23) Sep 2-Dec 9 New Orleans

Maryland ( 1) Oct 7-14 Baltimore

Mississippi (11) Sep 10-Nov 9 Jackson (9), Mississippi City (2)

Virginia ( 8) July 21-Aug 1 Hampton, Soldiers’ Home (Spanish-American War)

Breakout of 1899 Yellow Fever Deaths by State, Localities, and Dates

Florida (83) Aug 31-Dec 20 Key West (68), Miami (14), Port Tampa City (1)

–83 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.

–65 Jacksonville. (1291 cases) Augustin. History…Yellow Fever, 1909, 455.[1]

–68 Key West, FL Aug 31-Nov 30. (1320 cases). US MHS. Public Health Rpts. 12-29-1899, 177.

–53 “ Blanchard tally of date breakouts below.

–7 “ Sep 8 (96 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 9-16-1899, p. 417.[2]

–3 “ Sep 9-12 NY Med. Jour., V.70, 9-23-1899, p. 456.

–7 “ Sep 14-19 (164 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 9-30-1899, p. 490.

–9 “ Sep 25-29 (166 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-7-1899, p. 528.

–8 “ Sep 29-Oct 5 (232 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-14-1899, p. 560.

–4 “ Oct 5-10 (137 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-21-1899

–9 “ Oct 6-16 (182 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-28-1899, p. 633.

–4 “ Oct 16-27 ( 61 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-04-1899, p. 680.

–2 “ Oct 28-Nov 1 ( 9 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-11-1899, p. 714.

–0 “ Nov 1-6 ( 19 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-18-1899, p. 751.

–0 “ Nov 6-11 ( 6 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-25-1899, p. 787.

–2 “ Nov 11-20 ( 2 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 12-02-1899, p. 823.

–0 “ Nov 26-30 ( 4 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 12-23-1899, p. 931.

–14 Miami, FL Aug 31-Jan 15 (220 cases) Straight. “Yellow Fever…Miami…1899,” 54.[3]

–1 “ Sep 5-22 ( 2 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-07-1899, p. 528.[4]

–0 “ Oct 23-26 ( 7 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-04-1899, p. 680.

–0 “ Oct 31-Nov 6 ( 27 cases NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-18-1899, p. 751.

–2 “ Nov 6-14 ( 24 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-25-1899, p. 787.

–2 “ Nov 15-22 ( 25 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 12-02-1899, p. 823.[5]

— 1 Port Tampa City, Sep 11 NY Med. Jour., V.70, 9-23-1899, p. 456.

–0 “ Sep 4-Nov 16) ( 10 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-25-1899, p. 787.

Louisiana (23)

–23 New Orleans Carrigan 1961, p. 220; N. O. Public Library.

–1 “ Sep 2 ( 2 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 9-16-1899, p. 417.

–1 “ Sep 3-11 NY Med. Jour., V.70, 9-23-1899, p. 456.

–2 “ Sep 12-23 NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-07-1899, p. 528.

–2 “ Sep 23-Oct 4 (18 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-14-1899, p. 560.

–4 “ Oct 4-Oct 12 ( 2 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-14-1899, p. 560.

–2 “ Oct 21-25 ( 7 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-04-1899, p. 680.

–4 “ Oct 28 (12 cases)` NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-11-1899, p. 714.

–6 “ Oct 28-Nov 6 (16 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-18-1899, p. 751.

–1 “ Nov 6-10 ( 1 case) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-25-1899, p. 787.

–0 “ Nov 25-Dec 2 ( 1 case) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 12-16-1899, p. 895.

–0 “ Dec 2-9 ( 1 case) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 12-23-1899, p. 931.

Maryland ( 1)

–1 Baltimore Oct 7-14 ( 1 case) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-28-1899, p. 633.[6]

Mississippi (11)

–0 Centreville Sep 29 ( 2 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-14-1899, p. 560.

–9 Jackson, MS Sep 10-Nov 9 (61 cases) US MHS. Public Health Rpts. 12-29-1899, 177.

–4 “ Sep 10-Oct 2 ( 4 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-14-1899, p. 560.

–1 “ Nov 1 ( 6 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 11-11-1899, p. 714.

–2 Mississippi City Sep 1-29 (27 cases) US MHS. Public Health Rpts. 12-29-1899, 177.

–1 “ Sep 10-29 (29 cases) NY Med. Jour., V.70, 10-14-1899, p. 560.

Virginia ( 8) July 21-Aug 1

–8 Hampton, Soldiers’ Home, July 21-Aug 1 (40 cases). NY Med. Jour., V70, 8-12-1899, 241.[7]

Narrative Information — Miami

Straight: “On October 27, Camp Francis P. Fleming was established ‘about where the Rickenbacker Causeway is today.’ The detention camp consisted of the steamer Santa Lucia, which had apparently been brought up from Cape Florida, and a cluster of smaller vessels. Dr. Horsey was in charge of the facility, which could accommodate forty to sixty residents. Miamians exposed to yellow fever or desirous of leaving the city were detained there for about ten days. If they had shown no signs of the disease at the end of this period, they were taken by boat to Lemon City, which was beyond the quarantine line, and were free to leave for points north — but not south. If, however, they exhibited signs of the disease, as happened on two occasions, they were taken back to Miami for treatment. After having served about forty retainees, Camp Fleming closed around November 6, and Camp William E. McAdam, a second, more adequate detention camp was opened at Fulford, twelve miles north of Miami, on November 2.

“Initially, Camp William E. McAdam accommodated sixty residents, both blacks and whites, but it was later expanded to accommodate over 100 internees as the demand increased. The tent camp was pleasantly situated in ‘the orange grove of Judge [P.W.] White of Quincy.’….” (pp. 48-49.)

Sources

Augustin, George. History of Yellow Fever. New Orleans: Published for the Author by Search & Pfaff Ltd., 1909; General Books reprint, Memphis, TN, 2010. 1909 copy digitized at: http://archive.org/stream/historyofyellowf00auguuoft#page/n4/mode/1up

Carrigan, Jo Ann. The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University, LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses, 1961. Accessed 3-11-2018 at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=gradschool_disstheses

New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division. Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans, 1817-1905. Accessed 3-7-2010 at: http://nutrias.org/facts/feverdeaths.htm

New York Medical Journal (A Weekly Review of Medicine). Volume 70, July-Dec 1899. NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1899. Internet Archive digital copy accessed 5-17-2018 at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc2.ark:/13960/t0ht5b28h;view=1up;seq=7

Straight, William M., MD. “Yellow Fever at Miami: The Epidemic of 1899.” Tequesta, Issue 66, 2006, pp. 39-60. Accessed 5-17-2018 at: http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/1995/95_1_02.pdf

United States Marine-Hospital Service, Treasury Department. Public Health Reports, Vol. XIV, No. 52, 12-29-1899. Google preview accessed 5-17-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=bfF7sY11tWIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

[1] Highlighted in yellow to denote non-inclusion in our tally. It appears that Augustin meant Key West.

[2] In all New York Medical Journal entries below, cited are United States Marine-Hospital Service health reports.

[3] In addition to Straight, Joseph Y. Porter, the State of Florida Health Officer, wrote to the Surgeon-General of the U.S. Marine-Hospital Service, on December 20, 1899, noting there had been 14 yellow fever deaths.

[4] Straight writes that yellow fever entered Miami on August 31, via a refugee from Key West, from the steamship City of Key West. He was not found to be sick in bed with fever until September 2. (p. 45)

[5] Straight notes” “The quarantine [at Miami] was finally lifted on January 15, 1900.” (p. 53.)

[6] “Taken from S.S. Armstor, from Santiago de Cuba.”

[7] Amongst soldiers recently returned from duty in Havana, Cuba. (Straight. “Yellow Fever at Miami: The Epidemic of 1899.” 43