>From the Mississippi Project - American Local History Network Yellow Fever Epidemic [snip... first mention of yellow fever in Mississippi August 22, 1701 through 1800s...) ...The disease appeared again, but not seriously in 1879. When in 1886 the yellow fever appeared at Biloxi, the State Board of Health was able to confine it to Harrison county. There were 270 cases and 12 deaths. The quarantine at Pascagoula was maintained during the fever seasons of 1886-87, and against the danger of cholera in the winter of 1887. The State was quarantined against yellow fever at Jacksonville, Florida in 1888. The fever appeared at Jackson in September, and the board took control. The inhabitants were advised to leave. Only 398 whites and 1,593 blacks remained in the town. A refugee camp was provided for many. Houses were fumigated and bedding burned. There were 13 cases and five deaths, all the cases originating about the railroad depot. All the fatal cases died with suppression of urine. So there was an epidemic in Mississippi I 1887, and that could be the reason for the Barrentine children's deaths. However, infant mortality was common in the 1880s. Bad nutrition, abuse and filicide (killing of one's own child) were factors in many children's deaths. Ken

All of you are so bright, it makes me feel dumb most of the time.. Wish I knew as much about my cp as most of you do. Keep doing it. Paatsy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:33 PM Subject: [PTREE] Yellow Fever in Mississippi > >From the Mississippi Project - American Local History Network > > Yellow Fever Epidemic > > [snip... first mention of yellow fever in Mississippi August 22, 1701 > through 1800s...) > > ...The disease appeared again, but not seriously in 1879. When in 1886 the > yellow fever appeared at Biloxi, the State Board of Health was able to > confine it to Harrison county. There were 270 cases and 12 deaths. The > quarantine at Pascagoula was maintained during the fever seasons of > 1886-87, > and against the danger of cholera in the winter of 1887. The State was > quarantined against yellow fever at Jacksonville, Florida in 1888. The > fever > appeared at Jackson in September, and the board took control. The > inhabitants were advised to leave. Only 398 whites and 1,593 blacks > remained > in the town. A refugee camp was provided for many. Houses were fumigated > and > bedding burned. There were 13 cases and five deaths, all the cases > originating about the railroad depot. All the fatal cases died with > suppression of urine. > > > So there was an epidemic in Mississippi I 1887, and that could be the > reason > for the Barrentine children's deaths. However, infant mortality was common > in the 1880s. Bad nutrition, abuse and filicide (killing of one's own > child) > were factors in many children's deaths. > > Ken > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message