Excerpt from Biennial Report of the Louisiana State Board of Health 1883: Quarantine and Sanitary Operations, Board of Health of the State of Louisiana, During 1880, 1881, 1882 and 1883 Notwithstanding the prevalence of yellow fever in Vera Cruz, Havana, and Rio (18 J ane1ro durm g this period, and notwithstanding the prevalence of yellow fever at Brownsville, Texas, and at Pensacola Florida, in 1882, and' at the Naval Reservation Florida, and at Brewton Alabama, in 1883, and notwithstanding the presence of yellow fever at the Mississippi Quar antine Station in 1880 and in 1882, New Orleans and the Mississippi valley have been free from this terrible scourge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.