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related to Dr. James M. Jackson, was in practice at Coconut Grove
but he played no part in the epidemic of 1899.
 12. Under the supervision of the State Board of Health, and later
the United States Marine Hospital Service, all Florida ports were routinely
quarantined against Havana from April 1 until November 1 each year.
 13. Sweeting's Report to Porter, January 20, 1900, Report, SBH,
March 15, 1900, 32.
 14. The steamer Santa Lucia belonged to the Florida East Coast
Steamship Company, part of the Flagler interests. She was a wooden-
hull, double decked, sternwheeler, 158 feet long, and 28.6 feet in the
beam. Her draft was 3.4 feet; weight 193 tons gross and 170 net. The
Santa Lucia was a typical river steamer. In late August 1899,
decontamination and fumigation equipment was mounted on the lower
deck along with the galley and a dining room for the crew. The upper
deck was divided into a salon surrounded by 28 staterooms, which
opened into it; Surgeon W. G. Stimpson stated that she could accommodate
36 passengers. The staterooms were likely 6 by 7 feet, and furnished
with upper and lower bunks. Each stateroom included a large bowl and
pitcher, which permitted sponge baths. Astern, on the lower deck, was
a "common" toilet that was flushed with bay water. Above the
stateroom deck was a "hurricane deck" supplied with stanchions over
which an awning could be streched to make a comfortable assembly
space or an isolation ward. See "A New Fumigating Plant," The
Florida Times-Union & Citizen, September 4, 1899, 2.
 15. Miami Metropolis, September 8, 1899, 3.
 16. The Florida Times-Union & Citizen, September 13, 1899, 2.
 17. Alfred L. Kemp, "Coconut Grove The Pioneer Paradise"
(Unpublished manuscript, c. 1965, in author's possession 10.
 18. Ibid.
 19. Maude Richards Black, interview by author, June 1, 1968;
The Florida Times-Union & Citizen, October 18, 1899, 2.
 20. J. M. Hawks, "Urges Precautionary Measures," The Miami
Metropolis, Letter to the Editor, February 26, 1897, 8.
 21. Horsey's Report to Porter, January 15, 1900, Report, SBH,
March 15, 1900, 60; Jackson's Report to Porter, January 20, 1900,
Report, SBH, March 15, 1900, 47.
 22. Ibid.
 23. William M. Straight, "The Yellow Jack," JFMA 58 (August
1971): 31-47.
 24. John G. DuPuis, MD, History of Early Medicine History