The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-26
YELLOW FEVER.
Reports of the surgeen-General for the
Week Ending the 14th.

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Week Ending the 14th.
WAsHINGToN,D. G., Aug. 24.-The following
is the report of the Surgeon-General for the
week ending Aug. Oath.
New Orleans-During the week ending
yesterday noon, I'll cases yellow fever, 295
deaths, making 1873 cases and 534 deaths.
During the "A hours to noon yesterday, 123
new cases and 40 deaths
Vicksburg-At least 400 cases yellow fever
from Aug. 18th to yesterday evening, SO deaths;
20 deaths during the last "a hours DR.. Booth,
in charge Of the Marine Hospital service at
that point, telegraphs: 81 am sick; impossible
to procure accurate data
Memphis-l44 cases yellow fever; 50 deaths
during six dass to Friday evening.
Canton, Miss.-First case of yellow fever
Aug; LIST; to yesterday evening, Is cases and 8
Port Gibson, Miss.-Firse case of yellow
fever Aug 9th, resulting in death Aug. 9Th;
disease began to spread Aug. 18th; 118 cases
and 8 deaths to yesterday morning.
CincinnatiIro yesterday, evening no more
Cincinnati since the two mentioned 10 the last
report. The engineer of the steamer Golden
Rule was admitted to the hospital on the 22d
inst, with yellow fever, and also one other
case of probable yellow fever from Memphis.
Morgan City, La-Oae case of yellow fever
Aug. 9th, patient from New Orleans
Ocean Springs, Miss.-Three cases of yellow
fever and one death, all reported.
st. Louis.--Four refugees died of yellow
fever at st. Louis during the past week.
Louisville-Four river boatmep, suffering
from yellow fever, are under treatment in an
improvised hospital on the Marine Hospital
grounds, admitted from steamers John Porter,
Sunfower, Belle and Golden Brown on the
9th and 18th inst.
Mobile-The case reported as yellow fever
Aug. 18th is now officially announced as uu-
doubleday mistake. Dispatch to the 231
inst, renort good health
Key West-No yellow fever for three weeks
to yesterday morning.
Grenada-So many of the remaining popula-
ton are stricken with the fever that definite
information of the number of cases and deaths
could not be obtained.
Havana-Ninety deaths. from yellow fever
and six of smallpox for the week ended Aug.
18th.
Matanzas-Decreased cases of yellow fever.
Only five American vessels were In port Aug
10th, and all of them have either had or wero
having cases of yellow fever on board.
Cardenas and Sagna La Grande, Cuba-No
| yellow fever advices to the 10Th inst
BOmbay-33 deaths from cholera aud Is from
| smallpox for the week ending July g.
| Calcutta-19 deaths from cholera and SO
from smallpox for the week ending June
ODD.
Reports from other places indicate good
health.
(Signed) JOHN M. WoopwoRrH
Surgeon-General U. S. Marine Hospstal
Service.
Two Cases in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Is Two cases of vel.
| low fever were discovered here last night being
| two men who arrived Friday from Vlcksburg.
Proper precautions are being taken to prevent
the disease spreading.
Maine seamen Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug.-The report of Lazar-
etto, physician to the board of health, states
that IA vessels have been allowed to leave quar-
antne. Schooner Jennie b. Morse, from Ma
tanzas, has two bodies in casks on board. One
| is that of E. Fl. darkness of Rockport, Me !;
the other is Geo. Sherman of brig Hiram Abiff,
wrecked near Matanzas. He is from Booth
| bay, Me. Both died of yellow fever. Three of
the crew had yellow fever and died, and two
| others recovered. None are sick now, The
| first mate, Oscar Carver, died July 11tb, the
| steward, Cornelius Hays, July 23d, and a sea-
man, Charles Morton, July 18th. The schooner
Geo. Lockner, from Matanzas via Boston, lost
| Nicholson, the steward, in Matanzas, and Capt
| Chas. Witbank at the Charleston quarantine,
whence she put in. At present no one is sick
on board. The brig Cora has none sick now,
although one of of the crew was was sick in
Matanzas. There is quite feet at vuaran-
tine but no cases of fever. The sick in the hes.
| pital are deing well.
| Horrible Condition of Grenada.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-A Grenada despatch
| says the atmosphere there is so foul that bee f
| rots in less than one hour on exposure to the
| air; that $50 people are now lying there in un-
| earthly agony, and that which is needed is
| good nursing, which can be had for money;
that the dead are 20 longer buried in grave
yards, as the burial corps is dis5anded, the
corpses now being buried in adjacent fields and
in some cases in front of the houses in which
they die. Several nurses have been attacked
with the disease. The whole place is a veritable
pit of death. Among the deaths Saturday
! were John T. Moore, q dry goods merchant,
| VIM. Morrison, school teacher, D. G. Bristol,
proprietor of the Waltham House, W. T. Beau
champ, farmer, the seventh of his family who
have died.
Ravages of the Scourge at New Orlc ans.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 24.-New cases, 10;
deaths,42. Hugh Irvine, chief operator of the
| Western Union Telegraph Company. has died
| of yellow fever.
The total cases of the week are 1911, to date
| 1866; total deaths of the week, 81, to date,
| 5,775. There is no explanation of the. increase
Of the new cases to-day other
than the spread of the disease.
| The report contained but few If any more
old cases than those of the two preceding.
From noon up to o'clock this evening 1903
new cases were reported to the board of health,
i indicating still larger number of new cases
for tomorrow than reported up to noon to-day
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. M.-New fever cases,
| 1853; deaths, 80.
Rev. Father Doyle of st. Joseph's church
died of fever At Port Eads the patients ex-
has appeared at Bayou De Selma. THE Howard
| Association sent physician there yesterday.
| The doctor reports seven cases of fever and re-
| quests that two nurses be sent. A Grenada
| despatch calls for more nurses and says prov
visions and nourshment for the sick are sent.
Dr. Hall. DR.. Grey and the postmaster are
| down with fever. No mail from any polnt,
The negroes are all getting the fever. Deaths
last digit were whites and colored. Patients
are dying for want of proper nourishment and
domestic attention.
| At Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 24-Today the cases are
nearly double any previous day. The total
plumber for the "a hours ending at O'Clock to.
night is LOG. The deaths for the same time are
49, The large increase becoming known at
| noon created quite panic among those who
had determined to brave it out, and many
wavered and left the city by this evening. The
Towards have had more than they could at
| tend to today and experienced some difficulty
in supplying nursef for the SICK Amonfi the
deaths today is DR.. John G. Rogers, and among
the new cases, Father Maher of st. Bridges
| church.
| DR.. d. L. Porter and DELPHI +. Humel, teller
of the German National Bank, grand dictator
| Of the Tennessee Knights of Honor, has issued
circular of appeal to the Knights to respond
| to the distress call. Many members of the
order have died and many more are now on the
| sick list. The expenses Of the Lodge are very
| heavy and the treasury is high exhausted. The
| increase of the fever today brought more
| laborers into the field. The Odd Fellows,
Masons, Knight of Honor, and orders of work
ingmen's relief boards, find their time occupied
| in caring for the sick and destitute The
epidemic of 1873 scarcely ebaalled this distress
now prevailing. Today whole families were
| Frustrated within few hours. Their misery it
being increased by the delay in receiving pro-
| per attention.
| MEMPHIS, Aug. 25.-The yellow fever record
| today shows decrease in the number of new
| cases compared with yesterday, there being 81
| reported up to 6 o'clock p. m. The death list
however is the largest of any day since the
fever made its appearance, the undertakers re-
nurses and the Howard and other organizations
| have telegraphed to Mobile and other points for
them. The members of the different associa-
| tions are doing noble work in striking contrast