The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-28
Tane Fever ses PlauaaernIne,
fIberville Soush.7

For over one month fever Of q troublesome
character has existed liz this community. In
one family five children were sick with violent
fever and in another twcschildren were taken
with fever, which lasted for thirty-six Aours
at a time, but these children are all doing well
now, and nothing much was said about it.
This sickness was In the family Of Nessrg.
Jules Dupont and Jean Duplechey
Subsequently fever broke ont irl the families
| OF DIR. Postell and VIM. T.. Roche, Esq, We
believe almost simultaneously. IDthe family
OF the former one adult and two children were
sick and we believe they are now doing we'll
In the family Of the latter, however a terrible
misfortune has visited it, Mrs: Ritter, the
mother-fn-law Of Mr.. Roche, his sister-in-law
and niece were all taken down in one week.
and of this number, Mrs. Ritter, q Lady Of
q week s sickness. The young ladies' are now
convalescent and in a fair way to recover
The day subsequent to the death OF Mrs. Rit-
ter, her son, Henry Ritter, a promising young
man.; was taken down and died after ttye
days sickness. Mrs. Roche, the wife OF Mr..
Roche, was taken previous to the death OF
Henry Ritter, and she died on Thursday OF
this week. MIR. Roche has also tire fever, as
has also three children. They are all GONZALES
cent at this writing, The sickness in the
low fever of the most yirulent type by the at
tendant physicians, Drs Kearney and Postefl
in the cases Of Mrs. Roche and Henry Ritter,
and of a milder type with the rest Of the
family.
In the family Of Geo. Wales, Esq, his son
and three daughters are sick. The sickness in
this family is said to be yellow fever, but Is
not so pronounced by the attending physician,
DR.. Schwing. DR.. Schwing has also six chill
dren sick, but he does not call 1t yellow fever.
Major Amedee Landry Is sick himself, and
he has two children down with the prevailing
fever.
Mr. A. J. Foote his wife and two children
are sick with the fever, and it is being treated
for yellow fever.
In all we can enun crate fifty persons in
Plaquemine who have taken sick within the
last month with fever Of a most pernicious
type. Whether it all be yellow fever or not is
q question we have serious doubts about.
We are more inclined, from our knowledge OF
fevers that take place at this season OF the
year, to pronounce 1t malarial fever Of most
virulent and unWteldy character. We have
all the concomitants surrounding us to pro-
duce g. fever Of this description, combined
with the terrible heated term through which
we have passed and from which we are suf-
fering at this present writing. The physi-
clans and nurses who have attended the farni-
ly of Vim. L. Roche Esq, are so pronounced
in their opinions that we are compelled,
whether we wish to do SO or not, to believe
were from yellow fever. When doctors dis
| agree we are LETT to form our own conclu-
SiOnS.
Therefore we enumerate as follows Fifty
cases who have been taken sick with this
pernicious fever up to this writing and only
four deaths, and one Of these, 81 child, is said
to have died from injuries received from fall
ing out Of a bed.
Since writing the above little daughter of
VINO have been attacked by this fever are
children