The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-20
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| Yesterday was an unusually busy day with
m ost of the Towards. not that there was any In
crease intfheir cases, but requests for aid from
| ne1ghboTfzg towns came in. and had to be
| filed for doctors and nurses.
| In the city the members had their hands full
in caring for those In their respective districts
and securing nurses for their sick. AS there
are thousands now eonya1eseing the necessity
| for greater expenditure of money for nour-
ishment wac marked Those just over the fever
require the naost delicate food such as the relief
is compelled 70 cure for his GONZALES ents for
many days utter their recovery from the fever
Proper,;r The IN following communication. from
J. ". Yandegfitf, President HoWard Assoca-
ifon:
st'---I went to Osyka yesterday to fulfil the
MISSION assigned me. and have the honor to re-
eeeded to visit and prescribe for ali the sick Of
the village and Vicinity. and to-day was SINH
tie TX o Raury spent &c IL gig
ing patient six miles to, the southeast Of that
place, ct farm house situated In tho midst Of
sons We're said 10 haze died Of. yelto,o feye5,
and one was lying very III, and beg to report
that IL ne yesloso fessa' eetsfs o. lass existed
That the disease Is btous reitteu fsvsrp' 1.odis
fed TO some ertent IN tvpe tv The endemic eond-
delta; and my views are fully sustained By the
leading physicians q. !Osyka and especially by
Dr. VIM Jones: president Of the county board
tack OF the same disease as likewise another
doctor whose name escapes me. so that all the
medical work Of the village has devoIyed upon
the patients had visited. NA''A : o0Ass AA0' '''
The number Of cases thus far. as reported to
amounts to seyentysthree, with seven deafhs@..
s 5tS s15dg"s 0'e ?Fa & Pt4faz2E ofsfRy
DIR. Taylor arrived only last evening from
Osyka and sent in the above. He leaves this
morning, for .Lagonda plantation, on. Bayou
This evening the steamer Blanche Porter will
leave the foot OF Poydras street for Greenville,
poa Teegpas reeVs e tha
900 people who can't leave. and fully 200 are
promptly T, sponded to their cali Tor aid.
greenville has been cut off from communities
ton with the outside world for ten days. and it
Towards. have already asked. now that eommu-
nicatfon Is established, what was wanted, and
everything will be hurried forward with dis
Parties who have friends in that section OF
Mississippi can send what is required by the
Porter this evening. Freight should be sent on
There was something of falling off in the
applications for relief and attendance yester- |
day, the total number being at the Towards
The following dispatches were received: |
GRAND JUNCTION. September 10, 1878.
+. NJ. Ogden, ESQ. Vice President Howard Asso- !
citation:
:. Six new cases. two deaths and two dying. |
NO stores open here all keepers left town.
G. w. BALL, NJ. D, |
GRAND JUNCTION, September 10. 1878, |
3. n. Ogden, Vice President Howard Associa- |
Arrived at 9:30 on Tuesday. Put to work i'm |
mediately Four new cases yesterday and three |
ieaths. Twenty eight cases on hand.
@. w. BALL, NJ, D.
TERRY, Miss September 10, 1873.
6. r. Southmayd. Secretary Howard Assoeia-
ton.
Our condition has grown much worse since |
DR.. Metca1f left. Three deaths and four new
cases. The senior resident physician Is SICK
md doctor from your city Is easnestly asked |
sor. Please send one at once. Can you send
Us two nurses. Ct. w. WEST, III. D.
The above dispatches were answered at once, |
and the required aid will be sent as early as
possible