New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-06
YELLOW-FEVER NEWS.

ONE OF the three cases reported in
New Orleans on the 9th died on the 2sth,
and an additional case was reported in the
same neighborhood. The locality for. four
blocks around was thoroughly disinfected,
and the utmost precantion was taken to pre-
vent the spread of the disease
ANOTHER death from yellow fever,
making the third in that city, occurred in
Louisville on the 28th, the victim being q
woman just arrived from Memphis. No local
case had occurred. One well-defned cae was
reported at the st. Louis Quarantine Hospital
on the 2Sth. A Memphis refugee died Of the
fever at the Quarantine Hospital in New York
on the same day.
THIRTEEN fever cases and three deaths
IN Memphis on the 2Sth. A census Of the
city had just been taken, giving the follow
ing result: Number of person then in the
city, 16, 40, of whom 4, 293 were white and
1887 colored; adults, 1851, and children,
5,559; number who had had yellow fever.
s,743; who had not had the disease, 1857.
A CHILD (from Memphis) died at the
st. Louis Quarantine Hospital, Of yellow
fever, on the goth. Another genuine case Of
the fever "a broker from Memphis) was de-
velored in Cincinnati The daughter Of the
Chief of Police Of Memphis was reported sick
OF the fever at Raleigh, Tenn. On the Same
day, there were two additional admissions at
the New York Quarantine Hospital.
The Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Board Of Health issued circular on
the Goth, on disinfection. They advise
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followed by the fumes Of burning sulphur at
the rate of eighteen ounces per 1000 cubic
feet of space to be disinfected.
A NEW ORLEANS special of tho
Goth says five clear and undisputed cases Of
the fever were reported on that day. two In
the same neighborhood where the death oc-
cured on the 2Sth, one further up town, and
one in the heart of the city-the last case
having been brought in from Morgan City
The work of dlsinfecting the city was going
on rapidly. ..S :.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, and Vicksburg,
Miss, established quarantine against New
Orleans on the Goth.
THERE were eight new cases and
four deaths reported in Memphis on the Goth.
Colonel Cameron had succeeded in establish
Ing camp south of the city, and named it
Camp Marks, In honor of the Governor. One
hundred and TWENTY-FIVE tents had been
erected. and fifty persons (white) were taken
down there in the afternoon. The negroes
had so far refused point-blank to leave the
city and 90 to the camp, and there was pros
pect of trouble, but the authorities were pre-
pared for any emergency that was likely to
arise. Ten additional nurses had been as
eigned to duty by the Towards. a.
THERE were one hundred and
seventeen deaths from yellow fever in
Havana, Cuba, during the week ending on
the Goth ult. n. s., ss@
Two suspicious cases and no deaths
were reported In New Orleans on the 3Oth
ult. %,.z5i IL.
TWELVE new cases and only one
death from yellow fever in Memphis on the
Goth nit. The fatal case was that Of q
man named Hatcher, who had the same
disease in 1873, and also last year. this being
the third attack ;..s. nv S
A FIREMAN OF steamer from Ha-
yana died of yellow fever at the Quarantine
Hospital in New York on the 31st ult.
DIR. chopin stated on the 31st ult.
that there was no fear of an epidemic in New
Orleans One case was reported on that day
at quarantine, and two suspicious cases Of
children in the city.
THERE were nine new cases and four
deaths reported In Memphis on the 31st ult.
Four physicians had been placed on duty by
the Howard Association to attend the INDECENT
sick.