, 1879-08-03
YEIILOW-FEVER. ER.
Twenty-six Deaths from the
Disease in Memphis
Last Week.
Fourteen New Cases and Six
Deaths Reported There
Yesterday.
But the Authorities Still Hesitate
- to Declare the Fever
Epidemic, =,
As tho Death.Rate :ShoRs Marked
Falling-0ff from The Week
Previous.
Most Of the Fatal Gases Are Confined
to Last Years Haunts of
the Disease.
Many Cases Known to Have Origi-
mated from Infected Bedding
and Clothing.
One Doath Resulting from Second Attack
Of the Terrible Malady.
MANY Cases Known to Have Origi-
mated from Infected Bedding
and Clothing.
One Death Resulting from q Second Attack
Of the Terrible Malady.
MEMPHIS.
DEATHS AND NEW CASES.

DEATHS ANu NEn CAaES-
sn1rfat Dtspa!ch to i.e TssJG0:-
MEMPHIS. Aug. 2.-Without any known cause
upon which to predicate it, tho lists OF new cases
and deaths continue to keep up above what it
was predicted would be the case ut the end Of
tile nresent week. The number Of new cases to-
dav foot ND fourteen, and the death-list sir
from yellow-1eyer, and four from con''umptloh.
One Of the yelow-fever dead is from outside
the CITY limits Of the new cases two are col
orcd. and two OF the dead arc coiored.
The weeks record shows tcFtY-four
deaths, of which twentY-si1 are charged
to yclow-fever, and eighteen. IRON
other causes. This is not, apparently, very
great e.ccss over the death-rate OF laempn1s
dnrinr the summer months; but, when the fact
is considered that half the people arc out OF the
ctr, and that half, especially the women anu
children, among which the greater part OF deaths
occur in the summer time, the present weeks
showing
DECOMEs ALARMING.
The ;mnrcssion prevailed in medical circles
here m to this afternoon that there existed
r,1e. observed BY custom at least, that when the
deaths from prevailing infectious or contagious
disease exceeded the deaths from the other causes
that disease existed in an epidemic form. In
necoraapce with this rule, the President OF the
Board of Health last week made estimates Of
the weekly deaths by which he was governed IN
declaring the disease not epidemic. The weekly
report Of the present week
. .s~. JusTIF1xs hs5tH ACTION.
Init dispatch from the National Board OF
Health at Washington, received by Its repre-
sentative in Memphis to-day, ordered that the
disease be not declared epidemic, as there was
mn r,1le governing such action. This is consol-
iuc to this community ut present, inasmuch as
IT. wines out epidemics, if it does nothing TO-
warl Kidding the city OF the disease which seems
determined to wipe out Memphis if it takes all
summer.
Chief Athey's daughter died ut Raleigh about
daylight this morning. Ben Adams, the man
who it Is said md q bad case last J ear, aud vas
again stricken this year,
Is AMONG THE DEAD OF TO-DAY.
The circumstance is beginning to be noticed that
the disease fingers in localities where last years
endemic was most disastrous, or among 1aml-
lies ,rho lost members during that season. The
few exceptions, especially colored people in
humble circumstances, arc believed to get the
infection from old clothes and bedding given
out to them to be destroyed, but kept and
used after imperfect dIsinfection.
outside Of the locality of Clay and South
streets, in the vicinity Of the Ray residence and
of bradford street and Jones avenue, but few
cases are occurring. The majority Of the
refugees who are stricken after reaching other
cities arc persons residing in the vicinity Of one
or the other Of these localities who fed on the
| first outbreak Of the fever there. Nearly every
other theory rs to the origin OF the disease III
this city this season is overtbrown By this almost
cor.o;n1r authenticated fact.
THE LIST OF To-DAT's NEW CASES
embraces:
Fannie Flaga, l6, 43 Jones avenue.
Maggie Downey. IS, Is Jones avenue.
Joseph Downer, 4S, IS Jones avenue
Joscph Hallran, 45, 130 Robson.
Josie Ringwood, 2o 115 Front
Henry Daniels, %, hospital
Fritz Hatch, Is, 199 Elliott.
Alice Boyd, Il, 20 Hawley.
Frank Hcsse s, Poplar, rear Of Deans.
Ed Moon, q, 481 Shelby; contracted the dis
ease at his mothers residence on Rayburn av-
| cnue.
Teresa Ashbrook, 9, % Bradford.
John Watson, S5, 62 Jones.
coLoRED.
james Byrd, 81, fernando, near wellington.
Jack Macklin, ~. 50 South.
Total new cases, 14,-whites, 12; colored, Q.
The davis dead arc:
Mary Mplbrandon, white, s years old, 2o4 Dc
Soto; Maria Lenabau, white, 48, 10 Wright
avenue; Marshall Hoskins, white, 2, 142 Racco
aller; Ben Adams, white, IS, 73 Clay; Charles
Forbes, white, IS, Walker avenue, outside the
city: Julia Richmond, coiored, rs, corner Clay
and De Soto; John Patton, colored, q, hos
pital, consumption.
Total dead: whites, 5 co1ored; 2 yellow
fever; 6 other causes; / inside the city; out
side.
THE WEEK.
The Board of Health makes official reports
for the week, from which 1T is learned that 63
new cases have occurred inside the city limits
during the past seven days,-whites, So; col
ored, g. In wards, as follows: First Ward 2;
Second, 1; Third, i; Fourth. O.; Fifth, 20;
Sixth, 4; Seventh, s; Eighth, 20; Ninth, 2;
Tenth, p.
The infected districts lie in the Eighth and
Tenth Wards.
Total number of cases to date, 21e; total
| number Of deaths, G5.
NOON REPORTS.
To the IVfstkTn Associated Prtss.
MEMPHIS, Aug. Six new cases were re-
ported to the Board of Health this morning.
Two deaths have occurred since last night
Miss Esidoria J. Athy, daughter OF Chief-of-
Police Athy, and Benjamin Adams. Miss Athy
died at Raleigh, ten miles northeast OF this city,
at o'clock this morning. Her mother's condi~
ton .iB not the most favorable. Benjamin
Adams, whose death is also recorded, had q
typical case of fever last year, which e1plodes
the theory Of immunity from a second attack.
PRECAUTIONS.
A.