The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-22
News from Memphis and Mississippi
City.
Drs. White and Smythe Pronounce the
Mississippi Cases to be Malarial
Fever kilograms Sent to
Galveston by Gov.
Nichols and DIR.
Chopin.

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THE MISSISSIPPI CITY CASES.
Docttos " hile and smythe left early yesterday
morning by special train for Mississippi City
To Investigate the eases OF fever said to have
occurred near that place. They returned the
same day and gave one of our representatives
the result OF their Investigations which Is en-
bodied lii their following official report to DR..
Chopin, president Of Che Board Of Health:
Health, State Of Louisiana:
Dea,. Si,. Doctors White and Smythe report
that they Visited, IN company with Pr. Smith. Of
Pass unrlstian r. bs houF. healih officer ,. q
about a mile and a half beyond tia Mississippi
railroad station, on Monday. July 81. at IL
ehildrenl down ia bed with fever. Two Of them
had been STICK four days. two of them two days
and one one day. OF the two. sick four days.
cent: the other. a boy, aged sixteen years. had
still some fever. Temneratnre lob. pulse 81:
sh a, rd on hs sds and
tinge Of conjunction; no tenderness on stom
aeh. urine Il, free: specific grtvity 1911 and DE-
eating recoverys 40 marked general cnnges-
sY T fhsa I've Er II their seeond daY had
es1 esaf Ma pas e
The patient taken sIcK Yesterday q boy about
twenty years Old. had slight fever only. with no
other marked symptoms. The tongue pale and
The mother Of the family says that her daugh-
ter, aged eighteen years. eame home on Sunday
she arrived. aud died on Wednesday; that she
threw up 2 good deal during her sickness, and
shar.g before dsas threw ~ soma dark 4id
Peliaa.. This. girl had BEEN employed AS i
nnrge In the family Of Mt. Stout, who y . pilot
Magazine street She was In his family seven
months. and lately there was some sickness lii
MIR III al nft
slck, and he Motif ID pr. smith. Of Pass Chris
Health of Mississippi. and taken measures TO
have the residence Of the Greele isolatei and
zuarded. DIR. Smith is Of the opinion that the
disease will not spread.
The Creels are quite poor and in need Of
cilIz ms Of Misatssippi CITY. 49,,
now sick will recs,var. aud that the disease will
prave to be Of matarial character.
: Vely respectfully. your obediant servants,
4 (. Il n. s sMlTHE y M L D.
DIR. CHOPIN,
after having conversed with Doctors Smythe
and White. sent the following telegram to DR..
Haden, president of the Galveston Board of
Health:
Doctors ". A. smythe and G. B, White, OF this
city, have Just returned from visiting reported
suspicious caaes of fever In Mississippi City
On the iase shore. aud declare the five eases I'M
NUI GGSEEfhtipu W US IHttHIlHl lever. view Sf4
leans IL perfectly free from yellow fever ONLY
eighty three deaths last week of all diseases
81 CHOPIN, NJ. d., President.
#5S FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
The following telegram was sent BY Gov
Nichols to Coy. Roberts, of Texas:
New ORLEANS. July 10. 1879.
TO His Excellency .. NJ. r. Roberts, Governor
Of Texas:
have the honor of transmitting to your Elk
Cetiency the following statement forwarded TO
me by tile president OF the Board or Health
with the hone that the Information therein con
tafned may lead ta the renewal OF untram melaa
intercourse between Nav Orleans and Calves
ton. | do not know how far, under your laws
You have any control over ha subject.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS
Governor OF Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS July 10, 1879
To bis ESeelleney Francis 7. Nichols. Gov
ernor Of louisiana
. SRI have the honor to inform you that
there is not case Of yellow fever ID New Q
leans: that the sanitary condition Of the city is
unusually good, and that the most rigorous |
measures are In force to prevent the introduc- |
tinn Of yellow fever Injection from Memphis
Very respectfully, your obaiient servant
SAM'L chopin.
President Board of Health /
DR.. Austin, Of the Board Of Health. and Dr. |
Fitzpatrick, officer of the National Board of I
Health left yesterday evening FIR Mississippi |
Investigated by Doctors Smythe and White.
Don't forget the grand concert to be given at /
the New Lake End tomorrow evening.
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