The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-14
PLAYING THE OLD GAME.
The Veracious Correspondent at His
Old Tricks-Prompt Denial of the
Slanderous Report Respect
ing Yellow Fever in
New Orleans.

New Orleans.
| The dispatch which appeared In the New Or
| leans Times of yesterday morning announcing
| that the National Board of Health at Washing
| ton WAS In possession OF information to the
| effect that during the four weeks ending March
| ~. eleven deaths from malignant yellow fever
| had occurred In New Orleans, received q
| prompt and vigorous denial DR. Bemiss, OF
| the national board, on reading II sent q dis
| patch to the National Board eontradictlng ii In
| the most emphatic manner. and In this eonnee-
| tlon wrote the following statement
The report appearing In The press dispatches
| this morning did not originate with the Nation.
| al Board of Health. nor with any member of the
| board
It is greatly to be regretted that the press of
this city publlsh reports calculated to do II In
Jury without fret consulting either the Presi-
dent of the State Board of Health. the Medical
Director OF, the Auxiliary Sanitary Association
oara 9 Of Hssb All sTst ss sess Of hs Nso s
formed of the truth that our city Ia and has
been entirely free from epidemic dlseass ex-
eept fsw w . cases OF scarlet feyer in the qgper
New Orleans. April 1s, 1880.
Later In the day DR.. Jones, the President Of
the State Board of Health. forwarded the fol-
lowing dispatch to the National Board:
New ORLEANS. April 10. 1880.
surgeonT,; J. Turner, NJ. D.. Secretary Ma
tonal Board Of Health. Washington. b. d {:
Hh-In the New Orleans Times of this In
stant. the following telegram appears: 3"
WASHINGTON, Anril 12-Offleial adviees of
the National Board OF Health show that. during
eleven deaths from malignant yellow lever in
New Orleans and two In Memphfs.'; '
The Board Of Health, OF New Orleans requests
OF Health obtained Its official advices In his in
stance.
Up to the present moment no ease Of yellow
FAtJn hnQ hnn t.I Nr.l Il.
OF Louisiana, and no physician has had a case
of yellow fever during the present year The
teiegfaphie ieoorts purporttpg to come from
dalton. - -
JOSEPH JONES. M. d.. President, etc.
The following dispatch was received from
Mobile:
MOBILE, Ala. April 10. 1885,
DIR. 8. 8. Hsrrlck. Secretary, etc.:
1s there any truth In Associated Press dis
your city? g. GROOM
President Lee Association
DR.. Jones sent the following reply:
OFFICE Board OF HEALTH |
New Orleans, AprIl ls, 1880.
s. Groom, ESQ President. etc.:
Up to the present moment no case of yellow
fever has been reported to the Board of Health OF
the State of Louisiana. The teieafaphie re- port
p pnblshea II the Times 2t this asnae Is with
President Board OF Health
Dispatches of a like character were also sent
to Mobile and to other points from which in
1uiries had been addressed.
JOINT CONFERENCE.
NEW ORLEANS. April 49, 1890
An unfounded rum. m.or having obtained publ
ea,ion In the Associated Press dispatches of
this morning from Washington TO the effect
thatt, some cases Of yellow fever have occurred
In New Orleans, 1t ts due to truth to say that
said report has no foundation whatever In fact
az no to date nothing has trans pired to excite
the least suspicion Of the existence of that dis
ease here. The motive for the circulation OF
sueh repoit is nnlmaeinable on any other basis
than pure malice.
J.. o. BEARD. NJ. D.,
Chairman Conference Committee. State Board
of Health.
8. M. BEMIss, NJ. D.,
Member National Board of Health.
CHAs. A. WHITNEY
President New Orleans Auxiliary Sanitary Asso-
citation.
@. B. WHITE, M. D..
Sanitary Director
This statement was pre- pared at meet
In of the conference committees of the bodies
na med above, which took place at the rooms of
the Banitary Ass oetation.