Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-05
YELLOW FEVER.
LATEST REPORTS FROM THE
SCOURGE.
The outlook in Ehe SOuthwest-The
Situation at PensaeOla-The Health
OF New Orleans.

WASHINGTON, September 4. 4.-Acting Post
master General Hstton has received the fol-
lowing dispatch:
''PENsACoLA, FLA, september al do
not believe we have or have had this season
any yellow fever.
VIM. T. LEE, Postmaster"
j. G. Whiting. Secretary of the Board
OF Health at Pensacola, Florida, tele-
grsphed the Surgeon General of the
Marine Hospital Service yesterday as
follows: "a hopeful feeling exists.
There have been no new cases in the
past two days. Seven are now sick. Two
are likely to die. The rest are improving.
The total mortality for the week was seven
from yellow fever. Acting Assistant Sur
geon White reports that there were no new
cases or deaths reported Yesterday"
NEW ORLEANS, September 4.-The Pea
y't'ae's Pensacola special says: sfOne more
case OF yellow fever is reported, NJ. C. Con-
oughy, younger brother of the express
agent, and two deaths, those mentioned
last night as having black vomit. These
deaths make three that have occurred in
Shirmer's house, all with black vomit.
BY direction of the Board of
Health the entire contents of shir
mer's house were destroyed to-day.
The total cases to date are 20, deaths s, un-
der treatment 9. At a meeting of the
Board of Health to-day it was decided to
submit at once a requlsition for aid to the
National Board of Health.
The expense Of disinfection and santa
ton in general, have drawn very heavily
hnN INIT Eur1 a.
Io-nlght large quantities of sulphur and
all the tar barrels Obtainable are being
burned throughout the infected district.
The bark Saliato, which left this port on
the 10th Of August with two sick seamen
on board, and from which vessel the yellow
fever In Pensacola undoubtedly originated,
arrived at Havana several days ago. The
seamen are reported as having died at sea
on the voyage. The mate died lust before
leaving this port, and was buried at sea.
In contradiction of unfounded reports
being circulated as to the health of the city
of New Orleans, the following was sent to-
day to the Associated Press
New Orleans is entirely free of yellow
fever. No case has been reported since Au-
gust 1lth. The sanitary condition of the
city Is excellent and the death rate remark
ably low. JOSEPH JONES, M. D.,
president of the Board of Health"
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine
Hospital Service, tonight received the fol-
lowing telegraWs:
"BRo GNsvILLE. September 4.-One hun
dred and forty-eight cases were reported
for the two days, and ten deaths. The
committee has two Spanish physicians en-
route. The hospital has twenty patients, and
ample accommodations for sixty, but the
Mexlcans won't go in the hospital. Medi-
cines are supplied to all fever patients free
from the hospital dfspensarV The Gordon
on the Arrayo and river is effectual. There
are no emigrants from Mexico and no refl-
geessfrom here. Eight mild cases were re-
ported at Point Isabel and one daeth Yester-
day. There is some disease In the eastern
ranches on the river"
GALVESTON, September A Matamoras
special saws: "The epidemic is decreasing.
There are not more than one hundred and
twenty five cases in the city, and in the last
two days not more than fifteen cases have
occurred. During the twenty-four hours
ending at q. m. yesterday there were seven
deaths from the fever. To-day there were
no deaths from fever. For the week ending
yesterday there were forty-ive deaths In the
city, thirty-six from fever"
Brownsville reports the epidemic still
raging. For the twenty-four hours ending
yesterday morning there were seven new
cases and four deaths. The relief commit
tee on the 21 inst. furnished 80 families
with supplies, and yesterday 300 more.
The report for this day at 10 a. m. shows
seventy eight new cases and six deaths.
Harry Bullock, merchant, died yesterday.
The Relief Committee is trying to secure
two more druggists and physicians. 200
cases are reported in San Bernardo, Tamau
lipas, town of 1000 inhabitants. There
are several cases in Reynosa and much
sickness among the ranches.