The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-29
EIGHT NEW CASES LISTED.
Some Doctors Unable to Report and
the Number Probably Larger.

A Total of 70 Gases Reported Since
the Breaking Out of the Epidemic.
80 Now Under Treatment, 22 Dis
charged and 8 Resulted FatalIy-1o
to 90 Gases Probably Not Reported
Yet.
Brunswick, Ga, Sept. 2S.-Eight new
cases of fever were reported to-day The
small number of cases reported is prob
ABLY due to the absence of some of the
physicians, who were attending distant
sick calls, and were therefore unable to
make report to-day.
The new white patients are: Mrs
George w. Cowman, corner of M and @
streets; w. e. Dempster, corner of L and
B streets, and c. A. Steiner Of S12 G
street.
The new colored patients are: Mary
Lamar and Isaac Lamar of 523 South AL
bany street; Hattie Brown of 426 South
Albany street; Lou Oliver of I'll North
Gordon street, and Lizzie Robinson of 724
Hstreet.
One patient was discharged, Alice
Kelly, who was reported yesterday.
Thirty-nine cases are now under treat
ment. A recapitulation follows: Cases
under treatment 80, discharged %, died9 9,
total 20. Death rate 1913 per cent.
CASES NOT REPORTED.
1t is safe to say that there are between
10 and 20 cases not yet reported. The
reason for this is that among the colored
population Drs. Blair and West are kept
constantly at work by Surgeon Murray
hunting for cases. Their latest reports,
which are made nightly solely to DR..
Murray, contain about so names, classed
as malarial and suspicious cases. Surgeons
Murray and FACET commence early each
morning, and with fast teams drive to
each patient on the lists given them and
decide on any change made in any case
since last visited. If any have devel-
oped into yellow fever on these lists, Sur
geons Murray and FACET report them
personally the same as local physicians.
By this system Surgeon Murray gets the
benefit of time that would be consumed
by Drs. Blair and West reporting to the
board. Both surgeons being unable to
attend the meeting to-day probably ac-
counts for the decrease in the number of
cases.
THE RELIEF WORK
To-day Commissary Manager Smith is
sued three days rations each to / 1893 peo-
pie. While the contributions have been
liberal from generous people, If every
deserving case of distress were relieved
in money or provisions the supply of both
on hand would not last over a week.
There is a careful system of sitting inves-
tigation, and only the sick and those most
destitute are relieved. The board of
health and relief association are daily
becoming better organized for efficient
work, and the individual members are
working day and night and are de-
termined to allow no slanderous action TO
swerve them from a single-handed pur-
pose to help the sick and destitute.
A PEACEFUL FEELING.
At to-day's meetings of both boards a
general feeling of peace on earth and
good will to all was noticeable among the
members, and all renewed their purpose
to attend to the wants of the sick, suffer
ing and dying in a manner worthy of
themselves and the noble cause they are
serving AS organized bodies, harmony
toward everyone never more earnestly
existed, and the press of the country
should renew their efforts to help the
selfsacritiCing band of noble courageous
and generous hearted men who are har-
mOniously united in the effort to relieve
suffering humanity.
The weather is growing cooler and
fears are expressed that rain and fogs
will come, adding dangerous means to
spreading the pestilence before frost suf-
tciently forms to kill the deadly germs.
MOBILE SENDS $500.
Mobile, Ala, Sept. 2S.-As result of
canvass among the generous citizens of
Mobile by a committee from the Young
Mems Christian Association, 800 silver
dollars were to-day expressed to the
chairman of the relief committee at
Brunswick