The herald., 1897-09-20
View the Situation With
Complacency
SOME NEW CASES REPORTED
BUT TIE PLAGUE Is GAMING
LITTLE GROUND
Camps Of Refuge Established and .
Program Of General Distinction
Is Inaugurated
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW ORLEANS. La. Sept. 1.-THE
local fever situation has undergone lit
tie change since yesterday. At o'clock
tonight the record book in the board OF
health office showed a total Of six new
cases and one death. The official bulle-
tin, to be issued tonight, however, will
show two deaths, thG Of the woman
Santa Graff1ato, who died in the hospi-
tai last night, not having been included
in the official bulletin, although reported
in the Associated Press dispatches.
This Is the record of new cases: Ros-
allie Bacus. Joseph Gisfasy. an Italian,
226 Urquhart street; Jno. Dell, Irene Ter
rile, William Brandon, Nora H. HyneD,
(colored). The first two cases are in
the extreme upper portion of the city.
one in the Fourth district. one In the
ST. Claud street house where the orig
inal six cases were reported and the
other is in the Williams house, where
three other cases already existed. There
are three cases under investigation and
the health authorities tonight view the
situation with complacency.
The report of Mr.. Metz. on the condi-
tion Of the italian quarter, moved the
board to prompt acceptance today Of the
offer of the city marine hospital az Z
refugee. DR.. Metz found as many a.
sixty people huddled together in the
Italian quarter living in sQualor and
filth. In one of the rooms a goat was
found sleeping nightly with the family
who owned it. The woman Grafiiato was
taken from the quarter and the board
realized that unless something was done
at once, the block in which the woman
had lived was likely soon to become .
plague spot. 1t was therefore decided
to thoroughly disinfect the entire square
and to remove as soon as possible most
of the families to the old marine hospi-
tai. The hundred suuatters who now
Uccupy the latter building will be given
quarters in one of the school houses in
the vicinity, and the marine hospital
buildings will be permanently used az
a refuge until the fever is stamped out.
for the families of Italian quarters and
those Of the INDECENT sick throughout the
city.
Surgeon Bloom had a conference with
President Oliphant today, relative to es-
tablishing place to which INDECENT vel.
low fever patients might be removed.
There are usually seven or eight hun
dred patients in the charity hospital and
it is considered highly dangerous to re-
ceive yellow fever patients in that In.
stitution. The board submitted an offer
Of the free use of the old smallpox de-
tention camp, which il entirely discon-
nected from the smallpox hospital and
it seems likely the offer will be accepted
and all yellow fever patients, who for
various reasons cannot be treated at
home, will be sent to DR.. Boards place.
At a largely attended meeting OF
bankers, business men, ministers and
representatives of labor organizations.
it was resolved to ask the board OF health
to consider the advisability of adopt
ing next Tuesday as a general cleaning
day
Acting Mayor Britton and President
Oliphant, in reply to the suggestion,
strongly deprecated it, They thought
it would be inadvisa BILE and inexpedient
to determine upon fixed day for clean
ing purposes, as such movement would
cause an accumulation Of filth which
could not be removed at once, and by
the stirring up of miasma, would furth-
stead of improving it. 1t was suggested.
therefore, that each individual inhabi-
tant of the city proceed without delay
to the cleaning of his own premises, to
the disinfection Of his water closets. al
leys, yard, ETC., and the destruction Of
all decaying matter by fire.
The detention camp at Fontainbleau
was today declared to have been prac-
11x-o 11ok 1
reception of guests. ~
special train today went to Biloxi
and Ocean Springs and from there car
ried about forty people to the camp.
Tomorrow the camp will be thrown open
to all corners.
There were no new cases reported at
Ocean Springs up to noon. but the wealth.
er is heavy and sultry and ONE of the
patients was not expected to live. She
is Miss Laura Atkins.
Charles Zeigler, son of prominent New
Orleans people. was among those strick-
en- yesterday at Ocean Springs; his coa
dition is not yet considered serious. \
The work Of the New Orleans sani-
tary force continues unabated today, ana
the officers employed themselves In
hunting up many old rookeries where
people are closely crowded in lily venti-
fd homes and where they live in
I'm. Many of these places were sub
Achd to complete dianfection and
ir'g. The yfath3r Today has been
AT Jackson
|KsoN, Mi{s, s(pt. 1s-Dr. s. Il
4 gs. OF thel Marine hospital serv-
rived herel today on his way.fo
DIS, to establish j camp OF refu\e &
h n with him SO tents and ma -
'sv NDN ]. S. HunVer, sAcretary s
tate board of health, will arriJu Ier3
omorrow to confer with DR.. Giddin1r Il