The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20
NEW oRIEAys,s EPIDEMIC.
General Cleaning Day To-Morrow-The situa.
tion in the italian District.

New ORLEANS. Sept. 19.-The yellow fever
detention camp at Fontainebleau was opened
to-day with twenty visitors from Biloxi and ten
from Ocean Springs. 1t will be thrown open 10
all corners tomorrow. The camp will be under
military discipline.
One Of the cases Of yellow fever in New Or
leans last night was that OF Santa GratanR. an
Italian woman. She was found in a house on
Hospital street in a dying condition. having had
the yellow fever for several days without med.
ical attendance. She died soon after entering
the charity hospital. An examination Of the
house in which he was taken sick show ed ex.
treme squalor and filth. There were a dozen
persons sleeping in one room. a goat and a baby
occupying a bed together. and the floor was so
covered with dirt that 1t was impossible 10 tell
whether 1t was mud or planked.
As soon as the case was announced the
Italians in that and neighboring buildings at.
tempted to escape. fearing quarantine. Tho
authorities prevented this, fearing that it would
spread the fever, but a large number OF tho
Italians jumped over the back fence and es.
capped. The authorities are most in dread OF
the Italian quarter, where some 10. 900 or 5000
Italians live. and where there is a grea; deal Of
dirt.
The Mayor has issued O proclamation calling
for a general cleaning up Of the city on TUESDAY.
Many citizens have volunteered to assist IN the
work. and there will be a commander for each
block. The Board OF Health will supply the dis.
infectants. The New Orleans Board OF Heath
adjourned sine die to-day and relegated all its
power 10 its President, DR.. Oliphant.
The theory having been advanced that the
crawls slowly over the earth. a system OF posi-.
bic prevention OF the spread was adopted to-day
by burning fires along the alley ways and court
yards in the infected district on st. Claude
street, with the idea Of getting rid OF the germs.
The burning is done with q large furnace
flames in the event OF buildings or fences catch.
ing fire.
Health Officer Loveangen OF Texas has done
good work in stopping the commercial panic. IL
was through him chiefly that freight from New
York TO Texas by way of New Orleans. going
allowed TO enter Texas Galveston expected
to capture ali the New York trade, and is very
indignant and is denouncinR Mr.. Loveangen.
DR.. Carter and Mr.. Loveangen will hold a con.
ference soon to further modify the Quarantine
regulations in the interest of trade. The action
towns from using the Quarantine to advance
their own commercial interests and shut gu, Q
rival, which has been very generally done in
Louisiana, Mississippi. and Alabama
By the order OF the President I the Illinois
Board OF Health no one is allowed to land IN
A boat has been stationed at Cairo 10 DO used as
apesthouse. IL yellow fever gets into the State.
The scare seems to have spread even to the PSI
cihc coast, where the California Board Of Health
has been called to consider the yellow fever in
the south.
A few more towns Melville, La. and Forest
and Walden, Miss. have Joined those that have
the tendency. has been in the direction OF further
mitigation of the rigors OF quarantine.
The record in New Orleans to-day: New caseA
6; deaths, 2: t tai cases. 40.