The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

limits of the place which we are ouarantin-
ing. | mean, for instance. that it has not
extended beyond one side of the square
on st. Claude in which it was originally
found. This prevention of a spread goes
TO prove the efficiency of our sanitary
methods and quarantine regulations. Not
one of the cases in New Orleans originated
here. Each one Of them may be traced
pack to Ocean Springs or points on the
coast. For these reasons l may say that
the situation has not become alarming,
and you may tell the people of the coun-
try that we are still feeling hopeful of our
ability to control whatever cases may ap-
pear in New Orleans"
The same rigid attention is being given
to the suspicious cases as obtains in the
treatment of those which are declared to
be yellow fever. Guards are stationed
about the premises the streets are kept
clear pedestrians are warned and liberal
use is made of disinfectants, for the au-
thorities have come to realize that the sit
uation, while not alarming, is certainly Sc
rious and that only watchfulness and Wig
lance will master the scourge. One of
that people of maturer age have been at
tackled. Heretofore, the disease has been
confined principally to children of tender
age and boys and girls not yet grown to
manhood and womanhood. Two of the
late cases show that older people have been
attacked.
DR.. Olliphant makes plain in his last
interview that but one of the cases In
dicated spread of the disease. The
exception is the appearance of new
case on st. Claude street. where. how
ever, there has been no fewer than SIX
cases in three houses.
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at the st. Charles hotel. President
Olliphant and other members of the
board of health. representatives of the
parish medical society and city officials,
including Mayor Flower, were present.
The situation was discussed in all its
phases for two hours behind closed
doors, and a resolve was made to spare
neither effort nor money in controlling
the disease. 1t was made plain that
whatever funds were required would
speedily be Forthcoming. The meeting
was entirely harmonious and health and
city officials are at this time working
without friction.
The result of the meeting was the
appointment of an executive committee
and an advisory committee composed OF
physicians. These two bodies, with the
board of health will have charge of
the efforts to stamp out the disease. .,
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like this, is the prisons. Today Coroner
Lemmonier wrote to Sheriff uniacke and
Keeper Mahoney of the two jails, call.
ing their attention to the condition or
affairs and urging them to keep their
buildings scrupulousiy clean. Every
square inch of surface in the two Jailss
will be sprinkled with bichloride of
mercury, all carpets and mating and
useless bits of clothing will be burned,
beds and cots are to be thoroughly dis
infected and the utmost care is to be
taken in receiving into either institution
prisoners who may have come from in
fected points or as to whose liability to
introduce the disease there is any ques-
ton.
Under instructions from the superin-
tendent of the railway mail service, the
postoffice authorities today fumigated all
outgoing mail in order that letters and
packages be not sent back by the
authorities of quarantining cities and
towns. The process employed is sulphur
fumes. and a large room in the building
was utilized this afternoon for the work.
An hour and half was consumed in
the fumigation. All accumulated mails
are being thus fumigated, and by to-
morrow everything is expected to be in
been reaching here from many points of
delay in getting mail, but it is thought
that this system of fumigation will in
the future remove all sources of COM
plaint of this nature.
The Louisville and Nashville ran a
train today to Atlanta. giving people
on the coast an opportunity to go to
the Gate city
The train took about twenty ladies and
gentlemen from Biloxi, and number
have left New Orleans for that point.
The railroad company, however, refuses
to allow passengers to take any bag
gage of such a nature as to be good
abiding place for germs.
This afternoon new case of fever
was reported at Barclay, which is not
far from Ocean Springs. Out of pop
ulation of twenty-five only three per-
sons in Barclay have not had the sick
ness, and the percentage of deaths has
been what is usual in yellow fever:
There were several new cases reported
today at Ocean Springs. and of the num-
ber of i'll reported at Biloxi today. there
are fifteen who are suffering with yell
low fever. At Ocean Springs DR.. Was
din of the marine hospital staff is re-
ceiving the best of attention, and 1t is
hoped that he will pull through in few
days. This Is his first experience with
a yellow fever epidemic.
At Ocean Springs prompt reports are
made of all cases of.fever. and they are
posted on the bulletin board of the post
office. Nurses are still needed at Ocean
Springs, and none have been sent from
here because all experienced nurses here
are being put in charge of existing cases.
In response to an inquiry it was learned
from officials at Ocean Springs that the
federal government can not undertake