The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-20

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 19.-The local
fever situation has undergone little
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
bulletin to be issued tonight however
will show two deaths, that of the wo-
man Stanta Graffiato, who died in the
hospital last night, not having been in
Guided in the official bulletin. although
reported in the Associated Press dis
patches.
This is the record: Deaths-Joseph
Gisfasy, an Italian 226 Urquhart
street.
New cases-John Dell, Rasolie Ba-
Gus, Irene Terrell, William Brandon,
Norah Hines, Lena Green (colored).
The first two cases are in the ex-
IRENE upper portion of the city. One
is in the fourth district one is in the
St. Claude-street house, where the
original six cases were reported, and
one is in the Williams house, where two
cases already existed. There are three
cases under investigation, and the
health authorities tonight view the
situation with some complacency.
The report of Dr. Metz on the condl-
ton of the Italian quarter moved the
board to prompt acceptance to-day OF
the offer of the city of the Marine Hos
pital as a refuge. DIR. Metz found as
many as cixty people huddled together
in the Italian quarter living in squat@r
and filth In one of the rooms goat
was found sleeping nightly with the
family who owned it. The woman
Grahiato was taken from this 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 a plague spot.
It was. therefore, decided to thoroughly
disinfect the entire square and to re
move as soon as possible most OF the
families to the old Marine Hospital.
The hundred squatters who now occu-
py the latter building will be glVer
quarters in one of the schooIhouses in
the vicinity and the Marine Hospital
buildings viii be permanently used as
a refuge until the fever is stamped out
for the families of the Italian quarter
and those of the INDECENT sick through
out the city.
Surgeon Bloom had a conference with
President Oliphant to-day relative to
establishing a place to which INDECENT
yellew fever patients might be re-
moved. There are usually 700 or oOO
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 Of
fer of the free use of the old smallpox
detention camp, which entirely dis
connected from the smallpox hospital,
and it seems likely the offer viii be
accepted and all yellow fever patients
who for various reason cannot be treat
ed at home will be sent to DR.. Beard s
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 or
adopting next Tuesday as a general
cleaning day Acting Mayor Britain
and President Oliphant to-day replied
TO the suggestion, strongly deprecating
it. They wrote that it would be mad
visable and inexpedient to determine
upon a fixed day for cleaning purposes,
as such a movement would cause an
accumulation of filth which could not
be removed at once and by the stirring
ND of miasma would further endanger
the health of the city. instead Of i'm
provfng it. II was suggeste- there
fore that each Individual inhabitant of
the city proceed without delay to the
cleaning of his own premises, and to
the disinfecting of his water closets,
alleys. yard. etc. and the destruction
of all decaying matter by fire.
The detention camp at Fontainbleau
was to-day declared to have been prac-
1ically completed and to be ready for
the reception of guests
A special train to-day went to BIZ
aoxi and Ocean Springs and from there
carried about forty people to the camp
Tomorrow the camp viii be thrown
open to all corners.
There We're no new cases reported at
Ocean Springs up TO noon. but the
weather 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
stricken yesterday at Ocean Springs,
and his condition is not yet considered
serious
The work of the New orleans sani-
tary forces continues unabated to-day.
and the officers employed themselves
in hunting up many old rookeries,
where people are. closely crowded in
illy-ventilated homes. and where they
live in filth. Many of these places were
subjected to complete disinfection and
cleaning. The weather to-day has been
warm and threatening.
BUT SLIGHT INCREASE