The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
forty.nine New Cases aud Five
Deaths Mas Discoursoing.
MOBILE IS MUCH CONCERNED
The Discasc Breaks Out Afrcsh In
Different Localities--rour Deaths
Thirteen New Cnucs Mt Edwards.
yesterdays RECORD.
board Of health report.

Board OF health report.
Cases Of yellow fever today. a.: deaths
today 8: total cases OF yellow fever TO
date, bo5; total deaths from yellow fever
to date. so; total cases absolutely rocov-
cred III total cases under treatment, s's.
washington, October Sturgeon Gen.
erai wymans yellow fever bulletin covers
the progress OF the epidemic for yesterday.
rious infected points:
,ew Orleans. 81 new cases, two deaths;
Mobile, 4 cases. no deaths; Biloxi, 10 cases.
death; Ocean Springs. no cascs. no
deaths; Scranton. Z cases, no deaths: Ed
wards, 10 cases. no doaths: Nitta Yuma,
no cases no doathe. 1Iendcrsons Point. .
cases no deaths: Clinton, MISS. to dato.
10 oasca, / death
New Orleans, La. october s.-.~Today was
a record breaker here AS early as 9
o clock as many eases had been reported AZ
on Wednesday. whom the fever reached for
the time high water mark--i6 cases. At
| tho came hour there had been Fome five
deaths reported. with a couple OF patients
| In very critical condition, The weather
| yesterday and today has boon warm. There
has been difficulty in restraining inter-
course between infected houses and the
non-lnfected public and the germs have had
every opportunity to spread.
AS usual tho deaths are among those
who have lad little or no attention. and at
least three OF the fatalities are among the
Italian population Mrs, Spannio was rc-
ported to tho board when there waa little
chance of saving her life. Tier case had
been neglected and when the board .wns
notified II was u fofegono conclusion that
her name would be ultimately added 10
the list OF deaths. The Cipro case was
practically dead when the doctors learned
that he had yellow fever. As soon as tho
case was repornd the sanitary officers
| were rushed to Aununoiation street to
quarantine the house In which the patient
was. They had hardly gotten there when
the mans death was announced by phone
TO the board OF health A precisely similar
case was that of q. rcrio. telephone
message reported to the board Of health
| office this afternoon that Ferio on Decatur
street had been stricken. Sanitary officers
were sent to the house They had not
reached the house before the man was
dead. Tho worst case OF tho day, how
ever. was that of Elijah Parks. living on
| Custom House street. Parks Is u Grand
Army OF the Republic man and native Of
Greenyille. N. c.. &c years old. with wife
| .aI.lt IL 4. a fatl
health for year and his case had become
| serious yesterday. Last night he died and
his death notice appeared In the morning
papers. Friends attended TO the prepara-
| ton OF the corpse for burial and wake
| was held last night Early this morning
news reached the board that the case was
suggestive OF yellow fever An expert was
at once sent to the scene. His experienced
eye enabled him Immediately to diagnose
the case an one Of yellow fever. This after
noon officers OF the board Of health have
been industriously searching for those who
attended the wake or had anything TO do
with tho dressing of tho body In order that
they might be removed to the detention
camp. or course all who handled the body
will not be found and II is fair to assume
the fever Will spread.
The record today;
New cases---F chadeaux, si3 st. Mary:
Miss Agnes McGinty. 1903 Soniat: Mrs.
Wells, taken to Touro iniirmaiy' Captaia
Frank Walker, Music street between Mars
and St. Claude: Mrs. Hattie Carughl. sams
address; Wright Smith. Coliseum and Eu-
tcrpc: Mary jurghens, $50 ursullne; Mrs.
r. G. Buckner, 1929 seventh; Miss Alice
Buckner, same address; n. p. Hobbs. Ss2l
Chestnut; Otto Henry. 2S25 chihuahua;