The San Francisco call., 1897-09-20
A Goat That Sleeps Nightly
With the Family 1t Be-
longs to.
GENERAL CLEANING DAY is
SUGGESTED.
But the Sanitary Authorities Are
Fearful of Adding Fuel to
the Flames.

NEW ORLEANS, LA. Sept. 19-The
local fever situation has undergone little
change since yesterday. Ate O'Clock to-
night the record book il the Board of
Health Office showed total of SIX new
cases and one death. The official bulletin,
to be issued tonight, however, will show
two deaths-that of the woman Santa
Graffiato, who died in the hospital last
night, not having been included in the
official bulletin, although reported in the
Associated Press dispatches. This is the
records:
Deaths-Joseph Gisfasy, an Italian, 226
Urouhart street. New cases-Rosalie
Bacus, John Dell Irene Terrell, William
Brandon, Norah Hynes and Lena Green
(coIored)
The first two cases are in the extreme
upper portion Of the city, one is in the
Fourth District one is in the st. Claude
street house, where the original six cases
we're reported, and one is in the Williams
house, where two cases already existed.
There are thrse cases under Investigation,
and the health authorities tonight still
view the situation with some compla.
Cency.
The report of Dr. Metz, city chemist, on
The condition of the Italian quarter,
moved the beard to prompt acceptance
to-day OF the offer to the city of the
Marine Hospital as a refuge. DR.. Metz
found as many as 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 that owned it. The woman
fo fol
the board realized that unless something
was done at once the block in which the
woman had lived was likely soon to be-
come a 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
Hospital.
The hundred squatters who now oc-
cupy the latter building will be given
quarters in one of the school, houses in the
cinity, and the Marine Hospital build
ings will be permanently used as a refuge
until the fever is stamped out for tie
families of the Italian quarters and those
OF the INDECENT sick throughout the city.
Surgeon Bloom had a conference with
President OIiphant to-day, relative to es-
tablishing a place to which INDECENT yel-
low fever patients might be removed
There are usually 700 or 500 people in the
Charity Hos pital and it is considered
highly dangerous to receive yellow fever
patients III that institution. 1t is said that
the hospital is ready to 60 to any expense
to provide supplementary hospital The
board submitted an offer of the free use of
the old smallpox detention camp which
is entirely disconnected from the smallpox
hospital, and 1t seems likely that the offer
will be accepted, and that all yellow fever
patients who for various reasons cannot
be treated at home will be sent to Dr..
Boards place. There are now two patients
suffering with yellow fever in the Charity
Hospital and their presence, although
they occupy isolated apartments, is
deemed a serious menace to other patients.
Alta largely attended meeting OF bankers,
business men, ministers and representa-
tives of labor organizations it was re-
solved to ask the Board If Health to con-
slider the adVisability OF adopting next
Tuesday as general cleaning day.
Acting Mayor Britain and President
OIiphant to-day replied to the suggestion
strongly deprecating it. They wrote that
If would be inadvisabe and inexpedient
TO determine Oh a fixed day for cleaning
nurposes, as such a movement would cause
an accum ulation of filth and trash which
could not be removed at once, and by the
stirring up of miasma woul further en-
danger the health OF the city instead OF
iraproying IT. 1t was suggested, there
fore. that each individual inha bitant OF
the city proceed without delay to the
cleaning of his own premises, to the dis
injecting of his closets, alleys
wards, etc., and the destruction of all de-
caying matter by fire.
The detention camp at Fontainebleau
was to-day declared to have been prac-
ticalIy completed and to be ready for the
recep ption of guests.
a special train to-day went TO Biloxi
and Ocean Springs and from there carried
a hi ut forty people 10 the camp. To-mor-
row the camp will be thrown open to all
comers. Those who are not immunes will
have TO stay in the camp ten days, accord
ing to the rules laid down by Surgeon
Murray these rules being simply the Fed
eral law, which the surgeon. as the COM
mander of the camp, is bound to enforce.
There were no new cases reported at
Ocean Springs up to noon, but the weather
is heavy and suitry, and one of the patients
is 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. but his con-