Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-13
YELLOW FEVER
Has a Grip on New Orleans
--Seven Cases Reported.
President Of Board Of Health Says No
Fear Of Epidemic.
City Guaranteed on All Sides and Business
will Suffer Heavily.

New Orleans, Sept. 12.-Shortly be-
| fore noon, today, the board of health
olncially declared six of the serious
| cases or fever on st. Claude street TO
| De yellow fever. A couple of hours
subsequently the board announced an
other pronounced case of yellow fever
al MIRO and Esplanade streets, also in
the lower part of the city, but a mile
OF more away from the infected
square. The announcement of the
ilrst six cases as yellow fever was not
unexpected. although it was hoped
from the delay on the part of the ex-
perts that these cases were simply of
bilious malaria.
No general alarm has resulted here
although the news rapidly spread
through the city. The authorities do
not believe that the situation is ma
terialiy worse than it was four or five
days ago, and they are still confident
of their ability, with modern sanitary
appliances, successfully to quarantine
the infected districts.
The official bulletin of the board OF
experts, declaring the St Claude street
case to be yellow fever, was received
by President Olliphant soon after IL
o'clock
OF the original IL cases, all of which
had their origin from case that had
come from Ocean Springs, thessix other
than those reported, today. as yellow
fever. We're said, this afternoon. to be
practically well. up and walking about
their homes. OF the six pronounced
yellow FEVER, four are convalescent and
two were declared to be critically in
nf hoe I,x
since yesterday
Among the suspicious cases reported.
Yesterday, was that of a boy named
roy living at Miro and Esplanade
streets. Drs. Lemmonier, Touatre and
Maias We're sent to make a careful OBJ
servation of the case. This afternoon.
they pronounced it to be unuuestion
abIy yellow fever, and as having an
parently had its original in Scranton.
Miss, or in the vicinity of that town.
AS soon as the report was received the
Board OF Health took charge of the
mouse, quarantined the inmates, placed
guards so that no one might come
within close proximity To the premises
and set to work thoroughly to disinfect
the neighborhood. A brother of the
patient who had left the premises some
time before the official announcement
was given a permit to return. but or
ders We're issued that under no cir
cumstances to let him or any member
OF the household to again leave the
premises.
TO correspondent of The Associated
Press. President Olliphant said: .Of
course have made this announcement
oil the existence of seven cases of vel
low fever in New Orleans with sincere
regret, but there was no alternative
lett me, under my pledge to keep faith
with the public here and elsewhere.
10 not think, howver. there is occasion
mere Tor serious alarm unless condi-
ions shall grow materially worse. We
snail have to await DEVELOPMENTS.
An earlier announcement of the
diagnosis of the st. Claude street cases
was rot possible. The board of ex-
perts which is composed of able. eff
lent and experienced physicians, had
made repeated visits to these patients
'ut they insisted that they should he
allowed their own time within which
0 make a complete diagnosis. They de-
tired to be perfectly sure before
'ronouncing the sickness to be yellow
ever. They reached a conclusion as
Don as was practicable and four days
go they warned the country that all
he II cases were suspicious
We have now had total of eight
asses and one death, the origin OF all
Which may be traced to the infected
owns ON the Mississippi coast. They
lay all be classed as importations.
Il see no occasion for any panic in
lew Orleans. The general health of
ne city is good and it is rapidly being
ut in fine sanitary condition. There
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