The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-28
Increase in New Cases and Decrease
in Fatalities Supposed to he Due
TO Rise in Temperature.
BILOXI STILL A PLAGUE SPOT
SEVENTEEN FRESH CASES AND ONE
DEATH REPORTED THERE.
Slight Improvement at Mobile and Eds
wards-Dr. Guiteras Preparing
to visit Texas.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. q. - Warmer
weather in the past two or three days has
had the effect of increasing to some extent
the number of cases of the prevailing type
of yellow fever, but it has equally had the
effect of sending down the death rate. There
were twenty-three cases on Saturday, sew
enteen yesterday, and, up TO $50 o'clock
to-day, twenty-one cases. But there were
only two deaths on Saturday. none on Sum
day and two to-day. Present experiences
therefore proves that warm weather adds
to the number of cases, but reduces the NOR
talty, while colder weather diminishes the
number of cases and enlarges the death rate.
Physicians and the authorities tonight gem
orally agree that the situation is steadily
improving. They believe that the chances
are growing more remote every day of an
epidemic and that there is little likelihood
that the disease will assume before cold
weather a much more virulent form than
at present.
Professor Metz, who is at the head of the
work of sanitation and who superintends the
fumigation of all houses, said tonight:
Some little figuring that l have done dis
closes the fact that there have been, up
to $3.50 o'clock tonight, exactly 15S cases.
OF these nineteen have died, and am able
to state this evening that thirty-eight have
been actually discharged as entirely recov-
cred. There therefore remain only 191 cases,
and while 1 should not like to undertake q
statement Of the number of those practically
on the way to recovery, the death rate
among them, with present conditions, will
be small The death rate tonight is barely
above 12 per cent" This is the record at
nightfall:
New Cases.
FRED CTIASTANT. 1902 Grand Route, st.
FRED RACHU1s. 1883 Felicity street.
---- CONRAD, Seventh, between Ross
seau and Tchoupitoulas streets.
j. BRAZEN,
T. G. FOOTE,
s. MURRAY,
w. S. CAMPBELL,
c. BERNSETIN,
A. a. CRANE, all at the Home for Home-
less Men.
- RIvERT, 1905 Charles street.
MRS s. j. PITCHER, 2112 Baronne street.
HENRY BANRIAC, 1925 Roche avenue.
----- ROSSO, 625 St. Philip street.
PAUL QUENTIN, La Page and White
THREE MISSES GENNIN.. 22a Bayou
road.
MRS S. s.,KEENER, 22O6 Baronne street.
RAPHAEL PASSE, AL South Basin street.
MARIE ROJAS, 2705 Urquhart street.
PETER DEOBLE, 1434 Dante street.
GENERAL w. ii. WILLIAMS, 1858 Camp
street.
Deaths
FRED BACHUS, 1893 Felicity street
j. II. CHERRY, 1929 Fourth street.
OF the cases reported this evening six
were found in the Home for Homeless Men,
a poor institution that takes care of people
who have no friends. Three cases were also
reported collectively to-day from Bayou
road, in the Gennin family The cases,
however are considered mild. OF the two
hc IanC f4eu x1roc ran tod So
days ago and the patient had received very
careful treatment, but his case was con-
sidered a bad one. Bachus was taken sick
four days ago. His people are poor and
they did not attach much Importance to his
illness, only calling in a doctor q few hours
before death, when they saw the patient
rapidly sinking.
Dr. John Guteras, the Marine Hospital ex-
pert, arrived here to-day. He does not care
TO see any of the patients in New Orleans
who are suffering with yellow fever He
believes that the Board Of Health here has
taken the most effective means known to
science to stamp out the disease, believes
that the sickness is in good control and ex-
presses the belief that it is of mild type.
He does not believe that there is par
ticle of reason for a widespread alarm.
The Board of Health of the State OF
Louisiana officially announces the state OF
affairs in New Orleans as regards yellow
fever as follows: For the twenty-four
there wtsre: Cases of yellow fever to-day,
%; deaf tbs to-day, 2; total cases OF yellow
fever 10 tate, 100; total deaths from yellow
fever 70 date, 10; total cases absolutely re-
covered, So; total cases under treatment. 103.
Or. GIiteras has quarantined himself at
foundation for a trip to Texas with cer-
tincate that he has not been near infection
for five days. The quarantines are being.
the example to-day of admitting goods
under marine hospital rules General w. H.
Williams. sporting editor of the Times
Democrat, 1868 Camp street. is a new case
tonight.