The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-10-08
FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS.
Tuesday All Previous Reports of New
Cases This Season Was Broken.
Three Deaths Were Also Reported-An Epi-
oemic is Absolutely Out of the Oues-
ton, Says DIR. Oliphant-Nine New
Cases and One Death at Edwards.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct 6.-After two
uays or Improvement and of promise.
the FEVER situation on the face of the
record took somewhat of turn Tues
day. For 40 hours there had been no
deaths and Monday the number of
cases had shown material falling off
IRON the day before. Early Tuesday
morning, however, the reports of
new cases began to come into
the board of health Office with
considerable rapidity and by
o'clock there had been Is
cases reported and by seven o'clock
Tuesday night all previous records of
this season had been broken SO far as
new cases were concerned. In a few
hours three deaths had also been re-
ported to the board. The physicians
were not at a loss to explain the
increase In cases They took the
view that it might be expected that
numerous cases would still continue
daily to be reported. Dr. Olliphant said
Tuesday night:
The stern enforcement of the law
requiring all the physicians to report
promptly both suspicious and actual
cases of yellow fever has had a material
effect IN increasing the number of
eases.
| "AS rule, the numerical increase
of cases is due to the fact that we have
so organized our forces that the corps
OF the board of health is now so large,
and the Activity of the public in ferret
ing out new cases so great that few if
any new cases are escaping attention
and prompt report.
AN epidemic is absolutely out of the
! question. New Orleans is to-day not
by any means unhealthier than it has
been for several years. The prevailing
fever has caused in several weeks less
| than 40 deaths"
| Two of the deaths Wednesday were
somewhat of a surprise. Little was
known of the case of Cecile Spies. She
had not been reported as a patient
likely to succumb to the disease. Bsp-
| tiste Solomon died rather suddenly.
An examination after death proved
conclusively that the man had been a
victim of the prevailing sickness. Miss
ScannelFs case was reported some DAYS
| ago.
Dispatches received Tuesday evening
announce that there are two cases of
| yellow fever on DIR. j. II. Saunders
plantation near Patterson, La, and an
additional suspicious case. All are
traceable to Ocean Springs
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. Give have not
given up the fight yet" said Health
Officer Goode Tuesday when the noon
report was published.
The report shows that there is good
ground to hope the efforts to restrain
and extinguish the disease will be re-
warded with success. The report for
"a hours ending at noon is as follows:
New Cases: Eugene Eastburn; Mrs.
w. P. White. Deaths: c. F. Steiner;
F. S. King.
Total cases to date 95; deaths Is; dis
charged 50; remaining under treatment
27.
EDWARDS, Miss, Oct. 6.-Nine new
cases of yellow fever and one death
have been officially reported Tuesday.
GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. CDR. John
Guiteras, yellow fever expert of the
marine hospital service, enroute to
Galveston from New Orleans, via st.
Louis, to examine health conditions
here, was held up by Houston quaran-
tine officers Tuesday and is now in
Camp Detention, at Spring Station,
north of Houston. There is no Obiec-
ton to DIR. Guiteras coming into Gal
weston. He will be escorted here by
the health board as soon as released
from Houston.