The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-20
THE FIGHT
WITH FEVER
Cleaning Out a Filthy Square in New
Orleans
DANGER IN ITALIAN QUARTER
A Plague Spot Where Filth is Abundant,
and Where In one Instance a Goat
Occupied Quarters with the
Family-Three Deten-
tion Camps.

New Orleans, Sept 2O.-The local
fever situation has undergone little
change. At 8 o'clock last night the
record book in the board of health
office showed total Of six new cases
and one death. The official bulletin
| issued last night shows two deaths,
that of the woman Santa Graffeta, who
died In the hospital Saturday night,
not having been included in the official
bulletin.
This is yesterdays record: Deaths:
Joseph Gisfasy, an italian, 1926 Urqu-
hart street. New casesi Rosalie Bacus,
Hillary and Burth; John Delli, Plum,
between Cambronne and Jefferson;
Irene Terrell, Charity hospital; Will
lam Brandon, $50 Philip street; Norah
H. Hynes, 3147 st. Claude street; Lena
Green, colored, 1858 Camp street.
The first two cases are in the extreme
upper portion Of the city, one is in the
Fourth district, and one is in the st.
Claude street house where the original
six cases were reported, and one is in
the Williams house, where two cases
already existed. There are three cases
under investigation, and the health au-
thorities still view the situation with
some complacency. They do not yet
anticipate an epidemic as at It's meet
ing Saturday night the board decided
to abandon its nightly sessions and
created DR.. Oliphant master Of the
campaign against the disease.
The report Of Dr., Metz, the city
chemist, on the condition of the Italian
quarter moved the board to the prompt
acceptance yesterday Of the offer Of
the city of the Marine hospital as
refuge. DR.. Metz found as many as
go people huddled together in the Ital-
ian quarter, living in filth. In one of
the rooms a goat was found sleeping
nightly with the family who owned 1t.
The woman Graffeta was taken from
this quarter, and the board realized
that unless something was done at
once the block in which the woman
had lived was likely soon to bacome
a plague spot, 1t was, therefore, de-
cided to guard and thoroushiy disip-
feet and fumigate the entire square,
and to remove as soon as possible most
of the families to the old Marine hos
pital. The hundred squatters who now
occupy the latter building will be given
quarters in one Of the new school
houses in the vicinity, and the Marine
hospital buildings will be permanently
used as q refuge, until the fever is
stamped out, for the families Of the
Italian quarters and those of the in
digent sick throughout the city.
House Surgeon Bloom had a confer
ence with President Oliphant yesterday
relative to establishing a place to
which INDECENT yellow fever patients
may be removed. There are usually
700 or 800 patients in the Charity hos
pital, and 1t Is considered highly dan
gerous to receive yellow fever patients
in that institution.
A special train yesterday went to
Biloxi and Ocean Springs and from
there carried about 40 people to the de-
tention camps at Fontainbleau. Today
the camp was thrown open to all
comers Those who are not immunes
will have to stay in the camp ten days,
according to the federal law, which
Surgeon Murray as the commander OF
the camp is bound to enforce. There
were no new cases reported at Ocean
Springs up to noon, but the weather
was heavy and sultry and one of the
patients was not expected to live.
Charles Zeigler of a prominent New
Orleans family, was among those
stricken Saturday at Ocean Springs,
but his condition is not yet considered
serious. When the fever had been de-
olared epidemic and yellow he shut
himself up in his home and did not
come forth except to go to the deten-
tlon camp as soon as 1t was ready.
Isolation, however. did not prevent the
germs from entering his home.
The work of the New Orleans sani-
tary forces continued unabated, and
the officers employed themselves in
hunting up many old rookeries where
people are closely crowded and where
they live in filth. Many new places
were subjected TO complete dislnfec-