Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-13

to Tell Yet, Whether the Disease
Will Be Mild or Severe in Its
Effects-Every Sanitary Precau-
ton Taken to Prevent the Plague
from Spreading - New Orleans
Undergoing an Extraordinary
Cleaning.
New Orleans, September 12.-Shortly
before noon to-day the Board OF
Health officials declared six Of the sus-
picious cases of fever on st. Claude
street to be yellow fever. A couple
of hours subsequently the board an
nounced another case Of yellow fevor
at Miro and Esplanade streets, also in
the lower part of the city, but mile
away from the infected square. The
announcement Of the first six cases or
yellow fever was not unexpected, al
though it was hoped from the delay on
the part of the experts that these cases
were simply bilious malaria No gen.
eral alarm has resulted here. although
the news rapidly spread through the
city. The authorities do not believe
that the situation is materially worse
than it was four or five days ago. and
they are still confident Of their ability,
with modern sanitary appliances, sue
cessfullyato quarantine the infected
districts.
The official bulletin Of the Board Of
Experts declaring the st. Claude cases
to be yellow fever was received by
President Olliphant soon after IL
o'clock. DR.. Olliphant Immediately
sent for members of the press and gave
out the report, which was signed by
Doctors Lemonnier, Touatre, Bick-
ham, Petit and Parham, of the board
of experts, and DIR. Devron, the attend
ing physician. The report was as fol-
lows:
1--WE, the undersigned physicians,
who from time to time have examined
the twelve cases of fever on st. Claude
street, between Clouet and Louisa, find
six to be yellow fever, four Of whom
are convalescent There are no other
caSeS." s---a
OF the original twelve cases, all OF
which had their origin from a case
that had come from Ocean Springs, tho
six other than those reported to-day
as yellow fever were announced this
afternoon to be practically well, up
and walking about their homes. or
the six pronounced yellow fever, four
are conyalescent and two were declar-
ed to be critically i'll, one of these
having suffered a relapse since yester-
day.
Among the suspicious cases reported
yesterday was that of boy named
Roy, living at Miro and Esplanade
streets. Drs. Lemonniere, Touatre and
Matas were sent to make a careful OBJ
servation of the case. This afternoon
they pronounced it to be unquestiona-
bly, yellow fever, and as having. an
parently, had its origin 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
house, quarantined the inmates, placed
guards so that no one might come
within proximity to the premises and
set to work thoroughly TO disinfect the
neighborhood. A brother of the pa
tent, who had left the premises some
time before the official announcement
was given a permit to return, but or
ders were issued that under no circum-
stances to let him, or any member NJ
the household, to again leave the PREM
ises.
To correspondent Of the Associated
Press President Olliphant said this af-
cot course / have made tbis an
nouncement Of the existence OF sevea
cases Of yellow fever in New Orleans
with sincere regret, but there was no
alternative left me under my pledge
to keep faith with the public here and
elsewhere. / do not think. however.
there is occasion here for serious alarm
unless conditions shall grow materially
worse. We shall have to await devei-
opments.
An earlier announcement of the
diagnosis Of the ST. Claude street cases
was not possible. The board of eY-
perts which Is composed Of able. eff
Gent and experienced physicians. had
made repeated visits TO these patients
but they insisted that they should he
allowed their own time within which
to make complete diagnosis. They
desired TO be perfectly sure before pro-
nouneing the sickness to be yellow
fever. They reached a conclusion as
soon az was practicable, and four dav,
ago they warned the country that all
81 the twelve cases were suspicious.
Personally, am unable to say
or not these cases are az :
mild or severe type The absence ~
mortality would seem to indicate thar
they are in the former class. That
there has been no spread would seem
% strengthen that view. have ma
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