Iron County register., 1897-09-23
The YELLOW PLAGUE.

rs.... e.s,anre IN the sltumel0n at New Or
leans-Totng OF Six New Cases and One
Death-The Health Anthoritles still View
tR,e Situation with COmptaceney-Peopla
AZ the italian Quarters Living In squnl0r
and Eilth.
NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 19--The local
fever situation has undergone little
change since Yesterday. At six o'clock
to-nisrht the record book in the board
Of health Office showed total of six
new cases and one death. The official
bulletin to be issued tonight, how
ever. will show two deaths, that OF the
woman Santa Graffato. who died in the
hospital last night. not having been
included in the official bulletin al
though reported in the press dis
patches.
The first two cases are In the ex--
treme upper portion of the citys one is
in the fourth district, one il in the st.
t,laude-street house where the original.
Gig cases were reported and one is in.
the williams house, where two cases
already existed. There are three
cases under investigation aud the
health authorities tonight still view
the situation with some complacSncy.
They do not anticipate an epidemic as
at its meeting last night the board de-
cided to abandon its nightly sessions.
and created DIR. Oiiphant master OF
the campaign against the disease with
leave to solicit advice from local physi-
clans and the municipal authorities.
The afternoon and night bulletins viii
be continued.
The report of DIR. Metz. the city
chemist. on the condition of the Italian
quarter moved, moved the board to
prompt acceptance yesterday OF the
offer of the city of the marine hospital
as refuge
DIR. Metz found as many as 60 people
huddled together in the italian quar-
ter living in squalor and filth. In one
of the rooms goat was found sleeping
nightly with the family that owned 1t.
| The woman Graffato 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 become a.
| plague-spot. 1t was, therefore, de-
cided to thoroughly disinfect and fumi-
| gate the entire square, and to remove
| as soon as possible most of the families
to the old marine hospital. The hun
| dred 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 build
| ings will be permanently used as a
refuge until the fever is stamped out
for the families of the Italian quarters,
and those of the INDECENT sick through
out the city.
House Surgeon Bloom had confer
ence with President Oliphant to-day
relative to establis hing a place to-
which INDECENT yellow fever patients
might be removed. There are usually
| roo or 500 patients in the charity hospi--
| tai, and it is considered highly dam
gerous to receive yellow fever patients
| in that institution. DIR. Bloom said
| that the hospital would provide sup
Elementary hospital.
| At this conference DIR. Bloom sub
mitted a free use of the old small pox
detention camp which is entirely dis
connected from the small pox hospital.
| and it seems likely that the offer will
be accepted and all yellow fever
| patients who cannot be treated at
| home will be treated at DIR. Boards.
place.
There are now two yellow fever
patients in the charity hospital and
their presence although they occupy
isolated apartments is deemed serious
| menace to other patients.
/ At largely attended meeting of
| bankers, business men, ministers and
| representatives of laboring organizR-
tions. it was resolved to ask the board
to consider the advisability of adopting
next Tuesday as a general cleaning
day. Acting Mayor Brittin and Presi--
dent Oliphant yesterday replied to the
suggestion strongly deprecating it.
They held that it would be inHd dvisable
and inexpedient to determine upon a
fixed day for cleaning purposes, as such
a movement would cause an eccumula-
tion of filth and trash which could not
be removed at once, and the stirring
up of miasma would further endanger
the health of the city instead of inn
proving it.
1t was suggested, therefore, that
each individual inhabitant of the city
proceed without delay to the cleaning
of his own premises, to the disinfec-
ton of his water closets, alleys, yard,
ETC., and the destruction of all decay
ing matter by fire.
The detention camp at Fontainbleu
was yesterday declared to have been
!. practically completed and to be ready
for guests.
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. She is Miss Laura Atkins.
Charles Zeigler, son of prominent
New Orleans people, was among those
stricken yesterday at Ocean Springs,
but his condition is not yet considered
serious. When the fever had been de.
clared epidemic and yellow he closed
himself up in his home and did not
come forth except to go to the deten-
ton camp as soon as it was ready.
Isolation. however. did not prevent the
germs from entering his home.
At Other Points.
ST.. Louis, Sept. 20.-Two mild cases
of yellow fever are reported at Cairo.
Ill. They are isolated.
Reports from Mobile, Ala. are that
IL new cases came To light yesterday.
Total cases to date in Mobile, 20;
| deaths g