The herald., 1897-09-13
THE FEVER
SPREADING
In Spite of the Iron-Clad
Quarantine
twelve SUSPICIOUS CASES
SIX OFFICIALLY DECIDED TO BE
YELLOW FEVER
twelve SUSPICIOUS CASES
The New Orleans Physicians Hard at
Work and Are Not Yet Seriously
Alarmed
.ssociated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 12.-Short-
ly before noon today the board of health
officially declared six of the suspicious
cases of fever on st. Cloud street to be
yellow fever. A couple of hours subse-
quently the board announced another
case of yellow fever at Miro and Esplan-
ade streets, also in the lower part or the
city, but a mile or more away from the
infected square. The announcement OF
the six cases of yellow fever was unex-
pected though for good while these
cases were regarded by the experts as
simply bilious malaria. There is no
general alarm here. although the news
rapidly spread through the city. The
authorities do not believe that the situa-
tion. Is materially worse than it was four
or five days ago, and they are still con-
fident of their ability, with modern sani-
tary appliances, successfully to quaran-
tine the infected districts.
The official bulletin Of the board of ex-
perts declaring the ST. Cloud street cases
to be yellow fever was received by Presi-
dent Oliphant soon after II o'clock. DR..
Oliphant Immediately sent for members
of the press and gave out the report,
which was signed by Drs. Lemonnier.
Touatre, Bickham, Petit and Perham.
of the board of experts, and DR.. Devron,
the attending physician. Thereport was
as follows:
1--WE, the undersigned physicians, who
from time to time have examined the
twelve cases of fever on St. Cloud street,
between Clouet and Louesa, find six to
be yellow fever, four of whom are con-
valescent There are no other cases"
OF the twelve original cases, all o.
which had their origin from a case that
had come from Ocean Springs, the six
other than those reported today as yel-
low fever were announced this afternoon
to be practically we'll. up walking about
their homes. OF the six pronounced
criittfca alisSeyer. four were declared to be
a relapse since yesterday
Among the suspicious cases reported
yesterday was that of boy named Roy,
living at Miro and Esplanade streets
Ihree doctors were sent to make care
full observation of the case. This after
noon they pronounced it to be unques-
tlonably yellow fever, and as having ap-
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, quar-
antined the inmates, placed guards Sc
tnat no one might come into close prox-
unity with the premises, and set to work
tnoroughly to disinfect the neighbor-
mood. A brother of the patient. who
hao le1t the premises some time before
the Official announcement, was given
n 70 1,r,k \
lhat under no circumstances to let him
or any member of the household again
leave the premises.
To representative Of the Associated
Press, President Oliphant said this after
noon: 'of course have made this an
nouncement of the existence of the seven
cases or yellow fever in New Orleans
with sincere regret, but there was no
alternative lett me under my pledge to
keep faith with the public here and
eiseWhere. L do not think, however,
there is occasion here for serious alarm
unless conditions shall grow materially
worse. We shall have to await deyelon- |
ments.
An earlier announcement of the dag
nosis OIL Inc st. Claude street cases was
NOS possible. The board of experts, W hich |
IS composed of able, efficient and exper-
fenced physicians, had made repeated |
Vls's 10 these patients, but they in
sisted that they should be allowed their
own time within which to make COM
plete diagnosis. They desired to be per-
lectiy sure before pronouncing the sick
ness 10 De yellow fever. They reached
conclusion as soon as it was practi-
cable, and four days ago they warned
the country that all of the twelve cases
were suspicious.
personally, I am unable to saw
weather or not the cases are of a mild
or severe type. The absence of mortal
ity would seem to indicate that they are
IN the former class. That there has
peen no spread would seem to strengthen
tnat view. l have no reason to doubt.
however, that the complete sanitation
or the neighborhood, instituted by the
board, and the rigid quarantine enforced
mas gone long way toward restricting
the disease to the st. Claude street
square. in which the cases originated
and l take hope from this fact that we
shall still be able to confine the fever
within its present limits.
The situation is certainly no worse
than 1t was four or five days ago, for
the disease being yellow fever then must
be now.
I'VE have had a total of eight cases
and one death, the origin of all of which
may be traced to the infected towns on
the Mississippi coast They may all I
be classed as importations.
Il see no occasion for any panic in
New Orleans. The general health Of the
city is good. and it is rapidly being put
In fine sanitary condition. There Is no
present apprehension of an epidemic.
and have reason to hope that we shall
continue to be masters Of the situa- {
tion." {
A number of additional suspicious {
cases were again reported to the board {
'f health today. In each instance ply {
sicians were at once dispatched to in {
vestigate These reports were uniformly
'ound to be groundless. The number OF