The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-13


There is No Cause for Alarm at Present.
situation at Other Points.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. t2,-shortiy
before noon to-day the board of health
officials declared six Of the suspicious
cases of fever on St. Claude street to be
yellow fever. A couple of hours suose-
quently the board announced another
pronounced case of yellow fever at Miro
and Esplanade streets, also In the lower
part Of the city, but mile or a mile
away from the infected square. The
announcement of the first six cases OF
yellow fever was not unexpected, al
though It was hoped from the delay on
| the part of the experts that these cases
were simply OF bilious malaria. No gem
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 1t
was four or Ave days ago, and they are
| stlll confident OF their ability, with mod
ern sanitary appliances, successfully TO
quarantine the infected districts.
The official bulletin OF the board OF ex-
perts declaring the st. Claude street
cases to be yellow fever was received by
| President Olliphant soon after II o'clock.
DR.. Olllphant Immediately sent for mem-
bers OF the press and gave out the report
| which was signed by Doctors Lemonnier.
Touatre, BIckham, Petit and Parham, OF
the board Of experts and DR.. Deyron, the
attending physician The report was as
follows:
1--WE, the undersigned physicians, who
| from time to time have examined the
| twelve cases of fever on 81. Claude
street, between Clouet and Louisa, md
six to be yellow fever, four OF whom are
cnnvalescent. There are no other cases. "
| OF the original twelve cases, all OF
which had their origin from case that
had come from Ocean Springs, the SIX
| other than those reported to-day as yell
| low fever were announced this afternoon
to be practically we'll. up and walking
about their homes. OF the six pro-
nounced yellow fever. four are con-
| yalescent and two were declared 70 pc
critically III, one Of these having suffered
a relapse since yesterday.
Suspicious Cases.
Among the suspicious cases reported
yesterday was that of boy named Roy,
living at Miro and Esplanade streets.
Drs. Lemonnlere, Touatre and Matas
were sent to make careful observation
OF the case. This afternoon they pro-
nounced It TO be unquestionably yellow
fever, and as having apparently had Its
origin in Scranton, Miss. or In the Viclni-
| ty OF that town. As soon as the report
was received the board OF health took
charge OF the house, quaranuned the in-
mates, placed guards so that no one
might come within close proximity to tho
| premises and set to work thoroughly to
dislnfect the neighborhood. A brother
| OF the patient who had left the premises
some time before the official announce
ment was given permit to return, but
| orders were issued that under no cir
cumstances to let him or any member of
the household to again leave the prem
ises.
To correspondent OF the Associated
| Press President Olllphant said this af-
ternoon:
"Of course / have made this announce
ment OF the existence OF seven cases Of
yellow fever in New Orleans with SIN
cere 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 hero
for serious alarm unless conditions shall
grow materially worse. We shall have
to await developments.
"An earlier announcement of the dag
nosls of the ST. Claude street cases was
not possible The board OF experts which
is composed OF able, efficient and expert
enced physicians, had made repeated
visits TO these patients, but they insisted
that they should be allowed their own
time within which to make complete
diagnosis. They desired TO be perfectly
sure before pronounclng the sickness to
be yellow fever. They reached n con-
cluslon as soon as was practicable and
four days ago they warned the country
that all of the twelve cases were suspic-
luus.
PERSONALLY. am unable to say
| whether or not these cases are OF q mild
or severe type. The absence of mortnll-
ty would seem to indicate that they ard
In the former class. That there has been
no spread would seem to strengthen that
view. l have no reason to doubt how
ever, that the complete sanitation OF the
neighborhood Instituted by the board
and the rigid quarantine enforced has
gone long way toward restricting the
disease to the 81. Claude atreet square In
which the cases originated, and take
hope from this fact that we shall stlll be
able to connne the fever within Its pres-
ent limits. The situation Ia certainly no
worse now than II was four or five days
aEu for the disease being yellow fever
then must be now.
with respect to the Miro and Esplan-
nde street case we are applying the same
methods OF sanitatlon, and quarantine
as In the 81. Claude street cases and In
the case OF young Gclpl, wherein these
methods were attended with excellent
results, no new Cnges have appeared M
either nelghborhood
imported Cases.
1--WE have now had a total Of eight
cascs and one death, the origin Of all OF
which may be traced to the Infected
towns on the Mississippi coast They
may all be classcd az imporlnton5.
~ see no occaaihn for amy panic IN
Nov Orleans The general health of lh'
city N good aud II " rapidly being puI
In fno sanitary condition There " No
present apprehension Of nm epidemic, 1nl
I have reason "a hope that We Hh1ll con-
tnuc to be- masters W tua 8ituAllun'
A number Uf additional m1plnllu.
rnpcs wctr nrhin reported tn tho boar,
" health lu.diy In each instance ply
elclnna were at nn1a dispatched 10 IN.
yrruFllc, Their reports have been uni.
urmly that the uaplrlurs Vor ground.
lesa. The fHpU uf uhyHleIm1 ATTACHED
to the board oi health has boon Target,
lurroafc1 anl th' blnri li in commune
eatlou with ovCty section al the city,