The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-13
NEW ORLEANS IN TERROR.

City Officials Forced to Announce
Seven Yellow Fever Cases.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. l2-Shortly be-
fore noon to-day the Board Of Health Of
feially declared six Of the suspicious cases
OF fever on St Claude street to be yellow
fever. A couple of hours subsequently the
board announced another pronounced case
OF yellow fever at Miro and Esplanade
streets, also in the lower part of the citv
but a mile or more away from the infected
square. The announcement of the first six
cases as yellow fever was not unexpected.
although it was hoped from the delay on
the part of the experts that these cases
were simply of bilious malaria. No general
alarm has resulted here although the news
rapidly spread through the city. The au-
thorities 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 appIi
ances, successfully to quarantine the in
fected districts.
The official bulletin of the board of ex
perts declaring the ST. CIaude-street cases
to be yellow fever was received by Presi
dent Olliphant soon after IL o'clock DR..
Olliphant Immediately sent for members of
the press and gave out the report. which
was signed by Drs. Lemonnier, Touatre.
Bickman, Petit and Parham, of the board
OF experts, and DR.. Devron, the attending
physician. The report was as follows:
I'VE, 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 IN he
yellow fever, four of whom are GONZALES
cent 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 cases
than those reported to-day as yellow fever
We're announced this afternoon to be prac-
tically well, up and walking about their
homes. OF the six pronounced yellow fever
four are convalescent and two were de-
clared to be critically i'll, one of these hay-
ing suffered relapse since yesterday.
Among the suspicious cases reported yes
terday was that of boy named Roy. liy-
ing at Miro and Esplanade streets Drs.
Lemonnier, Touatre and Matas were sent
to make a careful observation of the case
This afternoon they pronounced it to be
unquestionaby yellow fever and as having
apparently had its origin in Scranton.
Miss, 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 so that
no one might come within close proximity
to the premises, and set to work to thor
oughly disinfect the neighborhood. A
brother of the patient who had lef. the
premises some time before the official an
nouncement was given permit to return
but orders We're issued under no cir
cumstances to let him any member of
the household to again leave The premises
To correspondent President Olliphant
said this afternoon: Of course / have made
this announcement OF the existence OF seven
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 shan grow
materially worse We shall have to await
developments. An earlier announcement of
the diagnosis of the St. Claude-street cases
was not possible. The board OF experts
which is composed of able, efficient and ex-
perienced physicians had made repeated
visits to these patients, but they insisted
that they should be allowed their own time
within which to make Il complete diagnosis.
They desired 10 be perfectly sure before
pronouncing the sickness TO be yellow fever
They reached a. conclusion as soon was
practicable and four days ago they warned
the country that all OF the twelve cases
were suspicious
Personally, | ap unable to say whether
or not these cases are of a mild or severe
type. The absence of mortality would seem
to indicate that they are in the former class
That there has been no spread would seem
TO strengthen that view. | nave no reason
to doubt however. that the complete sani-
tation of the neighborhood instituted by the
board and the rigid quarantine enforced has
gone long way toward restricting the
disease to the st. Claude-strt I square in
which the cases originated and J. take hope
from this fact that We shall still be able
to cOnfne the fever within its present i'm. is
The situation IS certainly no worse now
than ii was four or five days ago. for the
disease, being yellow fever then, must be