The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-20
THE FIGHT WITH FEVER
Cleaning Out a Filthy Square in
New Orleans.
DANGER IN ITALIAN QUARTER.

A Plague Spot Where Filth Is Abun-
/. dant, and Where in One Instance q
Goat Occupied Quarters With the
Family-Three Detention Camps.
: New Orleans, Sept. 2O.-The local
fever situation has undergone little
change. At o'clock last night tho
record book in the board of health
office showed O total Of six new cases
and one death. The official bulletin
issued last night shows two deaths,
that Of the woman Santa Graffeta, who
died in the hospital Saturday night,
not having been included in the official
bulletin.
This is yesterdays record: Deaths:
Joseph Gisfasy, an Italian, 1926 Urqu-
hart street. New cases: Rosaie Bacus,
2 Hillary and Burth; John Delli, Plum,
between Cambronne and Jefferson;
z Irene Terrell, Charity hospital: Will
lam Brandon, $50 Philip street; Norah
III. Hynes, BAT st. Claude street; Lena
Green. colored. 1868 Camp street.
:, The first two cases are In the extreme
upper portion of the city, one is in the
Fourth district. and one is in the st.
Claude street house where the original
six cases were reported, and one is in
the Williams house, where two cases
already existed. There are three cases
under investigation, and the health au-
thorities still view the situation with
some complacency. They do not yet
anticipate an epidemic as at its meet
\. ing Saturday night the board decided
abandon its nightly sessions and
treated DR.. Oliphant master of the
campaign against the disease.
The report of DR.. Metz, the city
chemist. on the condition of the Italivn
quarter moved the board to the prompt
acceptance yesterday of the offer Of
the city of the Marine hospital as
refuge. DR.. Metz found as many as
60 people huddled together in the Ital-
ian quarter, living in filth. In one of
the rooms a goat was found sleeping
nightly with the family who owned it.
The woman Graffeta 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 guard and thoroughly disin-
feet and fumigate the entire square,
and to remove as soon as possible most
of the families to the old Marine hos
pital. The hundred 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 buildings will be permanently
used as a refuge, until the fever is
stamped out, for the families of the
italian Quarters~and those of the i'll
5digent sick throughout the city
House Surgeon Bloom had u confer
ence with President Oliphant yesterday
relative to establishing a place to
which INDECENT yellow fever patients
may be removed. There are usually
200 or 800 patients in the Charity hos
ipital, and 1t Is considered highly dam
gerous to receive yellow fever patients
in that institution.
A special train yesterday went to
Biloxi and Ocean Springs and from
there carried about 40 people to the de-
tention camps at Fontainbeau. Today
the camp was thrown open to all
comers. Those who are not immunes
will have to stay In the camp ten days,
according to the federal law, which
Surgeon Murray as the commander Of
the camp is bound to enforce. 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.
Charles Zeigler, of prominent New
Orleans family. was among those
stricken Saturday at Ocean Springs,
lint his condition Ia pOt vet pon a6eral