The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-30
IT TURNED WARM AGAIN
IMPRISONED INMATES OF
HOUSES ESCAPE OFFICERS.
PER CENT HAS DROPPED FROM IS TO i2
rhe Houston Case Apparently Moi Yellow
Fever Houston Losing 81, ,000,0 900 Day
Mobile Has "a New Cases -Hous-
ton Given a Clean Bill.


New Orleans, La, Sept 29.-To-day
has been a record breaker in the number
of new cases of yellow fever reported.
while the deaths equalled in number
those of any day since the yellow fever
was first discovered in the city.
There are various reasons given for
the spread of the disease, but the prin-
cipal ones are two, that the weather
turned warm again and owing to the
much wider field to cover, the Board of
Health has had some difficulty in getting
every house as closely guarded as was
possible when the cases here were few in
number and the trained officials of the
board were stationed about the quaran-
tined houses. The fact that the death
rate has been small and that the chances
of an epidemic have been constantly
growing less, have made the general pub
lie somewhat careless and there has
been increasing friction between the
,quarantined people and the authorities.
Imprisoned inmates of houses have been
going over back fences and sneaking out
of side doors in order not 10 be con-
fined, and the result has been that more
germs have been scattered and rapidly
developed IN these warm days. In no
other season have the authorities been
more strict In quarantining houses and
isolating inmates who might be around
the sick and the result has been that
every possible effort is being made by
certain clements OF the community 10 get
the better OF the board. The increased
number of cases here has caused ne gem
cral alarm, because the increase Of
deaths has not been in proportion. The
death rate is a trifie under II per cent.
when five or six days ago it was shown
TO be above Is. The conclusion there
fore, is natural that there is no increase
in the malignancy of the disease. The
authorities here still believe that for
some time longer the new cases viii oc-
casi0nally exceed the number on the
books to-day, but they are singularly one
in the opinion that the disease cannot al
tain the proportions of an epidemic
This was the record to-day:
Deaths:
Giacomo Russo. SOS st. Philips street;
Emile Tammors, 1206 st. Andrews; Mrs.
Jennie Afford. 1904 Charles.
New cases:
Burns, Philip, near Chippewa street:
David Mitchell 52S Esplanades street;
Miss Maude Streyck, $40 Jackson; Raw
enel Smith, 2916 st. Charles; Alex Bur
rage, 2109 Melpomene; Gertrude Carter
fcolored, 1926 Joseph; Francis Hackney,
Poydras, Asylum; VIM. McGlaughlin,
1898 Chippewa street; Miss Pigie Pet
tus, Victoria street. between Charles and
Pittud; George Hynzon, Valmont and
South Rampant; Miss Olive Hewitt, 174S
jackson; Miss Melannie Hewitt, 174S
Jackson: Miss Ellen Freert. 1871 second;
Miss Augusta Dickinson, 1435 Jackson;
Miss Minerva Dickinson. 1439 Jackson;
Mrs. James Gray, 52S Esplanade; John
Lotion. Charity Hospital; James Cor
man, Charity Hospital; Bertrand Dazet,
1850 st. Thomas, A. NJ. Hiekney. de-
tention camp, s. j. HOLSTER, detention
camp, three children in Sisters of Char
ity Convent, names not ascertained: Ed
ward Englebrecht, 4S03 South Front
street.
Among the new cases reported to-day
is Ravenel Smith. a member of a we'll
to do family. Five cases appeared on
Jackson avenue, one of the fashionable
streets of the city.
Most OF the patients reported as i'll to-
day are OF the better class.
Late this evening three cases were re-
ported by Dr. Separed, in the Sisters
of Christian Charity convent, and earlier
in the day one appeared in the Poydras
Asylum so that there are four or FIVE
charitable institutions that have had to
report cases in the last three or four
days.
The saddest and most sensational case
reported to-day was that of Mrs. Jennie
Afford. who was stricken with the fever
yesterday. Edward A. Repperd, her SON
in-law. greatly terrorized, Immediately
packed his grip and fled north. leaving
his wife to attend her mother in n
strange city. Mrs. Afford died this
morning and was buried in two hours.
Her daughter is prostrated.
THD OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
New Orleans, Sept. 29.-The Board
of Health of the State of Louisiana or
hcialy announce the status of affairs
in New Orleans as regards yellow fever
to be as follows:
During the twenty-four hours ending
September %, at o p. M, there were:
Cases of yellow fever to-day. %; death
to-day, 4. Total cases of yellow fever
to date, 204; total deaths from yellow
fever to date, %.
Outside of the above Pierre Poublano.
a Freedman, died at the isolation hospit-
al tonight.
The citizens sanitary committee met
tonight and received reports from all
wards showing that the city is in perfect