The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-27
SITUATION IN NEW ORLEANS.
NO DEATHS HAVE BEEN RECORDED
SINCE FRIDAY.


THE hoard of Health Consider the
condition of Affairs More Hopeful
Dcspite the Report of Fifteen New
cases For the Day-The City Being
Disinfccted-Distres Among the
REPORTS From other Infected
cities.
New orleans, Sept. 26.-To-day was the
ouiatest of the week in New Orleans and
the fever situation, in spite of the ap-
pesrance of a rather large number of new
cases. may be said to have shown much
Improvement.
Fifteen cases were recorded on the books
of the board of health, but there was no
death. and there have been no deaths since
Friday. The authorities received reports
during the evening from nearly every pa
tient that now is under treatment and
these were ali to the effect that the cases
are doing well and that no patient is in
any immediate danger of dissolution.
Some forty cases were reported tonight
as being rapidly on the mend, and a num-
Der Of them will be discharged during the
week
one of the most dangerous cases that
have appeared was discharged to-day. 1t
was that on Madison street, in the neigh
borhood of the French market, where the
conditions were considered to be such as
TO warrant the fear that the disease would
spread. Unusal precautions, however,
tine the case and improve the sanitary con-
ditons of the neighborhood, and the fever
in that vicinity seems to have been stamp
ed out completely.
At the Oakland Park detention camp
all the refugees, who have been given
quarters, were declared TO be WELL no
sickness having yet appeared in the camp.
To-day's record:
E. Toma, 1906 st. Andrew street.
G. G. McHardy, Pine and Maple streets.
A. Goldman, 2227 Baronne street.
Lou LawIer, 9OS Second street.
Michael Dwyer, 621 First street.
James Gray, SIS Esplanade street.
Percy and Susie Matson, PAIL Constance
street.
- Bronson, 1926 IRENE street.
at l20l Poydras street.
Arthur J. Blake, 201S Camp.
Emma Schlosscher, Baronne and Poy-
dras
Mrs W. II. Williams, 1858 Camp street.
The new cases are, as usually, scattered.
The most prominent among them are Mr..
McHardy wealthy insurance man, and
Mrs. Williams wife of Gen. w H. VIII
liams a well-known newspaper man.
There are now four cases in the Williams
residence, but they are all reported to be
doing well. E. Toma is the brother of the
man who died of yellow fever last week,
and lives in the same premises.
a number of children are among the
new cases.
Prof. Metz has large number of form
aldehyde generators now at work. To-
day he burned in the street the bed cloth
ing and other articles in the house where
the man Series died on Constance street,
the clothing first having been subject to
formaldehyde disinfection.
Some discomfort and loss is being suf-
fered by the poorer classes, whose effects
have to be burned. but Prof. Metz said to-
night that he was hopeful of getting the
city to make an appropriation to cover
just such cases of distress.
Prof. Metz has placed these generators
at the railroad depots and baggage is being
promptly and thoroughly dislnfected be-
lore it is put on trains.
The local charity organization is taking
steps to relieve all cases of destitution that
are presented. The board of health sup
plies medicines and the charity hospital
physicians, and the charity organization
will try to provide food for the poorer
classes.
The board of health of the state of Lou
isiana officially reports the status of af-
fairs in New Orleans, as regards yellow
fever, 10 be as follows:
During the twenty-seven hours ending
sunday, Sept. 26, at p. M, there were:
cases of yellow fever,17; deaths, none; to-
tai cases to date, 1888; total deaths from
yellow fever to date, II.
Hereafter it is proposed to announce the
number of premises released from quar-
ehthe, also the number of patients dis
charged as well.
The board of health received adyices of
case Of yellow fever at Talelulah. The
poard wid hold special meeting to-mor-
~" TO consider the question of quaran-
Col