Evening journal., 1897-09-13
MORE YELLOW FEVER
New Orleans Board of Health AZ .
nounces Six Cases
PRESIDENT OLIPHANT NOT UNEEN !
ne Says There Is No Great occasIoa 81
Fear Unless the Condition OF A.
fairs Grows Great
Deal Worse.

New Orleans Sept. 13.-Yesterday an |
ernoon the board of health officially |
declared six of the suspicious cases OF
fever on st. Claude street TO be yellow
fever. The board also announced an
other pronounced case of yellow fever
at Miro and Esplanade streets. also i'm
the lower part of the city, but a mile
or more 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 were
simply cases 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 it was four or five days ago, and
they are still confident Of their ability,
with modern sanitary appliances. sue
cessfully to quarantine the infected dis
tricts
The official bulletin Of the board of
experts, declaring the St. Claude street
cases to be yellow fever, was received
by President Oliphant DR.. Oliphant
Immediately sent for members of the
press and gave out the report, which
was signed by Drs. Lemonner, Touatre
Bickham, Petit and Parham OF the
board of experts and DR.. Devron, the
attending physician. The report was as
follows:
1--WE the physicians who from time to
time have examined the y cases Of fever
on ST. Claude street, between Clouet
and Louesa, find six to be yellow fever.
-Four Of the patients are convaiescent.
There are no other cases"
The board of health adopted resolu-
tions, saying:
"since the board has been credibly In
formed that there have been cases of
fever in Mobile that should be invesu-
gated and since the Mobile board Of
health has declined to acquiesee in our
request TO ascertain further data Of the
status at Mobile by sending a repre-
sentative there and for sufficient rea-
sons this board declares from and after
Sept. u a rigid quarantine against the
city of Mobile till further notice.
! There has been considerable resent
ment here because Mobile was the first
city 10 quarantine against New Orleans.
, refusing TO receive even newspaper or
letter mail.
These Are Practically Wen.
OF the original 12 cases. all OF which
> had their origin from a case that had
come from Ocean Springs, the six other
patients than those reported as having
yellow fever were said TO be almost well.
up and walking about their homes. OF
!, the six pronounced yellow fever, -four
are convalescent. and two were declared
TO be critically III, one OF these having
= suffered a relapse.
Among the suspicious cases reported
: was that of boy named Roy. living
u at Miro and Esplanade streets. Drs
3 Lemonnier, TOuatre and Matas were SEN
h to make a careful observation OF tho
2. case. They now pronounce II to be nm
Y questionably yellow fever and as hay
s Ing apparently had its origin In Scran-
a ton. Miss. or in the vicinity of thai
. town. AS soon as the report was re-
ceived the board OF health took charge
of the house. quarantined the inmates
u placed guards so that no one might
i come within close proximity TO the
IS premises and set to work to thorough,
Is disinfect the neighborhood. A brother
S, of the patient who had left the prem
r ises some time before the official an
n nouncement, was given a permit to re
. turn but orders were Issued that un
der no circumstances TO let him or am
y member Of the household to again leav
the premises. President Oliphant said:
u "Of course I have made this an
d nouncement Of the existence of sevei
e cases of yellow fever I'm New Orlean
D. with sincere regret but there was n'
r alternative left lne. under my pledge L
30 keep faith with the public here ant
elsewhere. 1 do not think, however
y there is occasion here for serious alarm
unless conditions shall grow materially
~ worse. We shall have to await devel
l opments.
"An earlier announcement of the di
d agnosis of the St. Claude street case
y was not possible The board Of experts
rs which is composed of able efficient an
experienced physicians, had made re
O. peated visits to these patients. but the
- insisted that they should be Above
- their own time within which TO max
- a complete diagnosis. They desired t
IL be perfectly sure before prOnouncing tn
TO sickness to be yellow fever. They reach
sd ed a conclusion as soon as was practl
ne cable, and four days ago they warne
ce the country that all of the II cases wer
n suspicious.
President Oiiphant Undecided.
Personally 1 am unable to sa
whether or not these cases are OF
% mild or severe type. The absence Z
OF mortality would seem to indicate tina
IN they are in the former class. That theI
~ mas nten Ip SlitdQ Wouiu cftHt I
re strengthen that view. ] have no reaso
I'd to doubt however, that the complei
of sanitation of the neighborhood inst
,s tuted by the board and the rigid quar-
!. antine enforced has gone a long wa
toward restricting the disease TO the S
u Claude street square in which the case
g. originated, and l take hope from tn
W fact that we shall still be able TO cor
re fine the fever within it5 present limit
of The situation is certainly no worse no
of than It was four or five DAYS ago.
he with respect to the Miro and El
planadN street case we are applyin
= the same methods Of sanitation an
" quarantine as in the St. Claude sire,
l cases, and in the case of young Gelr
III wherein these methods We're attende
It with excellent results. no new cas-,
n having appeared in either neighboi
hood.
1--WE have now had a total of eigl
cases and one death, the origin of a
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