The record-union., 1897-09-30
YELLOW FEVER SPREADING.
MANY NEW CASES BREAK OUT
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Gases at Ld-
wards, Miss, While Only
Four at Mobile.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 29.-To-day
has been a record breaker in the num-
ber of new cases of yellow fever re-
ported, while the deaths eaualled in
number those of any day since the yell
low fever was first discovered in the
city There are various reasons given
for the spread of the disease, but the
principal 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 get
ting every house as closely guarded as
was possible when the cases here were
few in number and the trained offlclals
of the board were stationed about the
quarantined houses.
The fact that the death rate has been
small and that the chances OF an cpl
demic have been constantly growing
less, have made the general pubic
somewhat careless, and there has been
Increasing friction between the quaran-
tined people and the authorities. In
prisoned inmates of houses have been
going over back fences and sneaking
out of side doors, in order not to be con-
fined. and the result has been that
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 elements of the community to
get the better of the board.
The increased number of cases here
has caused no general alarm, because
the increase of deaths has not been in
proportion The death rate is a trifle
under II per cent, whereas five or six
davs ago it was shown to be above 10.
The conclusion, therefore. is natural
that there is no increase in the malig-
nancy of the disease. The authorities
here still believe that for some time
longer the new cases will occasionally
exceed the number on the books to-day,
but they are of the opinion that the
disease cannot attain the proportions of
an epidemic.
The following deaths were reported to-
day: Giamoco Russo, 623 st. Philip
street; Emile Tammors, 1906 ST An
drews street: Mrs. Jenie Afford, 1904
Cbartres street: P. C. Hands, 1905 Oc-
tavia street.
MOBILE. Sept 29-Yesterday's rath-
er big report of ten new cases was offset
to-day by a small report of four. The
only death in the twentv-four hours
ending at noon was that of Brother
Symphorian at the Industrial Gardens,
reported last night. Total cases to date,
6S: deaths. 10; convalescent and recoy-
cred, 81: under treatment, "a
There is much destitution in the fam
lilies Of the poorer classes of the infected
district The families in which sick
ness has appeared are practically shut
off from the world. and their food sup
plies soon give out. The Cant Get
Away Club is ministering TO their ne
cessities with great energy, and is sue
cessful in relieving much of the dis
tress.
EDWARDS (Miss.), Sept. 29-Twen-
ty-four new cases Of yellow fever are
reported here to-day. making the total
numbe of cases to date 236: number Of
cases under treatment, 109; number
convalescent and discharged, 119; num-
Der seriously i'll, s.
DR.. Watts of Brownsville reports two
new cases at that place. A child
named Taylor died of the fever there
to-day.
The Edwards doctors are kept busy.
having hardly time to give in their daily
reports. There are several Edwards
people desperately sick.