The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-20

THE FEVER SITUATION
New Orleans Authorities View ~
Outlook With CompIaceacy.
CLEANING OUT ITALIAN QUARTER.
The Bulletin Shows Six Nes Cases
and Two Deaths.
DETENTION CAMP COMPLETED.
Many People win Ne Taken Fron
Biioxt and Ocean spring~-lte-
ports From Various Places.
DETENTION CAMP COMPLETED.

New Orleans, September 19.--The yellow
fever situation has undergone little change
since yesterday in New Orleans. Al
o'clock tonight the record book In tho
board Of health office showed total OF
ak new cases and one death. The official
bulletin to be issued tonight will, how
ever, show two dcathsthat OF a woman.
Santa Grafralo. who died In the hospital
last night. not having been included In
the official bulletin, although reported In
tho Associated Press dispatches.
This IL tho record To-Day:
Deaths Joseph Gisfasy, on Italian. :62s
urquhart street.
New cases--Roealic Bacus. Hillary ana
Burthe; John Dell, Plum. between Baronne
and Jefferson: Irene Terrell, Charity hos
pitai; William Brandon. 1896 Philip; Nora
Hines. slA' st. Claude street; Iona Greene.
cclorcd. 1853 Camp street.
Tho two frst cases are In the extreme
upper portion OF tho city. one is in the
Fourth district, one In the ST. CLAUDIO
street house where the original six cases
woro reported and ono In the Williams
There are three cases under investigation
aud the authorities tonight stiil view tho
| situation with some complacency. They
do not yet anticipate an epidemic. as at It's
| meeting last night the board decided TO
| abandon It's nightly session and created
DR.. Olilphant master OF the campaign
against tho diheaBe With leave 90 solicit
advice from local physicians and the mu-
nicipsl authorities The afternoon and
| night bulletins will be continued.
| Tho report OF DR.. Metz, the city chemist.
| on tho condition OF the Italian quarter,
moved the board TO prompt acceptance to-
day OF the offer OF the city OF this Marine
I hospital as u refuge Dr. Metz found as
many as sixt people huddled together 10
| the Italian { artgts Aiing In squalor ana
| Nth In one 1. the rooms Eoot was found
sleeping nightly with the family who oc-
| cupled IT, The woman tGraffalo) was taken
from the quarter and the board realized
that unless something was done al once
the block In which the woman had lived
| WAS likely soon TO become u plague spot.
II was therefore decided to guard and
| thoroughly disnfect and fumlgatc the en-
tire square and TO remove as soon as pos
sibie most OF the families TO the old Ma
| rine hospital, The hundred sqnatters who
now occupy the latter building VIII DO
given quarters In one OF the new school
| houses IN the Nlrin1ly anu tnt MdTiHt HNs-
| pitai buildings will be permanently used
as n refuge. until the fever Is stamped out.
| for the families Of the Italian quarter and
| those OF the INDECENT sick throughout the
| city,
House Surgeon Bloom has had confer
| ones with President Olliphant today rela-
tive 10 tho establishment OF place In
! which yellow fever patients might be
| moved There are usually 700 or 500 pa
tents In tho Charity hospital. and It Is
considered highly dangerous to receive
yellow fever patients In that institution.
Dr. Bloom said the hospital was ready 10
20 to any expense TO provide supple-
meniary hospital Al this conference DIR.
Beard submitted an offer OF the free ueo
of the SMALLPOX detention camp, which Ia
entirely disconnected from the smallpox
hospital and II seems likely the offer VIII
be accepted and yellow fever patients who
fer various reasons can not be treated at
home will be sent to DIR. Boards place.
There are now two patients suffering with
yellow fever In tho Charity hospital and
their presence. although they occupy iso-
lated apartments. Ia deemed serious
| menace To other patients,
At largely attended meeting OF bank
ers business men, ministers and repre-
sentatives OF lahoring organizations, II was
), resolved 10 ask tho board OF health to con-
cider the adylsabJlity OF adopting next
| Tuesday as n general cleaning day. Acting
| Mayor Bgittcr and President Oiiphant to-
| day replied to the suggestion, strongly de-
precating II. They wrote that II would
| be inadyIsable and inexpedient TO de-
terinIne upon fixed day for cleaning pur-
| poses "a euch o movement would cause an
accumulation Of nth and trash. which
| could not be removed at once and by the
I stirring up OF niasma would further en-
danger the health OF the city instead ut
improving It. IL was suggested therefore