The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-28
YELLOW JACK
An Improvement in the Situation in New
Orleans Reported.
The Formaldehyde Disinfection in Use in
the City = The Only Druggist at Ed
wards, Miss, Stricken = Five New
Cases and No Deaths at Mobile.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 27.-Sunday
was the quietest of the week in New
Orleans, and the fever situation, in
spite of the appearance of 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 none
since Friday. The authorities re-
ceived reports during the evening
from nearly every patient that is
now under treatment, and these
were all to the effect that
the cases are doing well, and that no
patient is in any immediate danger of
dissolution. Some forty cases were re-
ported tonight az being rapidly on the
mend, and a number of them will be
discharged during the week. One of
the most dangerous cases that have APP
peared was discharged Sunday. 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.
Unusual precautions, however, were
taken by the authorities to quarantine
the case and improve the sanitary con-
ditions of the neighborhood and the
fever III that vicinity seems to have
been stamped 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.
Prof. Metz has IA large number of
formalhehyde generators now at work
Sunday he burned in the street the bed
clothing and other articles in the
house where the man Series died on
Constance street, the clothing first
having been subjected to formaldehyde
disinfection. Some discomfort and
loss is being suffered by the poor
classes whose effects have to be burned,
but Prof Metz said Sunday night that
he was hopeful of getting the city
to make an appropriation to
cover just such cases of dis
tress. Prof. Metz has placed these
generators at the railroad depots and
baggage is being promptly and thor
oughly diSinfected before it is put on
trains. The local charity organiza-
ton is taking steps to relieve all cases
of restitution that are presented. The
board of health supplies medicines and
the charity hospital physicians. and
the charity Organiz cation will try to
provide food for the poorer classes
EDWARDS, Miss, Sept 27-There was
one death from yellow fever here Sun
day-that of Mr.. s. S. Noblin. Twen-
ty-three eases were reported since sew
en- o'clock Saturday night.
Mr.. Ethel Crister, our only druggist,
was taken sick Sunday morning and
DR.. Hunter, of the state board. has
been wired for another. druggist, jim
mune from the disease Only three or
four cases are considered seri-
Gus aud these are receiving the
best of attention at the hands
of experienced nurses.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 27--The returns
at the board of health Office Sunday for
the "a hours ending at noon showed FIVE
new cases and no deaths, with two pa
tients discharged. This leaves 81 I'M
der treatment.
SO favorable a report was not looked
for by many. for the weather has
turned warm again and the increase in
number of cases the previous two days
seemed a prelude to serious turn
of the outbreak. There is however,
no actual change for the worse. The
case on Lafayette street, near the Old
Shell road, being but temperance
of the disease in one of the foci where
1T had seemed to be stamped out. This
case is that of Brother Symphorian, of
the Catholic school and orphan asylum
on that street. There has not been any
case in the school before, but several
cases in the vicinity The isolation of
the sick man is complete. the infirmary
being detached from the school proper.