The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-15
NEW CASES APE DEVELOPING.
SITUATION IN NEW ORLEANS Sc
RIOUS, BUT NOT ALARMING.


| The Board Of Health Recognizes the
Fact That If an Epidemic Is Pre-
vented in the Crescent City 1t VIII
BE Through Their Care and
WatchfuIness-The Council win
Spare Neither Money Nor Effort in
Preventing the spread of the Dis
ease-Ncw Cases at Ocean Springs
and EIseyvhere-Dr. Wasdin's Con-
dition.
New Orleans, Sept. 14.-At nightfall the
books of the board of health showed the
| following recapitulation of the days de-
velopments in The yellow fever situation:
There had been reported to the board
for investigation twenty-six cases, which
the attending physicians considered sus-
picious. OF these, thirteen cases had
been found suffering with harmless fe-
Yer, five cases were regarded as suspic-
ious, but necessary to be further investi-
gated before a definite report could be
made on them. There were no reports as to
four cases, and four cases had been pro-
nounced genuine yellow fever, though one
of the latter was eiassed as of mild type.
| The most serious of the four yellow fever
! cases is located in the neighborhood Of
the French market. The locality is far
from a cleanly enc, is populated by
| poorer class of people, many of whom are
foreigners, and might be considered dam
gerous ground. For that reason especial
pains were taken by the board of health
to quarantine the infected houses Off
GERS from the police force We're detailed to
take charge of the neighborhood, a restau-
rant, bakery and a shop next door to
the premises in which the sickness was
! found, were closed up and a large quanti-
ty of disinfectant was sent to the scene
| to be used.
OF course the report of new cases daily
is creating alarm in some quarters, but
thus far the disease has shown but little
malignancy, there being but one death out
of fourteen cases, and none of the prac-
tcing physicians are yet on record as ex-
| pressing a fear of an epidemic.
The same rigid attention is being given
to the suspicious cases as obtains in the
treatment of those which are declared to
| be yellow fever. Guards are stationed
clear, pedestrians are warned and liberal
use IS made of disinfectants, for the au-
thorities have come to realize that the sit
uation, while not alarming, is certainly
| serious and that only watchfulness and
vigilance will master the scourge.
| One of the features developed during
the day is that people of maturer age have
been attacked. Heretofore, the disease
has been copfined principally to children
of tender age, and boys and girls not yet
grown to manhood and womanhood Two
| of the late cases show that old people
have been stricken.
A conference was held this afternoon at
the st. Charles hotel. Members of the
board of health, representatives of the
parish medical society and city officials,
including Mayor Flower, were present.
The situation was discussed in all its phas-
es for two hours behind closed doors and
a resolve was made to spare neither ef-
fort, nor money in controlling the dis
| ease.
Under instructions from the superintend-
ent of the railway mail service, the post
office authorities to-day fumigated all out
going mail in order that letters and pack
ages be not sent back by the authorities
of quarantining cities and towns.
Complaints have been reaching here
from many points of delays in getting
mail but it is thought this system of
fumigation will, in the future relieve all
sources of complaint of this nature.
The Louisville and Nashville ran a train
to-day to Atlanta, giving people on the
coast an opportunity TO go to the Gate
city. The train took about twenty ladies
and gentlemen from Biloxi, and q number
have left New Orleans for that point. The
railroad company, however, refuses to al
low passengers to take baggage of such a
nature as to be good abiding place for
germs.
This afternoon a new case of fever was
reported at Barclay. Out of a population
of twenty-five, only three persons in Bar
clay have not had the sickness, and the
percentage of deaths has been what is
usual in yellow fever epldemics There
were several new cases reported to-day at
Ocean Springs and of the number i'll at
Biloxi, fifteen were reported as suffering
with yellow fever
At Ocean Springs, DR. Wasdin of the
marine hospital staff is receiving the best
of attention, and it is hoped he will pull
through in a few days.
Surgeons Carter and Dunn left Ocean
Springs for Pascagoula to-day. A case of
yellow fever exists "a that point
A number Of immunes at Ocean Springs
are to be sent to Cincinnati in a special
car. Surgeon White hos been al the de-
tention camp for the PAST two days su-
perintending its cons iruction. AS soon as
it Is ready large number of people will
be taken away from Biloxi and Ocean
Springs, and yellow fever will thus be de-
prived of fresh material to feed upon.