The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-04

The FEVER no MORSE
Sanitation u New Orleans E1eost-
aging to the 0ffic,als.
FIRST INFECTED DISTRICT RELIEVED.
Religious Citizens Of Ocean Springs
Attend Church.
LABORlNG CLASSES COMPLAIN.
They Are Impressed with the Dens-
nts OF co-opcrnsion-siany De-
tails Of stricken Districts.
LAB0RlNG CLASSES COMPLAIN.
Yesterdays record /:

New Orleans October 3.-The board Of
health Of the State of Louisiana officially
announces the status of affairs in New Or
leans as regards yellow fever to be As
follows; =
During the twenty-four hours ending .
p. m. Sunday, October 3. there were:
Cases OF yellow fever today. al; deaths
today, 2. Total cases OF fever 10 date.
3tT; total deaths from yellow fever to
date. &c., total cases absolutely recovered.
9a: total cases undor treatment iSS.
fSgned.l 5. X. Olliphant, Md,
President of the Board of Health OF the
State Of Louisiana.
New Orleans, October 3.--At s o'clock
tonight, when the days work Of the board
of health had been almost COMPLETED there
WAS no evidence that Sunday would be
record breaker, On the contrary. the fever
situation at that hour had apparently not
grown worse. There had been about TWEEN
ty-seven cases reported and but two
deaths. one of tho latter having occurred
this morning and the other tonight. The
death percentage had been 20 acme extent
reduced and the authorities were oacour-
aged to believe that the extraordinary werk
that had been done in the way OF santa
| ton In the past few days is having an ex-
csllent effect and II preventing wide
spread of the prevailing disease. In the
past week tho foci Of infection have not
largely Increased Many Of the new
that appear stil being found In
EN- where the infection previously ex-
Aa an evidence OF the success OF
taiiols pr. Met rcaoria thIt by Tres-
Y y til tas aousos in the st. Claude dis
tf.~,. where the infection was frst In
troducod. will be released from ounYan-
tine. On st. Claude street and its nori,-
borhood, residents cooperate with tho
board in the work OF dlsinfcction. with the
result that the fever was confined to ihe
single square In which Il started. The au-
| thorities have also been successful In win
| Ing out the foci Of infection OF Hospital
| street and Of the Home for Homeless M.n.
DR.. Metz says the fever spreads only whero
the residents seek TO put obstacles in Tho
| way Of the authorities. to prevent disin-
| lection, There IL an unfounded imureslicn
| among the laborlng classes that the 0u-
,horitlcs are imposing upon them aud dis
| eliminating against them In favor II the
( iiNh' Abt 'ehhiuis ~ ttht. iieSlN'Nt VIII .
| plant says the wcll-to-do are abiding bv
the rules laid down by the board AMI aid
| ing In sanitary work, realizing that only
| through cooperation between the public
and the sanitary officers is I possible to
| eifectually stamp out the disease that was
| Imported into New Orleans .'ne board
| or health Will invite the iaDoring teople
| Into conference with a view 20 educating
| them In the matter OF sanitary Precautions.
| Todays record:
| New cases--Paul Monte. 1872 Mtnroe
street; Mrs. George b l.anchini, 222l Chip
pewa; Margaret McIugh. 222l Chippewa:
| Adeine McHugh, zeal Chippewa; Helen
| Ephman, 222l Chippewa; Mia Bohne. l4l9
| Charities: Hadton Fleetwood; ia7 Lower
| lin; Mrs. II. Moss. he Felicity: August
| Frances and James Ailwel. 4s3 Diana:
James Montgomery, $50 Thalia; Aaegn
| Fitzpatrick. $40 ITALIA; Mrs. J. ii, Smith.
| 1927 Washington; Fred Winchester. 1905
| Charities; Albert Lloyd, seer Carrollton:
| Audra Habers. 1913 Oak; James d. Nix.
| Fem and Hampson; Edward Wright. v0i
| Camp; Howard Jones. 1909 Tulane; Miss
| Gordon 1884 cnrondelet; Tony brennan.
| 2ll3 Brainard; Ruby Collins. 2l0S BarroLe;
Mamie Pleasant 1928 Josephine; NJ. p.
| Bradick. jackson Barracks; c. W. Stone.
1891 poiymana; Miss Annie Wright, 1910
| St. Charles avenue: -. Verlander.
| child Tchoupitoulas and Alonzo; =. =.
yerlander, child. same address; Bertha
Donneily. b45 Philip.
Deaths--G. Pepptoni. 1915 Magazine
| street; Dan Sullivan. isolation hospital.
| came from 6l9 Bouny street. Algiers.
or these cases. eleven are In houses
| where fever has heretofore been reported.
| The other cases are pretty well scattered
| and none were reported today at the de-
tention camp, any OF the hospitals or nsy-
| lurns. From the detention camp seventeen
people were released.
Although two cases OF fever have becr