Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06
SITUATION NO BETTER.
New Orleans Board of Health
Finds Itself Seriously
Handicapped.

New Orleans, La, Oct. 2-The fever
situation did not improve this morning.
No new cases have been reported, but
there were reports of four deaths. One
was the man Hickey, patient at the yell
low fever hospital. Another death was
that of child named Bauer, at Philip
and Chippewa streets. A great crowd
collected in the vicinity and extra guards
had to be sent to clear the streets. There
are five cases in the neighborhoOd in one
square.
The board of health continues to find
great difficulty in it's work of stamping
out the disease. Failure to report cases
of sickness is becoming exasperatingly
common. The result is that patients are
not receiving prompt medical attention
and are dying where they might be pulled
through if doctors were Immediately
called in. The cases at the yellow fever
hospital are increasing; there were seven
teen there last night, and others were to
be removed there this morning.
A number of people were released yes
terday and today from the detention
camp. The RigOlets detention camp has
been closed. There was no reason to
maintain it because very few people
were coming into New Orleans over the
Louisville & Nashville road. Orders
have been issued to send all suspects
from erected pOluIS 10 Il
where there are ample accommodations
for several hundred people.
Although the number of cases here is
increasing. the board of health has resO-
lutely refused to modify the quara ntine
regulations. Every affected point is be-
ing watched. The board will continue
to quarantine houses here wherein fever
exists. The effect will be to prevent Il
spread of the disease and to give employ
ment to several hundred men who have
been thrown out of work by the stagna-
ton of trade.
Maj. E. j. Hamilton, the probable Sue
cessOr of Chief of Police Caster. was
stricken with yellow fever today.
Gov. Foster has telegraphed the gov
ernors of Texas and Mississippi, asking
them to meet him in conference in the
interest of uniformity in quarantine regu-
lations.
Jackson, Miss, Oct DIR Hunter of
the state board of health has just re-
ceived the following report from DR.. De
Graffenreid, the yellow fever expert, who
was sent from Columbus, Ga, to Clinton
to investigate the cases of fever at that
place:
L have made as critical examination
as / could in the cases of the suspects in
the limited time afforded me. / have seen
no characteristic or pathOgnOmonic symp-
toms that would induce me to believe that
they had yellow fever
Washington. ID. c., Oct. 2-Folowlng
is the official bulletin of Surgeon-Gencral
Wyman of the marine hospital service.
sent out today: The following cases of
yellow fever were officially reported as
occurring on the LIST inst: New Orleans.
80 cases, . deaths; Mobile, cases,
death: Biloxi, % cases. no deaths: Ed
wards. 10 cases, 1 death: McHenry
(NIiss.), cases. no deaths; Ocean
Springs. no cases and no deaths; CrantOn
report delayed.
Acting Asst-Surgeon Robbins Of the
marine hospital service, stationed at
Eicksburg. has been granted permission
to offer his services to the town of Gin
ton. The request fer the assignment was
made by Dr. Robbins upon the strength
of a report that there is fever at this
place and no physician there.
st. Louis Mo-, Oct. DIR. John Cult
eras, employed by the government as an
expert on yellow fever, is registered at
the Southern.
Il have visited Biloxi, Ocean Springs,
Scranton, Cairo Vicksburg, Mobile, Mem
phis, the northern parishes of Louisiana
and New Orleans" said he, land l can
say that the present yellow fever cpl
demic is of average severity. | found tie
health boards in the infected districts
efficient and they are using up-to-date
science. 1t is owing to these scientific
methods of operating in the infected dis
tricts that the scOurge had been kept
from spreading more than it has"
DIR. GuiteraS says st. Louis need have
no fear of the fever, as it is too late in
the season for the scourge to gain a foot
hold here