The herald., 1897-10-18
FIGHTERS
OF FEVER
Get No Aid From an IgnO=
rant Public
QUARANTINE RULES IGNORED
AND PEOPLE COME AND GO AT
WILL
QUARANTINE RULES IGNORED
Cases Are Concealed and the Patients
Neglected Until Past the Aid of
Physicians
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Speclal wire.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct 17-While
the new cases did not run up rapidly here
today the deaths were somewhat numer-
Gus, comparatively speaking, having
reached five as early as o'clock this
evening. One of the fatal cases, how
ever, presented the same story of neglect
and concealment. Domencio Michellis
case appears today under both heads.
new cases and deaths. He had been i'll
some time, but no report of his sickness
was made to the board and no doctor
called in until it was too late to do any
thing for the man. He was an Italian,
more of whom have succumbed to the
present fever in proportion to cases
than all of the other nationalities put to-
gether. The Gould case was reported
four days ago. James Burns case was
reported on the 9th and he died this
morning. The case of Levy was of some
days standing. William Bockfield, who
is among the deaths today, was the
boolkkeeper of the Metropolitan bank.
He came here few years ago, has
wife and six children in Germany, and
was in good circumstances. He was
taken sick on Monday and died before
noon today. The bodies of these five
people were promptly buried.
The. agitation against the quarantine
regulations of the board of health is en-
couraging viola tions of the regulations.
There is very considerable sentiment
against continuing the quarantine sys-
tenn and the result is that the board of
health, having reduced the number of
its guards. inmates of houses are slip
ping out into the street whenever they
have a mind to. 1t is no longer con-
sidered possible, without the eXpendi-
ture of large sums Of money, to main
| tain cordons around infected houses
strong enough to prevent egress and in
gress. Whether or not the fact that
| people are coming out of and going intc
| infected houses Is having the effect of
spreading the fever, is disputed ques-
ton among the authorities, but the be-
lief is growing that the board will not
seek much longer to maintain the quar-
antine system by which it has hoped to
keep down the fever.
Fifteen new cases were reported today
and the following deaths:
- GOULD.
JAMES BURNS.
MATHIEU LEVY,
WILLIAM BOCKFIELD
DOMENCIO MICELLI.
The official report is as follows:
Cases today, "a; deaths, S; total cases
to date, S2S; deaths, 80; recovered 400;
under treatment, 1926
AT OTHER CENTERS
JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 1.-THE state
tonight chronicles one new case of yell
low fever at Cayuga.
At Clinton there We're three cases.
At Edwards, E. j. Noblin died this
morning. Three new cases were report
ed there today. There are six persons
seriously i'll, two of whom will probably
die within the next forty-eight hours.
QUARANTINE RAISED
GALVESTON, Texas Oct. 17-Today
the quarantine against Galveston and
Houston was raised all over the state,
and traffic is moving as usual.
OFFICIAL REPORTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. II. - Surgeon
General Wyman of the marine hospital
service regards today's yellow fever ad
vices from the affected districts as re-
assuring. Following is a summary of
the principal developments wired to-
night: Mobile, five cases, no deaths;
Bay st. Louis. Miss, seven cases; Ed
wards, three cases, one DEATH Clinton,
three cases; Biloxi two cases.