The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-14

New Orleans, Sept. 13.-The an
nouncement of the ninth case Of yell
low fever in New Orleans. including
the Gelpi death, was officially made by
the board of health lateAthis afternoon.
1t is probable that another case Will be
added to the list, exhausting the Sc
riously suspicious cases now under in
vestigation. The ninth case is Edward
McGinty, a young man living imme-
diately opposite a residence up town
where a child died from the fever that
had been prevailing at Ocean Springs
McGinty had been a visitor to the fam
lily during their residence on the Mis-
siSSippi coast and since their return to
the city has been a constant visitor.
It is therefore believed that McGinty
contracted the disease from the sick
child. Members of the board of health
have been in close attendance upon the
case and completed their diagnosis this
afternoon AS soon as they had done
so the board of health took charge of
the premises, quarantined the inmates,
made liberal application of dfSinfect-
ants in the neighborhood and took all
necessary steps TO prevent the spread
of the disease. This is the first case
reported up town, all other cases being
in the lower section, and in this in
stance, as in all others, the origin Of
the case has been traced to Ocean
Springs. The suspicious case referrNl
to above is that of a physician who has
been in attendance upon some of the
patients at Ocean Springs
THE PUBLIC IS ANXIOUS.
The announcement of one more case,
and probably another has made no
change in the state of the public mind
There is still an absence of excitement
and while there are occasional. depart
ures from the city. there has been no
general exodus. The board Of health
anticipate there will be other sporadic
cases, owing to the number Of people
who managed to reach New Orleans
before the quarantine against Ocean
Springs went into effect, but there is no
lack of confidence on the part Of the
board in their ability to restrict each
sporadic case. Additional doctors of
experience are being added to the staff
of the board of health in order that at
tentiOn may be given to each residence
in which cases of fever have appeared.
Entering infected houses, the sanitary
officers and physicians wear especially
prepared suits of clothes These are
thoroughly disinfected and are worn
over the regular garments The suits
reach from neck to heel and are g COM
plete covering.
HELENA SETS AN EXAMPLE.
Helena. Ark. has set a pace which
all river towns are likely to follow. To-
day the board of health 81 that city
decided that no boat from south Of
Vicksburg should be allowed to land at
that port or any point within the quar-
antine limits of five miles of the cor
porate limits of Helena. Monroe, which
I'D to Yesterday held aloOf n spite of
threats and refused TO quarantine New
Orleans, felt compelled today, on re-
ceipt of information that there are sew
eraI cases of yellow fever in New Or
leans, to declare q rigid quarantine
against this city.
Atlanta pronises to be the refuge of
al the 'DecDle living in New Orleans
and along The coast who desire to get
away OF the cities Of the south IN
danger OF infection Atlanta is The only
enc that has refused to quarantine and
that mas invited all refugees within her
oai-es. The announcement at Biloxi to-
day that a spscia1 train over the Louis
vile &, Nashville viii so TO Atlanta to-
morrow morning has been received With
delight by many on the coast, and ii Is
probable that q large number on the
cccse VIII take advantage of che Cd
pcrtuntty TO get cut OF the injected re-
gion.
THEIR WORK is UNDONE.
Superintendent Dunn and Special
Agent Ieeaka of the Illinois Central and
Hunter and Quinn. who left here on a
speciad train last week, vert on a fruit
less mission If yellow fever had not
vet been declared to exist here their
personal visit to Mississippi towns be-
tween New Orleans and Memphis would
have been attended with good results.
but yesterdays bulletin of the board OF
health has undone all the work they
had accomplished, and every town in
Mississippi big enough to have an al
derman or a health officer has declared
nca-intereourse with the crescent city.
DR.. Carter, of tae marine ncS>'htal
service. returned to OCEAN Springs to
day from Barkley. and reports q seIl-
Gus condition there Barley is a little
pc,roffice, seven miles northeast OF the
detention camp. Dr. Carter reports
eight cases of yellow fever at this point.
cut Of a population of 20 souls. There
nave bsen four deaths in ten days. the
last occurring on Saturday night, and
other deaths are nCmentarily expected
The fever was imported from Ocean
Springs. The town has been completely