Evening journal., 1897-09-20
KEEPING THEM BUSY.
Doctors Fighting Yellow Jack
Have Lots to Do.
THE SITUATION IN NEW ORLEANS
The italian Quarter In That City In a
Bad Way, and steps WIN BE
Taken TO Have II Cleaned
Out at Once.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2O-The local
fever situation has undergone little
change. Last night the record book in
the board of health office showed to-
tai of six new cases and one death. The
official bulletin shows two deaths. in
cluding that of woman. Santa Graffa-
to, who died in the hospital
This is the record of yesterday:
Deaths. Joseph Gisfasy. an Italian, 1926
Urquahart street. New cases, Rosalie
Bacus, Hillary and Burth; John Deli,
Plum between Cambronne and Jeffer-
son; Irene Terrell, Charity hospital;
William Brandon 639 Philip street; No
IA II. Hynes, 3147 st. Claude street;
Lena Green, colored, 1858 Camp street.
The first two cases are in the extreme
UPPER portion Of the city. one Is IN the
Fourth district. in the st. Claude street
house where the original six cases were
reported, and one in the Williams house.
where two cases already existed. There
are three cases under Investigation. and
the health authorities still view the sit
uation with some complacency. They
TO not yet anticipate an epidemic as the
board has decided to abandon its night
ly sessions and created DR.. Olliphant
master of the campaign against the dis
ease, with leave to solicit advice from
local physicians and the municipal au-
thorlties. The afternoon and night bull
ietins will be continued.
The report of DR.. Metz the city chem
lst. on the condition of the Italian quar-
ter moved the board to prompt accept
ance of the offer by the city of the Ma
rine hospital as a refuge. Dr. Metz
found as many as 60 people huddled to-
gether in the Italian quarter, living in
filth.
In one of the rooms a goat was found
sleeping nightly with the family who
owned 1t. The woman. Graffato, was
taken from this quarter, and the board
realized that unless something was done
at once the block in which the woman
had lived was likely soon to become q
plague spot. 1t was therefore decided
to guard and thoroughly disinfect and
fumigate the entire square and to re-
move as soon as possible most of the
families to the old Marine hospital The
100 squatters who now occupy the latter
building will be given quarters In one
of the new schOolhouses in the vicinity,
and the Marine hospital buildings will
he permanently used as a refuge until
the fever is stamped out for the fami-
the INDECENT sick throughout the city.
House Surgeon Bloom had a conference
with President Olliphant relative to es-
tablshing a place to which INDECENT yell
low fever patients may be removed.
There are usually 700 or 500 patients in
the Charity hospital and It is consider
ed highly dangerous to receive yellow
fever patients in that institution. DR..
Bloom says that the institution is
ready to go to any expense to provide a
supplementary hospital. At this con-
ference Dr. Beard submitted an offer OF
the free use of the Old smallpox deten-
ton camp, which Is entirely dscon-
nected from the smallpox hospital and
It seems likely that the offer will be ac-
cepted and all yellow fever patients
who for various reasons cannot be
treated at home will be sent TO Dr.
Boards place. There are now two pa
tients suffering from yellow fever in the
Charity hospital, and their presence, al
though they occupy isolated apart
ments, is deemed a serious menace.
A special train went to Biloxi and
Ocean Springs and from there carried
about 40 people to the detention camp
Today the camp was thrown open 20 al
comers. Those who are not immune.
VIII have TO stay IN the camp lO DAYS
according to the federal law, which Sur
geon Murray, as commander Of th'
camp, is bound to enforce.
Charles Zeigler of a prominent New
Orleans family was among those strick
en- at Ocean Springs, but his condition
is not yet considered serious When tn,
fever had been declared epidemic an,
yellow, he shut himself up in his hom,
.vI Ifd ,,nf oaf,-a forth pyQpnf 20 on "a
the detention camp as soon as 1t wal
ready Isolation, however, did not pre-
rent the germs from entering his home.