Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-20
IN The FEVER REGION,
yellow Jack Finds Victims More
Slowly Than Is His
Usual Practice.
FEW NEW GASES ADDED EACH DAY

ANA Fewer Deaths Observation-Disclosures
May Prove n Blessing to New Orleans bv
Revealing the Locality of the Plague
breeding spots in the City-soIne suci,
Already brought TO Lisht-Daily Ecpor,
from the Stricken Communities.
New Orleans. Sept. 20.-The local fever
situation has undergone little change
since Saturday night. At 6 o'clock last
hiSht the record book in the board Of
health office showed a total Of six cases
ana two deaths, cne being that of 4
woman who died in the hospital Satur-
day night During the twcnty-four
hours ended at p. m. Saturday, there
Were: Positive cases Of yellow fever,
hVe; suspicious cases under investiga-
ton, none: deaths. l. Recapltutation:
Total cases OF yellow fever to date.
thirty-four: total deaths from yellow
fever to date, four. The first two cases
reported yesterday are IN the extreme
upper portion Of the city: one IS in the
Fourth district, one is IN the st. Claude
street house whore the original six
eases were reported. and one is In the
Williams house where two cases al
ready existed. There were three cases
Under Investigation. and the health au-
thpriti,s stilI view the situation with
some c.mpl1rcrcv. They do not yet
anticipate m epidemic. as 1T It's meet
ir x saturday ui-ht tho board decided To
abandon its nightly sessions and created
u. ripnaut master ot the campaign
rainat the disease. with leave tD solicit
advice from local Ibysicians and the
municipal authorities.
win Expose thc city Plague Spots.
The fever scare VIII do one good
thing for New Orleaus-lt will cxposc
the ccrters q Glth in the city. The
port Of Dr. Metz, the city chemist, on
"" condition of the Italian quarter IS
an instance IN point. Dr. Metz found
a. many as sixty people huddlcd to-
thCr In the italian quarters. living in
s'lualor ana fifth IN one Of the rooms
goat was found sleeping nightly with
tDa family who owned 20. The w.ua n
Graffato Cwho died Saturday nighD. was
taken from this quarter and the board
realized that Unless something was done
NJ once the bloch In wG'gh the woman
had lived was likely soon 90 become n
plague spot. u was. a. rcfnre, decided
g. guard and thoroughly disinfect and
fumirate the entire square and TO re-
move as soon as possible most of the
-fs i''+li- --t-.-..lA-G I.-arinc- hospitaL
General ClcnainC Day rroposcd.
AT largely attended mcctirgof bank
erH. business men. ministers and repre-
scntativcs of lnHoriug organizations IL
was resolved 60 ask the board Of health
g. consider The alvieIh!lty OF adoptinc,
tomorrow as general cleaning dav.
Acting Mayor Brittin and President
bliIhgut replied t. the suggestion
strongly dogrccatinE it. They wrote
That II would hc inadvisablc and in
cNpedcut TO determine upon a fixed dav
for cleaning purposes as such a move
mont would cause an accumulation Of
fllthaui trash which could not be removed
at once. and ~ the stirring UP of
niasMa would further cndangcr the
health ~ the city Instead Of improvin,
It. II was suggested. therefore. that
each Individual inhnbitant of the city
proceed without delay 20 the cleaning
'f his own premises. to the dlsiufcction
Of his water closets. alley yard. etc. and
the destruction OF all deoaying matter
ly fire.
Thl following Is The daily official bull
h..'u Uf the board Of health for ycst.r-
day. During the twanty-four hour.
crd.1 &c 81. n. Sunday sept 70. ther,
vurn six positive cases Of yellow fever
enc su.I'.i.rr case Urdsr Investigation
and three deaths Total cases Of yellow
fever l.. .u'.. forty. deaths six.