The record-union., 1897-09-14
The OUTBREAK OF
YELLOW FEVER,
Another Case Has Been Reported at
New Orleans.
Probable That Another VIII be Added TO
the List To-day.
The Board OF Health Takes Charge
of the Premises Where the
Plague Exists and Also Makes
Every Provision to Prevent It's
Spread.

Spread.
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 late this af-
ternoon. 1t is probable that another
case will be added to the list, exhaust
ing the serious suspicious cases now
under investigation. The ninth case
is Edward McGinty, a young man
living Immediately opposite the resi-
dence up town where a child died
from the fever that had been prevail
ing at Ocean Springs. McGinty had
been a visitor to the family during
their residence on the Mississippi coast.
and since their return to the city has
been a constant visitor 1t is there
fore believed that McGinty contract
ed the disease from the sick child.
Members of the Board of Heath
have been in close attendance upon
the case, and completed their diagno-
sis this afternoon. AS soon as they
had dssle so, the Board of Health took
charge of the premises, quarantined
the inmates, made liberal application
of disinfectants in the neighborhood,
and took all necessary steps to pre-
vent a spread of the disease. This is
the first case reported up town, all
other cases being in the lower section,
and in this instance, as in all others,
the origin of the case has been traced
to Ocean Springs.
The suspicious case referred to above
9 nf nh
in attendance upon some of the pa
tients at Ocean Springs.
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 ex-
element, and while there are occa-
sfonal departures from the city, there
has been no general exodus.
The Board of Health anticipates there
will be other sporadic cases, owing to
the number of people who managed to
reach New Orleans before the quar-
antine against Ocean Springs went into
effect, but there is no lack of conf
dence 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 attention may
be given to each residence in which
cases CT fever have appeared
Entering infected houses, the sani-
tary officers and physicians wear espe-
cially prepared suits of clothes. These
are thoroughly disinfected, and are
worn over the regular garments. The
suits reach from neck to heel and are
a complete covering.
Helena, Ark, has set a pace which
all towns are likely to follow. To-day
the Board of Health of that city de-
cided that no boat from south of
Vicksburg should be allowed to land
at that port or any point within the
quarantine limits of five miles of the
corporate limits of Helena. Monroe,
which up to yesterday held aloof in
spite of threats, and refused to quar-
antine New Orleans, felt compelled to-
day, on receipt of information that
there are several cases of yellow fever
in New Orleans, to declare a rigid
quarantine against this city
Atlanta promises to be the refuge of
all people 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
one that has refused to quarantine, and
that has invited all refugees within
her gates.
The announcement at Biloxi to-day
that q special train over the Louisville
and Nashville will go to Atlanta to-
morrow morning, has been received
with delight by many on the coast,
and It is probable that a large num-
HOY Joa CT fob
of the opportunity to get out of the in
fected region.
superintendent Sum and Special
Agent L1eake of the Illinois Central and
Hunter and Quinn, who left here on a
special train last week, went on a
fruitless mission. If yellow fever had
not been declared to exist, their per-
sonal 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 alderman or a bealth officer has
declared non-intercourse with the Cres-
cent City.
Dr. Harter of the Marine Hospital
Service returned to Ocean Springs to-
day from Barkley, and reports a Sc
rfous condition there. Barkley is a lit
tie postofice seven miles northeast of
the detention camp. DR.. Carter re-
ports eight cases of yellow fever at
this point. Out of a population of
twenty-five souls there have been four
deaths in ten days, the last occurring
on Saturday night, and other deaths
are momentarily expected. The fever
was imported from Ocean Springs. The
town has been completely isolated and
guards placed aroued it.
JACKSON CITIZENS EXCITED.
JACK SON (Miss.), Sept 13.-Excite-
ment is at fever heat in this city to-
day over the yellow fever scare, caused
almost entirely by the presence Of thir-
ty cases of dengue fever at Edwards.
twenty five miles west of here Many
are fleeing to the surrounding coun-
try The wagon roads and railroads
leading into town are being closely
guarded All the public gatherings are
prohibited
SITUATION SERIOUS.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13-Oficial
dispatches TO the Surgeon General
made the situation more serious. DR..
Guiteras. the Government expert, re-
ported case of yellow fever at the
City Hospital at Mobile, Ala, also a