The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-15
YELLOW FEVER.
DR.. Gulteras Not Satisfied It's
Yellow Fever At Ocean
Springs.

board OF health met to pigbs Dr. Oil
phaut had 10 additional cases
20 report to that body as hay-
iog occurred 10 New Orleans and
vas able to say that the local situation
tad vastly improved and that there was
90 present prospects of the evil results
following the death Of the Gelpi child.
The public pulse here IS vastly strong
er and New Orleans is almost ready to
declare that it had scare for nothing.
Dr.. Oliphant and his staff have slept
bat little in the past 76 hours and have
fairly honeycombed the city fer suspi-
scious cases of fever, without result.
Deep interest has naturally been felt
here in The outcome Of the examina-
ton Of Or. Guiteras, who arrived at
Ocean Springs this morning. Under
instruction from the superintendent OF
the Louisville aud Nashville railroad
DR.. Guiteras was put off in the woods
couple of miles from Ocean Springs.
It was not long thereafter before
the doctor ran up agaisst the quar-
aptine ,rocha, and the distinguished
visitor had to fully establish his
identity before be was permitted
to run the line. On his arrival in
Ocean Springs, Dr.. Guiteras went inn
mediately to work aud investigated
number of cases Of tie prevailing sick
ness. He found only two CAGES, it is
said. that deserve the term doubtful or
suspicious, and in answer to an inquiry
be said be hoped to be able to wire the
result of his examination to Washing
ton this evening. In the meantime
correspondent wired to the city that he
had learned from source that could
not be doubted that DR.. Guiteras after
his examination, had not been entirely
oovinced that any yellow fever has
existed or does exist in Ocean Springs
The local physicians are rot prepared
to say what effect an opinion By Dr..
Guiteras counter to that expressed by
the four experts. who declared the
cases they investigated was yellow fever
would have. A thorough canvass of
the wards of Ocean Springs completed
this evening, SLOWS there have been
748 cases of the prevailing fever since
July 8. There are DOW 81 still sick.
The total deaths have been pioe, and in
several instances physicians certificates
show the fever was complicated with
other diseases. There are believed 10
have been cply two deaths due 20 yel-
low jack. At the suggestion of DR..
Grant, every house where there has
been sickness or there is DOW, is being
fumigated.
SITUATION AT BILOXI.
Biloxi people are DOT absolutely con-
vinced that the fever there is yellow
jack. Dr.. Haralson hss SO pronounced
the cases, but when be has completed
his investigation at Ocean Springs DR..
Guiteras will be asked to> visit Biloxi
and determine positively whether or not
Dr.. Ha.ralson has correctly diagnosed
the disease. Whatever the fever is it has
had good eject, for ou all hands resi-
| dents are carrying into effect Mayor
Howard's recommendation to put their
homes in proper sanitary condition and
to abstain from coDgregatiog anywhere
10 crowds
This morning the three patients at
Biloxi were doing veil. and it was
Thought they would recover. Their
homes have been completely. .isolated
and thoroughly disiuiected.
Some 750 people were brought to
New Orleans by the morning trains
from the coast. There were very few
passengers on the evening trains, aud
both Pass Christia aod Bay St. Louis
have been depopu!a,ed so far as sum-
mcr visitors are concerned.