New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-20
ruE uEFEVERIN NEW-ORLEANS
NEW CASES AND ONE DEATH RE
PORTED LAST EVENING.
,rr, BOARD DOES NOT ANTICIPATE AN
rprpEMIc-HosTlTAL AND DisiNFEcT-
ING WORK UNDERTAKEN.

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,p,nrNIc-rOsrITAL AND D1sINFEcT-
ING WORK UNDERTAKEN.
o-,eans Sept 19-The local fever situa-
undergone little change since yesterday.
wv" c o'clock tonight the record book III 'he
=, Health Office showed total OF SIX new
pOa ,nd one death. The official bulletin 10 pe
eSs'' r,ebt will show two deaths, that or the
ssu'N c.rta Graffeta, who died in the hospital
"0" ~,a,, not having been included in the OIL
M'. ..u..,r although reported in the Associated
prass dispatches -.
iIe .eas are in the extreme upper portion or
lee one Is in the fourth district. in the
1n' c,a,,dast house where the original six cases
." -o,or,ed and one in the Williams house.
- two cases already existed. There are
w. oasas under investigation. and the health
..o-,,,es tonight still view the situation with
=. connplacency They do not yet anticipate
endemic as at their meeting last night the
n..ra decided TO abandon their nightly sessions
IA created Dr. Olliphant master of the cam
ten against the disease. with leave 20 solicit
',,,ce from local physicians and the municipal
.,,,orities The afternoon and night bulletins
will be continued
The report of Dr. Metz. the City Chemist on
poard to prompt action to-day on the offer to
.,e city OF the Marine Hospital as refuge. Dr.
Net. found as many as sixty people huddled
,,rstber In the Italian quarter living IN filth
IN one Of the rooms a goat was found; it slept
Nightly with the family who owned II. the
conan Graffeta was taken from this quarter,
and the Board ealized that unless something
-. done at once ,ae block in which the woman
RI
,,o, 1t was therefore decided TO guard ard
,arough!y disinfect and fumgate the entire
susre. and to remove as soon as possible most
Sthe families to the old Marine Hospital The
hundred sa,iatters who now occupy the latter
building will be assigned to quarters in one Of
the new schoolhOuses in the vicinity, and the
Marine Hospital building will be used as ref
uge, until the fever is stamped out for the
families Of the Italian quarter and those of the
INDECENT sick throughout the city.
House Surgeon Bloom had conference with
President Olliphant to-day relative TO establish
ing place to which INDECENT yellow fever pa
tents may be removed. There are usually seven
hundred or eight hundred patients in the Charity
Hospital. and IL is considered highly dangerous
to receive yellow fever patients in that institu
ton. Dr. Bloom said that the institution was
ready to go TO any expense 10 provide sup
pementdry hospital. Al tnlS conference III
Beard submitted offer of the free use Of the
old SMALLPOX detention camp. which is entirely
disconnected from the smallpox hospital. and 1t
seems likely that the offer will be accepted, and
reasons cannot be treated at home will be sent
10 DR.. Boards place There now two pa
tents suffering with yellow fever in the Charity
Hospital. and their presence. although they oc-
cupy isolated apartments, is deemed serious
menace.
Alta largely attended meeting of bankers. busl-
ness men. ministers and representatives Of labor
organzations, 1t was resolved to ask the Board
Of Health to consider the advisa bity Of adopting
next tuesday a general cleaning day.
Acting Mayor Brittin and President Oliiphant
to-day replied TO the suggestion, strongly depre-
eating H. They wrote that II would be mad
yisable and inexpedient to determine upon a
fixed day for cleaning purposes. as such move
nent would cause an accumulation OF filth and
trash which could not be removed at once. and
by stirring up miasma would further endanger
the health OF the city instead Of improving il.
il was suggested. therefore. that each individual
inhabtant of the city proceed without delay to
fection Of his water closets. alleys. yards. etc,
and the destruction of all decaying matter by
fire.
The detention camp at Fontainebeau to-
day declared 10 be practically completed and TO
be ready for the reception of guests.
special train to-day went TO Biloxi and
Ocean Springs, and from there carried about
forty people TO the camp. Tomorrow the camp
will be thrown open TO all comers Those who
are not mmunes will have 10 stay in the camp
ten days according 10 the Federal law, which
Surgeon Murray. "a the commander of the camp,
Is bound TO enforce. There cases
reported at Ocean Springs up TO noon. but the
weather was heavy and sultry. and one Of the
patients was not expected 10 live. She Is Miss
Laura Atkins. Charles Zeigler Of a prominent
New Orleans family. was among those stricken
at Ocean Springs. but his condition is
not vet considered serious. When the fever had
been declared epidemic and yellow, he shut him
self up In his home and did not come forth ex-
cept to 20 TO the detention camp as soon as Il
was ready Isolation. however. did not prevent
the germs from entering his home.
The work Of the New Orleans sanitary forces
continued unabated to-day. and the officers en-
ployed themselves In hunting up many old rOok-
cries where people are closely crowded and where
they live in filth. Many Of these places were
subjected 10 complete dsinfecton and cleaning
The weather to-day has been warm and threat
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