The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-20
wIpINe OUT PLAGUE SPOTS.
s4bCxING CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
IN NEW ORLEANS.

Coses and Two Deaths In New Or
Ieons-The Condition in Other
cities.
New orleans. Sept. 19.-The local fever
s,tua,ion has undergone little change since
yesterday. At o'clock tonight the rec
ord book in the board of health office
sboved a total of six new cases and one
doa,b The official bulletin to be issued
to.nieht will show two deaths, that of the
roman Santa Graffeto, who died in the
bosnital last night, not having been in
cIuded in the official bulletin. although
reported in the Associated Press dis
patches.
This is the record to-day:
Deaths:
Joseph Gisfasy an Italian, 2,626 Urqu-
hart street. i-l4
New cases:
Rosalie Bacus, Hillary and Burthus.
John Dell Plum, between Baronne ana
Jefferson.
Irene Terrell, Charity hospital.
william Brandon, 639 Philip street.
Nora H. Hynes, S147 st. Claude street.
Iona Greene. colored, 1868 Camp street.
The first two cases are in the extreme
INNER norton of the city; one is in the
fonrth district, one is in the ST. Claude
strest house, where the original six cases
were reported, and one is in the Wlllams
house. where two cases already existed
There are three cases under investigation
The health authorities tonight stu view
tbe situation with some complacency. They
do not vet anticipate an epidemic, as at
its meeting last night the board decded
10 abandon its nightly sessions and created
Or Oliphant master of the campaign
AGAINST the disease, with leave to sohelt
advice from local physicians and the mu-
nicpal authorities. The afternoon ana
night bulletins will be continued.
The report of Dr. Metz, the city chem
ist on the condition of the Italian quar-
Ter moved the board to prompt acceptance
to-day of the offer of the city OF the ma
rine hospital as a refuge. DR.. Metz found
as many as sixty people huddled together
in the Italian quarter living in filth. In
one of the rooms goat was found sleep
ing nightly with the family who owned 1t.
The woman Graffeto was taken from this
quarter and the board realized that un-
less something was done at once the
block in which the woman had lived was
likely soon to become a plague spot. Ut
was, therefore, decided to guard and thor
oughly disinfect and fumigate the entire
square, and to remove as soon as possible
most of the families to the old marine
hospital. Two hundred squatters who
now occupy the latter building will be
given quarters in one of the new school
houses in the vicinity and the marine hos
pital building will be permanently used
as a refuge until the fever is stamped out,
for the families Of the Italian quarters
and those of the INDECENT sick throughout
the city.
Hospital Surgeon Bloom had q confer
~ ence with President Oliphant to-day rela-
tive to establishing place to which indi-
gent yellow fever patients might be re-
moved. There are usually 700 or 800 pa
tents in the charity hospital, and it Is con-
sidered highly dangerous to receive yell
low fever patients in that institution. DR..
Bloom said that the hospital was ready
to go to any expense to provide supple
mentary hospital. At this conference DR..
Beard submitted an 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 viii be accepted 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 patients suffering
with yellow fever in the charity hospital
ana their presence, although they occupy
lso-ated apartments is deemed a serious
menace to other patients.
AT largely attended meeting of bank.
ers, business men, ministers and repre-
Sehtauyes of laboring organiza tions, 1t was
resolved to ask the board of health to con-
suer the advisability of adopting next
tuesday as general cleaning of the city
oAcunS Mayor Britton and President
oHphaht to-day replied to the suggestion
strongly deprecating it. They wrote il
you'd be inadvisable and inexpedient tc
.sInlhe upon fixed day for cleaning
purposes, as such a movement would
3 IIse an accumulation of filth and trash
%"Cn could not be removed at once, and
ue SURFING up of a miasma would fur
'ep endanger the health of the city in
rborae oI improving it. 1t was suggested
81 oe .Gore, that each individual inhabitant
ID tne city proceed without delay to the
fNaHlhS of his own premises, to the disin-
81 oNoh OF his water closets, alleys, yards
N.Y. NV, and the destruction of all decayinq
matter by fire.
wid me detention camp at Fontainebleau
n to-day declared to have been practic.
ca cny completed and to be ready for the re.
cepuon of guests.
Oo1speclal train to-day went to Biloxi and
ebo". Springs and from there carried
tbo lorty people to the camp. Tomorrow
crs ilp VIII be thrown open to all com
ba, NOSE who are not inmunes viii
inc D." say in the camp ten days, accord.
NJ W The rules laid down by Surgeon
fedoroy These rules being simply the
r,ral cor1rsl law, which the surgeon, as the
forca fo,a'ander Of the camp, Is bound to en-.
sproaes We're no cases reported at Ocean
hesygs up to noon, but the weather was
was 1o ana sultry and one Of the patients
Atzins expected to live. She is Miss Laura
II oresale or',ples Zeigler, son of a prominent New
yesferS.. .amily, was among those stricken
duion lay at Ocean Springs, but his con.
The Is not yet considered serious when
yelloU. mad been declared epidemic and
and Gi, ne closed himself up in his home
the da,ot ' not come forth except 10 20 tc
ready Inuon camp as soon as il was
Vent fb, ,isolation, however, did not pre-.
Tho Nv ~, germs from entering his home.
forces "orA of the New Orleans sanitary
Officers OOutnued unabated to-day. and The
Up mar, mployed themselves In hunting
closely s. o.d rookeres, where people are
end gb crowded in lily ventilated homes
these "ltre f'e they live in filth. MANY 81
"a disnfectloses were subjected to compete
TO-DAY avon So and cleaning. The weatbey
n a oeen warm and threatening
NhIClAL BULLETIN