The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-08
The FEVER DISTRICTS
RECORD OF NEW CASES BROKEN
AT NEW ORLEANS

No Uneasiness Felt Thereat by the Board
of ~HeaIth-Great Vigilance of Health Off
GERS the Reason for This Apparent In
crease The Deaths There Yesterday,
Fight Against the Disease Progressing
FavorabIy at other Infected Points
New Orleans, October 5.-After two
days of Improvement and of promise,
the fever situation on the face of the
record took somewhat Of a turn today.
For forty hours there mad been no
deaths and yesterday the number of
cases had shown material falling off
from the day before. Early this morn
ing, however, the reports of the new
cases began to come in to the board of
health office with considerable rapidity
and by 1 o'clock there had been fifteen
cases reported and by z o'clock tonight
all previous records of this season had
been roken SO far as new cases were
concerned. In a few hours three deaths
had also been reported to the board.
The physicians were not at a loss to
explain the increase in cases. They took
the view that it might be expected that
numerous cases would still continue
daily to be reported.
DR.. Olliphant said tonight: 1.-The stern
enforcement of the law requiring all
the physicians to report promptly both
suspicious and actual cases of yellow
fever has had a material effect in in
creasing the number of cases. AS a rule
the numerical increase of cases is due
to the fact hat we AVE so organized
our forces that the corps Of the board
of health is now so large and the &C
tivity of the public in ferreting out new
cases so great, hat few, if any, new
cases are escaping attention and
prOmpt report. An epidemic is abso-
iutely out of the question. New Orleans
is today by no means more healthy
than it has been for several years. The
prevailing fever has caused in several
weeks less than forty Deaths"
Two of the deaths today were some
what of a surprise. Little was known
of the case Of Cecil Spies. She had not
been reported as a patient likely to
succumb to the disease. Baptiste Salo-
mon died rather suddenly. An exami-
nation after death proved cOnclusively
that the man had been a victim of the
prevailing sickness Miss
case was reported some days ago.
Dispatches received this evening an
nounce there are two cases of yellow
fever or DR.. j. H. Saunders plantation
near Patterson, La, and an additional
suspicious case. All are traceable to
Ocean Springs.
Washington, October 5.-~Fifty-three
refugees were admitted to the deten-
ton camp at Mount Vernon, Alabama,
barracks. There were no suspects on
the trains arriving at Atlanta today
and there are none in the city.
At the FOntainbleau (Miss.) detention
camp today eighteen refugees were
admitted and eighteen discharged.
Mobile, October 5.-"We have not
given up the fight yet" said Health
officer GOOde today when the nOOn re-
port was published. THE report shows
that there is good ground to hope the
efforts to restrain and extinguish the
disease will be rewarded with success
The report for twenty-four hours
ending at noon is as follows: Total
cases to date 95, deaths Is, discharged
SO, remaining under treatment q.
Jackson. Miss, October 5.-The state
board OF health tonight issued the fol-
lowing statement: DIR. j. c. Hall,
county health officer at Militia Yuma.
reported one case today, Mary Blum.
The cases reported heretofore are doing
we'll, except Miss Thompson and Mr..
Smith. The news from Clinton is to
the effect that all patients there are
we'll, except Mr.. Miller who is doing
nicely. DR.. J. B.. Babney, a yellow
fever expert Of Birmingham, will arrive
in Jackson tonight and go to Clinton
tomorrow, the board being determined
to have a most thorough investigation
of the Clinton fever"
The following official report was re-
ceived from Edwards at 5 o'clock p. M:
The general outlook as regards the
sick is more hopeful, there being only
six whose condition gives cause for
anxiety. There has been reported nine
new cases, five whites and four color
ed; one death, that Of I. c.. Kimberley.
Rev. Father Pendergast is doing as
we'll as could be expected"
Edwards, Miss, October 5.-Nine new
cases of yellow fever and one death
have been officially reported today.
TherecOrd is: Deaths to date Is, cases
to date 344, total number under treat
ment 1874, convalecent and discharged
1876. All Of the seriously ill are doing
extremely we'll and the situation here
on the whole is much improved.