The herald., 1897-09-15
CASES IN UNCLEANLY PLACES
ADD TO THE ANXIETY OF Thu
PHYSICIANS
The Most Serious Fact r the Appear
ance Of Several New Centers Of
Infection
Associated Press Special wire.

WASHINGTON, Sept. A.-Surgeon-
General Wyman today received the fol-
lowing dispatch from DR.. Guiteras, the
government expert at Mobile, Ala. con-
corning the yellow fever situation there:
Patient at city hospital is still liv-
ing. The case Of Basrago, reported by
me as suspicious. I have not been able
to see again. The subsequent history
makes the case more suspicious. He
has not been out of the city nor in any
apparent way connected with people
from Ocean Springs I have Just been
shown another case which I have pro.
nounced without doubt yellow fever. He
is motorman; no apparent connection
with other cases. have heard the his
tory Of another case which is very sus-
picious. The cases are not grouped In
any one quarter Of the city.
"(signed) GUITERAs."
A dispatch was received from Fon-
tainbleau, Miss, the site Of the deteu-
tion camp, from Surgeon White, stating
that DR.. Gaines reports one new. case at
Barclay.
The surgeon-general ordered by tele-
graph 200 wall tents to be shipped Inn
mediately from St. Louis to Surgeon
Young at Memphis, Tenn, there to be-
held until further orders
Steward Goodman was ordered from
Fort Monroe, Va. to the detention camp
at Fontainbleau, Miss.
MANY NEW CASES
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 14.-The
books Of the board Of health show the
following recapitulations In the yellow
fever situation:
There had been reported to the board
for investigation twenty-six cases which
the attending physicians considered sus-
picious OF these thirteen cases had
been found suffering with a harmless
fever; five cases were regarded as sus-
picious, but necessary to be further in
vestigated before a definite report could
be made upon them. There were no re-
ports as to four cases, and four cases
had been pronounced genuine yellow
fever, though one of the latter was
classed as Of mild type. The most
serious Of the four yellow fever cases IL
located in the neighborhood of the
French market. The locality is far from
a cleanly one, is populated by a poorer
class Of people, many Of whom are for
eigners, and might be considered danger
GUS ground. For that reason especial
pains was taken by the board Of health
to quarantine the infected house. On
GERS from the police force were detailed
to take charge of the neighborhood, A
restaurant, bakery and a shop next
door to the premises in which the fever
was found were closed and a disinfectant
was sent to the scene to be used.
OF course, the report of new cases daily
is creating alarm in some quarters, but
thus far the disease has shown but little
malignancy, as witness the record OF
one death out of fourteen cases, and none
of the practicing physicians are yet on
record as expressing fear Of epidemic. =
One Of the features developed during
the day Is that people of maturer age
have been attacked. Heretofore the dis
ease has been confined principally to
children of tender age and boys and girls
not yet grown to manhood and woman
hood. Two of the late cases show that
older people have been attacked.
Under instructions from the superin-
tendent Of the railway mail service, the
postoffice authorities today fumigated
all outgoing mails in order that letters
and packages be not sent back by the
authorities of quarantining cities and
towns.
SERIOUS ALARM
JACKSON, Miss, Sept 14.-This has
been another day of excitement and
anxiety to the people of Jackson. The
city is now surrounded on all sides by
an armed guard and the quarantine
rules are enforced with great strictness.
The principal cause of alarm to the
people of Jackson came from Edwards.
only twenty five miles distant, where
there are now thirty-five cases Of dengue.
IN ALABAMA
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 14.-Three cases
of yellow fever were officially announced
today by the board of health. This
caused much more alarm than did the
discovery Of the first case which was
regarded as sporadic. The people who
can are leaving for points of safety
DR.. Guiteras left today for Edwards,
Miss, induced thither to investigate the
dispatch received from there. When
asked upon what he based his telegram
to the surgeon-general that there would
be a spread of the disease here, he said
that the city had had long immunity
from the disease and that there was
much material for it to feed upon.
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