The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-06
SCARCITY OF DEATHS.
Five Fatalities sad Fisty-thres Neu
Cases Reported.
INCREASE OF CASES IN NEW ORLEANS
Two Deaths at Mobile and 0nly 0as
at Edwards.
no DIssOLuTl0Ns in BILOXI.
state Health Orncer Swcarinsen says
He win He Unable 10 Meet Dr.
Oliiphant Anywhere.
no DIssOLUrIoNs in BILOXI.
Yesterdays record:

Now Orleans, October E.--Attcr two days
OF Improvement and Of promise, tho fever
situation on the face OF the record took
somewhat OF turn today. For forty
eight hours there had been no death and
yesterday the number OF new cases showed
material falling off from the day before.
Early this morning. however, thu reports
OF new cases began to come into the hoard
OF health office with considerable rapldIty.
and by ] o'clock there had been fftcea
cases and by Z tonight all previous records
OF the season had been broken, 30 far as
new cases wore concerned with tho pros
poet that others would come in, In a few
hours three deaths had also been reported
to the board. The physicians were not
at loss to explain the increase in casca
They took practically the position ex-
planned In the Associated Press reports
last night, and said 1t might DO expected
that numerous cases would still continue
daily to be reported.
Or. olllphant snid tonight:
1.-THE stern enforcement Of law requiring
all physicians to report promptly both
suspicious and actual cases of yellow fever
has had material effect Ia increasing tho
number OF cases.
Perhaps occasionally n doctor makes
| an error. have known instances where
| eminent physicians have asked mo 10 have
a nag taken down after they had declared
| u case OF yellow fever, but as rule tho
numerical increase OF cases ia due to tho
fact that we have % organized our forces
| that the corps of the health department.
IL now SO large that few, II any. cases
arc escaping attention and prompt re-
port.
mo; the board has by no means lost
control OF the situation. Tho cases. as q
rule. are mild. They are being given
strict attention. Tho foci are increasing,
hut slowly. The disease Is not spreading
To any material extent Frd large rs;-nbor
| Of cases are being discharged daS5s An
epidemic Is out OF the question. New
Orleans Is today not by any means un-
healthier than It has been for several yoar5.
The prevailing fever has caused In seven
| weeks hot forty Deaths
This was the record OF cases reported
TO tho board today, together with the
| deaths:
New cases: -. Eckert. $50 Laurel;
-. Wcnsham, 22l2 Keleree: Mrs. Mont
| gomery, $50 Thalla; ----. Fell. Henry Clay
| avenue and Hurst; John. Elizabeth, Law
| renee and Jacob Zeeb, 1920 Cont: Mrs.
| Nagel, Coates and D'Hemecourt: Mrs. -.
| A. Reppert 1904 Chartres; Archie SeIph.
| Orange, between Camp and magazine:
| Miss Eustiss, si04 Hurst. corner Webster:
| Maggie NEEDING, 1920 Tchonpitonlas; DnfW
| sharp. 1916 Oak: Willie Eebster, ms
| Hampson; E. r. Habers, 1918 Oak; Mlss
| Cecil Speirr. 11l2 Carroltcn Baptistc salo-
| man, AIS Barrett: Morris Jacobs. Touro
innrmary; soloman Meyer, Hugo Greenold.
same address, AdelIna Rcgor. 22e Hospital
street: John Dean. 1920 st. Anne; ----.
| Bauman. 1924 Eighth: Mrs II. H. Mullen.
| 1882 Baronne; Miss HaddI& Kinebreen.
| 1906 Peters avenue; Richard Bordeaux,
| 1908 Felicity; John Lennie 5000 Poplar:
| william Bordeaux. 1908 Felicity; ----
| Flood. 1910 Dryades; Henry Boorman. Char
| ity hospitals Ella Lenni, so32 Poplar; Mrs.
| William Beattie. s35 Fem.
| .Desths--CeciI spelss. Carrollton avenue
and Oak: Bsptiste SaIoman, Fourth and
BarracksSMiss Nellie Scanneil. III Berlin.
| One OF the new cases was reported TODAY
| from the Charity hospital. Henry Boor-
man had been found III for two DAYS on
| Lafayette street He was having little care
| and his friends removed him to the Char
| ity hospital. There II was found mt once
| that he WAS suffering with yellow feSer
and ho was removed to the 'solation hos
pital Four cases were reported IL fha
| Touri infirmary. Otherwise the HOSPITALS
| did not have occasion to report hddttienat
| victims from the infections. In q number OF
| instances the new cases today in,iude pa-
tIents In houses already infected. Four
cases were discovered In one house ON
| Cont street.
| From infected houses number OF peonIe
| were removed to the detention Camp ana
| tho authorities were notified this evening
| that n there should DO further demand
| upon the accommodations of the cAmp.
| more tents would have to be asked for.
Up to this evening tho govcraor lad NOT
/ decided whether hs would authorize the
fiscal agents to provide the S50.000 ceked