The evening times., 1899-10-09

The epidemic of yellow fever at Key
West, according TO the latest official reports
TO the Surgeon General of the Marine Hos
pital service shows no signs of abating.
The epidemic at Key West has been most
remarkable for the number of cases and
the few deaths. The total number of cases
from August 81 TO October 6, the date of
Surgeon General Wyman's last public re-
port, was 1,015, the number of deaths 81.
The report for the week to Saturday gives
the number OF new cases 232, and
deaths. Al New Orleans there had been
3s cases and deaths since August 27. In
Mississippi, Centreville, 2 cases; Jackson,
IL cases and 4 deaths, and Mississippi City
q cases and deaths, making total Of
Al cases and six death in Mississippi since
September J.
The latest explicit yellow fever report
from Havana comes by mail from Surgeon
NJ ]. Rosenau, OF the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, 10 Surgeon General Wyman under
date of September 26. Surgeon Rosenau
says that the week closed with an increase
of yellow fever among the Americans. Ten
new cases were reported for the week ended
September % and they were all civilians.
Several of the ten were Americans one a
Spaniard, one a German, and one a French
man. During the same week there were
four deaths from yellow fever. Surgeon
Rosenau writes:
The Ward Line steamer Nigilancia ap-
parently brought a case Of yellow fever
from New Gork. She arrived with Sister
Maria Angehelas, from France, en- route 10
MaNipo bt- u-av of York Havana
She was taken sick the day the boat came
into port, and died six days later of a Well
marked case OF yellow fever. We can only
explain this curious fact by believing that
the Vigilancia was infected. The boat is
at present In Mexican waters, but will
shortly return TO this port.
The British cattle steamer India
brought another case into port. She made
the round trip from here to Tampa, and il
was very likely that the infection was
taken on board at that port. The case, a
sailor, was sent to the yellow fever hos
pital. The cattle were disembarked, and
the boat sent TO sea for a thorough cleans
ing, after which il was diSinfected by the
Protector. The only other case of yellow
fever occurring in the harbor was a Span
lard from schooner launch San Fernando.
The launch was disinfected. The Protector
had very busy week of il. In addition
British steamer Widdrington, the Ameri-
can schooner Bently, the large Spanish
liner Conde Wilfredo. and three viveros
and the Highlands.
Travel 10 the United States is particu-
larly heavy, and the Protector had more
than the usual amount Of baggage to han
die. Her boilers have not cooled down Tor
thirty days"
Surgeon Joseph R. Green reports a very
interesting outbreak of smallpox al Chel-
sea, Mass. He says:
Five cases of smallpox have been off,
cially reported in the town of Chelsea. The
original case was that of barber negro,
whose attack was so mild that no one sus-
pected the nature of his illness. He con-
tinued TO ply his vocation, and il was not
until his associate in the shop was seized
with a severe attack of variola that the
true nature of the malady was discovered.
Three of the patrons of the shop, all white
men, developed smallpox about the same
time. All the cases have been sent 10 the
isolation hospital except one, and he is
quarantined al his home in Chelsea 1t
would seem that the opportunity for
spreading The infection from the original
case was so excellent that We can rea-
sonably expect the appearance of more
cases"