The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-04
SCOURGE OF YELLOW
fever is CHECKED
Plague-Str,cken Territory Is
Thoroughly Organized by
Health Authorities.
1T CANNOT GET WORSE
Health Officials Agree That No Serious
Epidemic Can Take Place While
Precautions Are Carefully
Adhered To.

New Orleans, July pal! the force
engaged in the battle against the yell
low fever scourge joined in expressing
the belief that while the situation has
been and is serious enough, success has
already been achieved in the applica-
tion of the methods applied. as the re-
suit of the work of the Reed commits
sion in Cuba to justify the hope that
for the first time in the history OF the
country what threatened to be a ma
lignant epidemic of yellow fever will
be stamped out before frost comes, and
that New Orleans will be spared the
horrors of previous ~epidemics.
With the cases reported today the
aggregate sinc July l3 runs close to
200. These are included in twenty to
twenty-five foci. Focus No. /, includ-
ing the section around the French mar
ket. is where the fever first appeared
and where 4 large proportion of the
cases and fatalities W occurred. This
section rum from st. Ann to Barracks
streets. and from Charities to the riv-
or, including about forty city blocks.
Italians here are VIGOROUSLY prone to
avoid physicians. and the fever got a
foot hold in the district before it be-
came known to he authorities. No
precautions We're taken TO destroy the
mosquito and the scourSe spread with
such rapidity That out OF the cheap and
crowded lodging houses the Italians
who could get away fled, some going to
friends in other sections of the city.
some by rail to surrounding towns and
some by luSgerS into settlements along
The coast. The result is the appearance
of cases of fever in various, parts of the
city, but principally below Canal street
in neighbCrhoods Of the poorer classes.
Almost every instance of a new foci
outside of the French market district
Is that of an Italian who escaped there
from, or OF some one of a different ma
tionality whose business was i'll that
section. AS far as the health author
tiles were able to discover no case has
thu far developed from outside of any
Of the outlying infected districts. and
with a very few exceptions the cases
and deaths have been among the
Italians. Illustrating this fact, q report
for twenty-four hours made officially to
the state board shows thirteen cases
and six deaths, nearly all of them be-
ing Italians.
New Orleans, July 29.-No report Of
additional new cases or deaths from
yellow fever was made public by he
city board of health today. There was
an unofficial report Of a number or
new cases, however.
Official report was made today of
twelve new cases and six, deaths oc-
curing in the preceding twenty-four
hours. OF the new cases nine are
Italians. OF the deaths one occurred
in a hospital, two up town and the
other three in the French market dis
trict.
Health authorities. after a study of
the foci expressed the opinion that
there was still hope of Graduating the
disease before the fall and that in any
event, With the precautions being
taken. a serious epidemic was entirely
out of the question.
AS a result of the decision of the
state board of health to make the six
day detention Immediately effective.
four fruit ships bound to New Orleans
have been ordered TO Mobile, which is
understood 10 be willing to receive
them.
One case of yellow fever has APP
peared at tannery. sixty miles below
the city. 1t is that of an Italian wom-
an who escaped from the French mar
ket district.
Italians Are Troublesome.
italian societies are taking a hand
with the priests of their nationality
with a view to aiding the authorities
Many of them living in the French mar.
ket Secl1On are ignorant anu super
stitious and when the fever began tC
rage they became frightened. Those
moi down with it fled to friends in 9th
err sections of the city and to the sur
rounding country. That is Why the
foci has been distributed.
There Is still alarm among them ant
Italian societies and priests will try tt
reassure them and interest them il
sanitation and pledge them to prompt
ly report eases of illness anon them
Several cases of concealed fever have
been reported by the societies.
Passengers Pass Around City.
To enable passengers from the cas-
to proceed westward without annoy
ance or difficulty via New Orleans tn
Southern Pacific is now operating it
train from E.splanade ferry landing
where direct connection Is made Will
Louisville and Nashville trains with
out transfer through the city as here
tofore.
Patients are being received at tn
emergency yellow fever hospital. Ac
conmodati lion for seventy-1ve case
have been provided. These accommC
dations Will be steadily increased.
Making a Thorough Fight.
New Orleans, July 29.-Six death
from yellow fever We're recorded yes
terday up to 6 p. M. making a total t
that time of forty-five. The numbe {
new cases reported then was clever
making all told to that date 1865. TIL
organization of forces for fighting tn
spread of The infection n for a can
paign of education and practical appl
cation of the mosquito exterminatio
plans has been completed, and beside
100 men put on as extras to clean gut
tiers by the city fifty men are workin
as part of the system of sanitation
Citizens are being organized in ward
and these ward clubs will form precin,
clubs and a house to house canvas
will be made to assure the screenir
of every cistern and the cling of eN
cry cesspool and water pond.
DIVORCE IN HIGH SOClET