The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08
Work of Authorities is Beginning to Tell. DECREASE IN NEW CASES The Sub-Foci Also Being
 Controlled. Continued Improvement Regarded As Promising sign-Surgeon White Assumes General Charge
 Of situation.
DECREASE IN NEW CASES

New Orleans, Aug. 7.-Following is the record up to D. m.:
 New cases, 32; total cases up to date' b65; deaths, &; total deaths to date. 113; new sub-foci, 4; total sub-foci, ST.
 The moderate number of new cases and the marked decrease in number or new foci during the past three days' has given ground for the hope that the progress of the mosquito fever has really been checked. As matter of fact, the thorough inspection, fumiga- tion and disinfection of the original focus of infection began to tell four days ago and the continued improve ment is regarded as a most encourag- ing sign.
 pital service assumed general control of the local situation today and en- tered into closer relations with the State board, but no radical changes have yet been made nor will be made. As he stated recently. his methods will simply be an enlargement and perfec- tion of the system put into enect py the local authorities, and in which his services has been cooperation from the beginning. The fact that the seeming improvement began to be man. ifested just before he took charge Is a source of as much qualification to Dr. White as to Dr. Kohnke.
 Dr. White was tonight advised by pr. wyman that two more officers had been ordered to report to him. Assis- tant Surgeons Frots and Ashford. This makes ten additional officers detailed here in two days and 1t is expected that there will be several others.
 pr. White will probably attend the conference of health boards at La Fay cite tomorrow for the purpose Of dis xrytt freight DrOh- lem. The health boards of the par ishos of Calcasieu. St Landry, Acadia, La Fayette and Iberia will be present as well as Dr. Tabor of Texas and pr. Nolte of the State board.
 Olsen's Illness.
 Considerable comment has been caused bY the arrival of Captain F.. T. Olsen of the Norwegian steamship Leander with high fever Ills ship came up from Havana on August b. and lay at quarantine until the eve ming of August 6. The ships papers show that when he left Havana he was suffering from enteric fever. v. --
 Two large foci of infection were dis covered today outside of the city by officers of the marine hospital service. pr. Corput went to Diamond planta- tion in St. Charles Parish. to look into some suspicious cases and found six positive yellow fever cases of second-
  dead. They are on a sugar plantation. and three of them were Italians. One was a negro. it,. ~-: .:.. .... -s~.
 The other point of infection is the town of Patterson, in St. Mary Parish, where pr. Guiteras found nineteen cases of secondary infection. Most or these are also Italians. =
 The local health boards have taken charge in both instances and are fol- lowing out the directions of the marine hospital service. ~.. st.. The State Board of Health was asked to send an inspector to Jackson, In West FeIiciana Parish, and Dr. Brady will leave in the morning.
 The two cases at Bon Ami, In Cal casieu, are believed to be the genuine article, though on account of the dras- tic quarantine regulations of Calcasieu, no trains are stopping there. so the Board of Health cannot send an in- spector. .".."s:. .. ".- ..
 Archbishop Chapelle was reported as doing we'll tonight. He will pass the crisis tomorrow. The following cable gram was received by him:
 The POpe's Coincidence.
 The holy father deplores your sick ness In wishing you speedy recovery he sends you his apostolic blessing.
 Cardinal Merry del Val.
 ".. "Papal Secretary of State"
 With the marine hospital service, un- der the authority of President Roose- welt, in complete control, the scientific fight to eradicate yellow fever from New Orleans before frost, heretofore the only prophylactic. took on fresh life today, and with ample funds, the best available talent and army of willing workers at his back. Dr. J. H White surgeon in charge, hopes for a successful termination of the struggle
 During the day Dr. White received formal orders from Surgeon General Wyman, notifying him that the Fed eral Government had decided to assume the task prepared for 1t, and immedi- ately visited the State and City Boards of Health. where he communicated the news to Presidents Souchon and Kohnkt and arranged for the transfer Of the work, Both pledged all the assistance of themselves and the forces under them to Dr. White in his undertaking Dr. White said the transfer of details would be gradual, SO that there might be no interruption in the work now in progress The shifting of authority it expected to be complete by tomorrow.
 If was announced that the marine hospital service would take up, as soor os the settlement of details will permit the receiving and compiling of the daily renorts An impression has prevailed ir some quarters outside of New Or leans that all the cases occurring were not made public. Inat impression Ild' heen entirely unjust but in order tha' ,bere may be perfect conhdenc' throughout the country that an accuu' rate statistical statement is being made daily pr. White and the whole public desIyes that hereafter these announce ments shall be made under Fedora nutbority. In this connection. state nn1+ some time since appeared in many newspapers throughout o-;nsn. the 'Gun5T3 Saa5f; authorities had announced only tota oS eftv deaths. the marine hospitals re Dort had put the figures at more thar 900.
 pr White. in reply. sta.es that n' his department. that no such numoe of deaths had occurred and that th' figures carried daily by the Associate' Press were correct.
 There was a prompt response tooa! to the appeal of Chairman Janvler the Citizens Committee for additiona subscriptions to the citizens fund t' kba end of rafsin9 the quarter Of