Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-08-16
YELLOW FEVER
ON The OUTSIDE
Several Cases Have Been Reported
In Outside Parishes.
DOZEN DIED MONDAY
Situation at Patterson Is Reported
as Encouraging and the Resi-.
dents of That Place Are
Thoroughly Alert.

New Orleans. Aug. 16.-Following Is
the official yellow fever report up to
o'clock Monday afternoon: New
cases. SIS: total. 1898: deaths. IL: total
1se; new subfoci. s; total 21o: cases
under treatment, 356.
The figu0s for Monday are consid-
cred surprisingly small. considering
that nineteen of the cases reported
really belonged in Sundays list. having
come I'm after the closing of Sundays
report Monday has usually been a
of hoidovers from Sunday. and IL the
number of new cases for the next few
days continue small then 1t can be
said that the situation is really i'm
proving. OF the new foci. four are up
town and four below Canal street.
Surgeon Whites forces went to work
on the recognized plan, all the fumi
eating and screening being done from
the district headquarters insted Of the
central headquarters as heretofore.
Assistant Surgeons Mullans and
Green reported for duty. Surgeon
Sporting of the navy arrived here to
look after the interests of the Aavy
men who are at the naval station.
Monday was field day for country
cases. Assistant Surgeon Corrupt went
TO st. James parish and found a case
at Luther. a large lumber town. This
case is traced to the reserve plania-
ton.
The parish health officer of St
Charles reports that Diamond and
Goodhope plantations have each one
suspicious and three positive cases. He
says that on the Goodhope place the
Italians are very much opposed to in
spections. but he will call ON the sher-
III 10 inforce his authority. Two more
cases were discovered on the WOODS
plantation, in Jefferson parish. An
other case has developed at j La
Fourchc Crossing, which is isolated on
"a flatboat I'm the bayou. Patterson re-
ports three new cases and no deaths
Plaquemine parish reports two new
cases at Port Celeste. four miles above
POinte la Hache, one - which is
dead. All other cases in that parish
have recovered and the Pointe Celeste
cases are the only secondary infection
which has developed. An early report
received by the board of health said
that there were twelve cases there, but
this was a mistake in transmisstan-
Surgeon Guiteras returned fro a
tersorf.~ where ne has beer III ysii
the fumigation and screening anH or
ganizing the community to fight the
Infection. He reports the situation
there as encourag ing and the people
thoroughly alive TO the necessity OF
the work mapped out by him.
The situation I'm regard to the fruit
business shows some signs of a solu-
ton. il is believed that the surgeon
general will withdraw his prohibition
against shipment of fruit north. II an
arrangement now under way can be
completed TO have fruit vessels I'M
loaded at Chalmette. a point below
the city.
The Norwegian steamship Sapphire.
from Colon. is now held up in quaran-
tine and two cases of sickness were
taken off and placed In the detention
camp at the quarantine station near
the moui' OF the river. II is reported
here that case of sickness was taken
off another ship recently. which Is still
detained at quarantine.
Assistant Surgeon Berry is on the
road to recovery.