Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-24
FEVER SITUATION o.
GREATLY IMPROVED
Perfect Harmony Between Fed
eral and Local officials.
TOTAL CASES. 1.457; DEATHS, 211

Not Iet WOOf ue HuU"lhSe FCei
Certain They Have the Fever Well
In Check.
New Orleans, August 23.-Showers
today promised some amelioration OF
the high temperatures which have been
prevailing. but otherwise there was lit.
tie change in the yellow fever situa.
ton.
Six deaths during the night prom.
ised that todays total would run about
equal with that Of the preceding "a
hours. There was little variation
In the number Of new cases In the
early morning report The me ideal au-
thorities said today that evidence OF
the fact that the situation Is constant.
ly improving. insofar as the system OF
controlling II Is concerned. was TO be
found In the fact that cases are now
being reported six and eight hours
after they are taken down. II Is an
indication OF the efficiency with which
the local physicians are cooperating
with the federal authorities Report OF
cases promptly on their occurrence
permits immediate screening and thus
lessons the changes for infection OF
persons who have not been attacked.
One Of the cases reported today in
the city was OF Salvador Lucca, a sail.
or ON the schooner at Spanish Fort.
He had been III for several days. There
IS a possibility therefore that others
on the same schooner will he affect.
Cd as well as members OF other crews.
Fight Not Won Yet.
While the lea lers In the fight
against yellow fever feel that the great
struggle IL succeeding beyond their
expectations, there Is no disposition
20 lull the public into a false sense
Of security lest there shall be q relax.
alton Of the efforts which II Is essen.
tial that every householder shall make
II the present control of the disease
Is 20 De maintained The fight has
wv ~. NV u Nblls aaAAN I lbAfENbl Mflt,
Of Tulane university. today In urging
every citizen 10 keep up his enthusi.
assn. We are only on the foothills:
the mountains are yet tO be scaled:
the furlifCatIons are yet To bee taken
In the next two or three weeks II will
De known whether the disease can be-
stamped out ~ checked II IL can
be- stamped out, Il will he a miracle.
That II can be held In check Ia be.
lievrd but the people NJ New Orleans
must exert themselves o. the utmost
With the deaths, however, running
into the hftics and rapidly approach.
ing The eighties NJ this time I'm 1878. and
The new eases NJ genuine yellow fever
appruXimating 200 against less than a
dozen deaths daily now. there is con.
sidcred 20 b. every Justification for
the encouragement (which Or White
announces he feels over the situation
Especially encouraging Ii the situA.
ton above Canal street. The disease
has struggled desperately TO gain a
footho,d IN that section, bu, has failed
There have been a considerable mum.
her OF eases but they are widely scat.
tered. and there Is not a nest ~ them
70 he found anywhere from Canal 70
the upper limits OF the parish
some DAYS ago President Souehon
wrote 20 the railroads Asking them
20 put on small trains 20 come OF the
towns which are In SOre distress be-
cause communicates II cut oH. Gener.
al Superintendent Cushing. az the
southern Pacific has written a reply
tha, the mad Is nov runnihe trains a,
heavy }oss 90 afford service for non.
infgvtei localities. Trsvri hoWcver
Is - 'igh, hat these trains are earn.
ne less than one-tourth " what
costs 20 run them. and additional g,
c!'it.es cannot be furnished
italian cOnssAled Case.
The cases repoyied trom ;; BeruArd
parish. adjoining Mes Orleans. shos
hOw diKicult IA IL 10 keep track %
sickness IN tAe couEtFy O1c al the
eases vas that % an, Italian Wonaa.
She hal seea sick fPg . we~k bra
Arv husrant ppncesled he fars nna
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