The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
FEEL STILL ENCOURAGED New Orleans Authorities Not Worried. THE OPTIMISM GENERAL Believed That Fever Will
 Soon Disappear. Percentage of Cases Which Have Term mated Fatally in the Crescent
 City Affords Much Ground
 for Confidence.

New Orleans, Aug. 3s.-Following is the official report to p. m. Tuesday:
 New cases, 45; total cases to date, l. sS2; deaths, [; total deaths to date, 2s7; new foci. g.
 Owing to the fact that the total num- Der of foci which have been printed from day to day is misleading, and that the number of cases reported un- der treatment is inaccurate on account of defect in the formula on which they were figured, both figures have been dropped. leaving simply those given above.
 There are no specially prominent names In the list of new cases Among the deaths is a son of Victor J. Botto, D prominent steamboat agent. Two deaths occurred in the Emergency Hos pitai and one in the Charity Hospital. There are only two Italians among them. The new Emergency Hospital. one of the McDonogh public schools on North Rampant Street, will be ready for occupancy in a few days and the present building, which has hastily been improvised. will be abandoned. Surgeon White has asked those who conduct private schools and the priests In charge of parochial schools to post spone the opening until October, as has
  lie schools.
 The feature of the news from outside the city, was the report of Inspector Brady, who went down Bayou Barra- taria and found several infected fishing camps and settlements.
 Relief Expedition.
 At Clark Cheniere he found twelve cases; at Barrataria, one case; at Bayou Cholas, one case; at Kintin camp, eighteen cases The State Board has sent a relief expedition of doctors and nurses.
 Twenty-Five tents will be shipped by the Marine Hospital Service to Lake Providence to enable the authorities there to isolate the negro population. among whom the disease seems to have gained a foothold. The report from here is three new cases.
 Other reports from the country are:
 Amelia, four new cases and one death; Bayou Boeuf, two cases; Houma (Terrebonne Parish), one case. traced to Ardoyne; Ardoyne. two new cases; Kenner, five new cases. An emergency hospital will be opened there in day or two Hanson City. two new cases; Ninth Ward of Jefferson, one new case; St. Rose, three new cases; Patterson, three new cases; Waveland plantation, six new cases; Port Barrow, one new case.
 Surgeon Guiteras will start for Natchez in the morning, having re- turned from Patterson tonight
 An examination of the nationality of the deaths from yellow fever up to Aug. 27 out of total of 259, shows 16s Italians. 83 French, 25 German, 25 Americans, 4 Russians, negroes and 1 Greek.
 An Important Development.
 The most important development of the yellow fever situation today was the report of Dr. c. Milo Brady, who had been sent by the State Board of Health on a tour of inspection of the bayous and lakes in Jefferson Parish, where there are many settlements of fishermen In constant communication with New Orleans. Doctors are sell dom accessible to these fishermen and 1t was apprehended that sickness and distress existed among them. Dr. Brady made the trip with Dr. shanIey of North Dakota, in a launch loaned by the latter. Without completing their investigation they turned up thirty-five cases of yellow fever, learn ed of deaths that had occurred and found much suffering.
 The patients suffering with the dis ease are principally Portuguese and Spaniards, but there are many Italians. Chinamen and Manila men living in the section to which the fever may spread if 1t is not taken hold of imme- diately. The doctors patiently inves- tigated the history of every case that came under their observation and found that in every instance the disease was traceable to the French Market sec tion of New Orleans The sick were without medical attendance, without nurses and in most cases without med iclnes. the appearance of the fever forcing many of them to abandon their trips to the city.
 After pr. Brady had made his report the State Board decided to organize immediately a relief party consisting of a physician and two nurses and these will be carried down Bayou Bar ataria In MT. Shanley's launch. A large supply of medicines and provis- ions will also be forwarded and the State Board will keep in constant touch with the situation in the effort to control the sickness. All these cases are In Jefferson Parish and add materially to the number which have developed there since the fever was introduced Into New Orleans.
 The Local situation.
 The local situation continues to be of the most hopeful character and the confidence of the Federal authorities is growing that the disease will have practically disappeared before frost. The earliest recorded frost here oc- cured in the second half of October, but the average appearance is between of December.
 The excellence of the treatment which the bulk of the patients receive has resulted in keeping the number of cases under daily treatment down Co