The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-30
SITUATION AT NEW ORLEANS Number of Cases Takes
 a Jump. WHITE Is NOT WORRIED Violent Fluctuations to Be
 Expected. Mississippi Towns are Asking for Doc tors snd Nurses and Their Needs are Being Supplied
 Country Reports.
WHITE IS NOT WORRIED


 New cases, 2S; total cases to date, 2.s6s; deaths, 2; total deaths to date, 3S6; new foci, 5; cases under treatment, 243; eases discharged, 2,S40.
 The number of new cases reported today was something of a surprise in the face of the reports for the two pre- vious days, but it is taken as matter of course. Dr. White says that at this stage of the epidemic jumps or de- creases of ten day are to be expected, so no alarm need be felt now If the list should show seeming violent huc- tuations.
 Of the new cases only five are above Canal Street. Another case has devel- oped in the Mount Carmel Convent on Bayou Road and St. Claude Street. The first case, which was also Sister, died about three weeks ago. The Ma rine Hospital Service began actual work on the right bank of Jefferson Parish, which for twenty miles above Algiers has been placed under their control One case was unearthed in Gretna, which town up to this time has apparently been free of fever. The pa tient was transferred to this side of the river and taken to the Emergency Hos pital.
 Surgeon White and pr. Souchon of the State Board are working together with the view of relieving the country parishes and the city of such restrict
 
 down travel. Dr. Souchon has sent out circular letter to the parish health officers suggesting that as the date for frost, October IS, is so near, 1t would be just as well to raise the bars, so that plantations may secure their supplies of labor. As further effort in this di- rection, Dr. White leaves on tour of the sugar parishes Saturday morning.
 Aiding Mississippi.
 MississippI towns In distress over the fever have applied for doctors and nurses. and both the State Board and the Marine Hospital Service are assist ing them. Four nurses have been sent to Hamburg, Passed Assistant Sur geon Greene, who has been in command of the Fifth Ward, has gone to Port Gibson. Miss, and Acting Assistant Sur Eeon Beechei has gone to Glocester, Miss. s
 The country reports were: Patter- son, 23 new cases in town and in rail- road camp; Terre Bonne Parish, new cases; Grand Isle. ? new cases and one suspicious; St. Rose. new cases; Crosse Tete. new cases; Bunkie, new case: Covfngton, suspicious case; Alexandria, 1 new case; Gretna, case; Taliulah, 2 new cases; St. Bernard Par ish, new cases.
 The auxiliary ward organizations un- der the chairmanship of Rev. Dr. War ner, tonight decided to inaugurate
 
 of all the remaining mosquitoes in the city and have fixed on October IA and Is for general cleaning and Immigration days. It Is hoped to make this fumi- gation unanimous on the part of the community.
 To Reduce Forces.
 With the steady improvement in the yellow fever situation there is expected to be a gradual reduction, beginning next week, of the forces now employed under the auspices of the government in the struggle to eradicate the disease. When he came here and took charge. Dr. White was assured that he might have every dollar that could be legi- timately expended in carry on the work. His estimate to the surgeon general at the time was that it would require from $i.500 to $2.000 a day to cover expenses. but when control actually passed into his hands it was with the assurance of the citizens of New Or leans that a sufficient fund would be received to permit him to spend con siderably larger amount. The fund of $150,00O undertaken to be raised by the citizens has now been practically com pleted and besides there has been at the disposal of the federal authorities the $50.0o0 which the city appropriated and large proportion of the $100 900 which the Governor borrowed There has been absolutely no stint at any time of the financial resources of the hospital service and all the money available is at hand to run the cam paign to a finish.
 A large reduction of the fever and especially the fact that the section above Canal Street has escaped with comparatively little infection will make possible the early curtailment and cen- tralization of the laboring forces. Every dollar paid out has been by check and vouchers and 1t Is probable that so large an amount of money in a work of this kind has never hereto fore been disbursed with so little evil dence of graft. A complete list of the contributions, with something in the nature of a history of the campaign. is to be preserved In pamphlet form at the conclusion of the work of the marine hospital service
 Slight Increase Shown.
 Some increase over the very low record of the preceding four days was shown in today's report of new cases. but in view of the fact that the popu- Iation today Is very much larger than lt was a month ago the per centage of sickness is considered exceedingly small The days deaths showed a de- cline and the few fatalities that are occurring at this time. considering the extremes of weather September is showing. is considered little less than remarkable.
 The first case of yellow fever to ap- pear in Gretna was reported today. The patient is a negro. Gretna lies inn nedIately opposite New Orleans in Jef- ferson Parish, Is a town of $500 in habitants and, except for barring out Italians when the infection was plainly confined to that race. 1t has had wide open communication with New Or leans. several hundred of its people having daily employment here. The town, however. screened and oiled and took other precautions from the begin nins and to that fact Is believed to owe Its immunity heretofore.
 Orders direct from Washington trans fered Passed Assistant Surgeon Green Co Port Gibson today and caused a switching around of Dr. Whites forces here. Dr. Green having been h full charge of the First Ward. Dr. Guiteras, who went from Vicksburg to Port Gibson. advised the need Of a surgeon at the latter place. where con-