Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-11

NEW ORLEANS. August 1.-THE fever
situation shows no material change though
the record OF new cases In the preceding
twenty-four hours 10 high-water mark dur
Ing the present visitation. The fed.
erai surgeons are not in the least SUR
prised at the number, and DR.. White ex-
poets large report daily for some time
yet He believes that the totals In the
last few days indicate that the physicians
are falling in line and reporting their cases
and he expects as a result that the extraor>
dinary work which is being done will
oegin to show much earlier than might
otherwise be expected. AS long as thS
deaths are kept down the authorities will
be free from alarm over the situation.
Some concern has been felt about the
state insane asylum at jackson, La, where
there are 1900 inmates. but Superintendent
Hayes reports that there 10 not a single
suspicious case there. The asylum 10 thor.
oughly disinfected and every prscaution has
been taken to destroy the breeding placSo
or the stegomyia. An inmate Of the asy.
lum who escaped five days ago, though pen.
niless. has been found at tho opposite end
OF the state. having crossed a number Of
rivers. roads and parish lines without be-
ing stopped by quarantine guards.
Dr. Iichenor and the yellow fever nurses
sent fom here are at Bon Ami. and COME
are not as bad as they were expected to be
FOUND. There have been no new cases, ana
the two GASES under treatment have been
segregated and screened.
Negroes Set Fine Example.
The colored population OF Franklin, La.
the home of Senator Foster, have set a And
example They have held a mass meeting
and volunteered to clean tho whole town
under the supervision of white foreman
Educational meetings continue here ana
are largely attended. The women's League
is arranging for number Of lectures IN
italian and French In the foreign neighbor-
moods. Linguists among the physicians
nave volunteered to deliver the addresses.
The Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Company. which is building line into New
Orleans from Baton Rouge an extension OF
the road from Shreveport. has been able
thus far TO go forward with its work with.
out quarantine interruption.
Among the cases reported are three In
the French asylum on St. Ann street be.
tween Roman and Derbigny. These are the
first cases thus far reported in any of the
public institutions outside of the hospitalss
The Federal Work.
Except for reports of the steady progress
Of the work OF the federal authorities In
their effort to get in touch with every nook
and corner where isease may exist, the
fever situation here was bare Of develops
iucnt6 SONdy. As tHc udys pdbbs Will ~
steady decrease in the death percentage.
the feeling Of optimism increases Frost
rarely II ever appears in New Orleans until
December, and the health authorities have
therefore ample time to demonstrate that Z
serious visitation OF yellow fever Is con.
trollable. They continue confident OF thein
ability to prove II.
Reports compiled by DIR. Warner show
that a vast amount of work has been done
in the matter of screening cisterns. From
the territory above Canal street reports are
of a marked disappearance OF mosquitoes.
In connection with the crusade against
mosquitoes an effort is to be made to have
all householders pledge themselves to burn
sulphur In every room cf their homes wfth@
In the next week.
Naval Surgeon Ordered to New Orleans
Naval Surgeon L. w. Spratling, who has
been on duty with the isthmian canal CONF
mission has been ordered to duty at the
naval station at New Orleans While the
department had one medical officer on duty
there it was thought best to send an adj
ditional doctor to that station. PrecaUs
tionary measures have been adopted to
guard against the spread of the fever ia
the naval station. 1t was stated at the
department today that the situation at
New Orleans Is being closely watched and
that the medical department is prepared
to act promptly.
Surgeon General Wyman has directed
Passed Assistant Surgeon G. H Lavender.