The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
SEPTEMBER SHOWS
 MORE NEW CASES
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 Baize Wednesday morning to make fur ther studies into the yellow fever ques- tion. He will return to New Orleans In three weeks.
 Causes Considerable Disappointment.
 While the Act that there was again to- day large number of new cases of yellow fever did not give the authorities con- cern, the reason for the sudden jump In cases within the past four or five days has been the cause of much speculation and considerable disappointment on the part of the public The disappointment comes from the fact that any increase is bound to have discouraging effect else- where, and therefore prolong the exis- tence of quarantines.
 Various reasons for the increase are 1 suggested, among them the fact that the physicians are now turning up cases on the slightest pretext owing to the ex- ample that was recently made of one Of their number, but the federal officers are inclined to believe the fact that the stegomyia multiplies more rapidly in September if rains are frequent as has been the case, than during any other month and that over confidence has dulled the zeal of householders in warning against the mosquitoes Is responsible for the rise. However the death rate is de- creasing as the new cases grow more numerous, and 1t Is considered probable | that the disease henceforth will be so mild as to carry with it little danger and great deal of benefit in immunizing | those who are attacked by 1t.
 To Establish Another Hospital. l The persistency with which the fever | has struck to the Port Barrow neighbor- hood in Ascension parish lead the state board of health to decide today to estab- 1 fish a hospital on the outskirts of Don aldsonville. Twenty beds and a large sup | ply of mattresses, linens, etc., were shipped there today, accompanied by pr. | Corput and trained nurse, and the hos | pita1 will be immediately established. Dr. | Corput established the hospital at Kenner, | which drew from Dr. White and Professor l Boyce the statement that 1t was the | most complete emergency institution of 1 it's kind they had ever seen The Donald | sonvile hospital will be similar in charac- | ter. The state board of health Is anxious l to prevent the spread of fever In the
 country, and 1t is thought by collecting all
 the patients at Port Barrow, Donaldson | ville and contiguous country in this hos l pital the disease can be very quickly
 stamped out in that section, which is | in the heart of the sugar region. It is | not improbable that a modern emer- gency hospital will also be established at | Tallulah.
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 The death of Sister Mary of St. Cecilina at the Mount Carmel asylum today calls attention to thu feet that the Catholic | church has suffered quite severely during the present sickness. Sister Mary was | the second religeuse to die, and besides them the church has sustained the loss
 of its archbishop and in Father Green one of it's ablest priests.
 Autopsies are being held here of pa- | tients who succumb to the fever in con- nection with the investigations that are | in progress under the leadership of Pro- l lessor Pothier and Dr. Archinard, to dis cover the germ of yellow fever. Two post mortems have been held during the
 week. The investigators, however, are still unwilling to admit that they have
 solved the problem they have been study ing
 There was a prolonged conference to- day between Dr. White. Mayor Behrman,
 president of Metz City Attorney Gill more, President Kohnk of the city board | of health and other officials in connection | with the drafting of broad city sanitary | ordinance and ncidently to discuss the work which the new public health asso- citation is to do here. Dr. White has cor dially indorsed the plan and believes it is capable of rendering inestimable service | to New Orleans in the matter of protect ing the city from future outbreaks of yell low fever
 A preliminary meeting of the associa- ton is to be held on Friday evening and the medical society, the underwriters, the trade and labor council the clearing house. the exchanges. administrators of the colleges and other bodies have been invited to send representatives.
 Janvier Makes Statement.
 Briefly stated" said President Jan
 vier, outlining the purposes of the asso- l loia af of to set our house in order, in sanitary sense, so that we may be fully protected against a repetition of a very trying and
 bitter experience to which we have this
 year been subjected.
 'eThe work of the association will be
 three-fold. First. to have proper sanitary | regulations framed by expert and ex-
 perienced sanitarans; second. to create,
 stimulate and keep up a public sentiment in support of their enactment into laws;
 third to see to it that the laws, when
 enacted shall be rigidly enforced with
 out fear or favor, but honest and com
 petent officials"
 The appearance of yellow fever at Ham,
 burg on the Mississippi valley railroad
 threatens to tie up more country along
 the route. Baton Rouge, Hamburg and
 vicksburg are all three on the line and
 all are now infected Laborers on the
 valley gravel train were today put into
 a detention camp at Port Gibson. A
 gravel pit of the road Is located near
 Hamburg and the train has been going
 there daily for supplies.