The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Saturday Saw Remarkably
 Few New Cases.
DEATHS NUMBER ONLY ?
Authorities Are Still Feeling
 Encouraged. ~
ons oe I've, Points of Fever Infection Uncovered Around Cevington. ' Reports From the Ceun-
 try Parishes.

New Orleans, Sept. 30.-Omcial re- port tc p. m. Saturday:
 New cases. a1; total cases to date. 5000; deaths. 3; total deaths. 3ss; new foci. II: cases under treatment. 24e; cases discharged. a.s72.
 The fever situation is steadily im- proving despite the apparent auctua- {ions in the number of new eases daily. The very fact that only thirty-one new, cases were reported on Saturday. which heretofore has always been a record day of the week. fs . source of satis- faction.
 Ten of the new cases are above Ca nal Street and four of the new foci. Three more cases were recorded from the Jefferson parish side of the river, two in McDonnughville and one on Gretna. The latter Is q negro preacher.
 Of the deaths one occurred in the French Asylum on St. Ann Street. and the other was at the lower end of the city. It is quite coincidence that the number of cases should reach an even 5000 on the soth of September.
 Surgeon White left early this morn fnr or, a special train to meet the local health officials in the sugar parishes and discuss the quarantine questions with them Nothing has been heard from him since he left. and he Is not expected to return before Monday.
 The only interesting news from the parishes Is the uncovering of two posi- tive and one or two suspicious cases in and around Covington by the local health oficer, whose diagnosis was confirmed by Dr. Brady, the State Boards medical inspector. The parish health officer reports that the Neuhaus infection came from Ibita Sprince. con hrming the belief of concealed infec- tfon in that vicinity.
 Coutry reports were: Kenner ttwo days), 8 new cases; Baton Rouge, 1 new case: Kemps Bend, 1 new case, on boat; Port Barrow tseven days). 5 new cases. i death; Patterson. 10 new cases: Terrebcnne parish. 1 new ease. death; (srecna, I new case: McDonccghville. ] new cases: Covington. cases; Plat tenviIie. 1 new sase; Milliken's Bend. new cases 1 death: Tallulah, new eases; St. Bernard parish. new cases: Lake Providence, 3 now cases. death.
 The death at Lake Providence is J. T. Lindsey, the telegraph operator. who volunteered to remain there. The last message he sent over week ago told of the death of his friend. Riley Fer rier, a conductor, who had also volun- teered to remain there
 Terrific RianfaII.
 A terrific rainstorm that temporarily put many streets under water descend ed on the city today. but as the water was speedily carried of by the drainage machines there was no interruption of the work of either doctors or inspec- tors and the number of new cases again gave satisfaction to the authorities.
 The death list was again a source of qualification, pointing unmistakably to the fact that the type of fever is ex- c hepInnin0 n August the physicians were in a state of continual suspense over the possi- bility that as in former years the fever would suddenly develop into a very ma 1ignant form. Precisely the contrary was true from the end of August to the present time During the month of August there was total of 22S deaths. During September there has been less than half. or a total of III, an average of four a day. Normally. when there is no epidemic of yellow ? fever here the number of deaths daily from all disases average between eigh- teen and twenty day.
 Not unfavorable comparison is now made with the record of 1897. Then the fever appeared on September 16, be- was brought in when the flight took place from one of the towns on the Mississippi coast. where the fever broke out. In that year during the week ending September 29. there were 125 cases of actual fever reported and sew enteen deaths. During the same week this year there were POT cases and twen- ty-eight deaths. T. is not contended that all of the cases that get into the official list this year are genuine fever, wher gas, in 1897, by reason of the fact that infected houses were immediately quarantined there were many fewer suspicious cases reported. In that year the fever was increasing at this time, 6 large proportion of the total deaths occurring In October. while now it Is steadily waning. with small mortal ity and every promise that 1t will com pletely disappear before the coming month passes Today completed the tenth week of the light against the disease.
 Permanent Isolation Hospital.
 With the fight practically whipped, conferences are now proceeding in con nection with the establishment of per manent isolation hospital by means of which 1t Is hoped to forever avoid any further recurrence of yellow fever in epidemic form. pr. White has been participant in these discussions. Fol- lowing the exa nple at Havana the fun damental aim of the promoters is to se- cure site likely to be most free of stegomyia mosquitoes. It is practical ly decided that this will be on the river front where, because of the com pAFdtitcAy tGW TeSiQenCeSy Ln1S domestic mosquito is infrequently found. Two sites are under consideration, one at the ' upper and the other at the lower linn its. Advantages in a river site will be found in its accessibility to ships which may bring cases here and in the fact that there will be less opposition to the location than if it was selected in an inhabited section. It Is promised that there will be ample money to complete the institution before next spring and that the present equipment of the Emergency Hospital will suffice to fur nish it.
 Miss Minor and Miss Dunne, two trained nurses who were commended by the physicians for the yeoman work they did, returned from Tallulah today. Miss Minor suffered an attack of fever while there, but expects to be com pIetely restored within ten days. They said that the change of conditions at Tallulah was amazing and that the