Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-19
LITTLE CHANGE IN
FEVER SITUATION
Eleven Cases Discovered In q
Mississippi Town.
TWO DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Mississippi Coast Towns Seek to In.
crease Risldity Of ouarantine-Dr.
Gulteras IL to Deliver q Lecture on
the Mosquito Question.


the Mosquito Question.
New Cases in New Orleans since 6
D. N. Wednesday-l9
Total cases TO date, les.
Deaths today.
Total deaths-l7S.
A considerable spread OF the yellow
fever has been shown In the reports
OF the past "a hours IS new cases
being unearthed In different localities
in Louisiana and nine in lower Mis-.
slsslppl The last report from Ship
Island quarantine station just outside
Of Mobile bay is dated Aug. 3, and
Up to Aug. IL Their ehas been IL cases
and one death at Ship Island In
New Orleans the situation today was
featureless. The infection continues
to spread slowly In The district north
of Canal street
Governor LAnham. of Texas. has is.
sued a proclamation calling attention
TO the quarantine against the entire
state OF Louisiana and urging upon
the people Of his state the necessity
for perfect sanitation The document
empowers the authorities OF all Texas
cities 10 prevent any violation OF san
itary regulations OF the statd and
makes any conflict herewith penal
offcnse. Not ease Of the fever has
thus far been reported In Texas.
New Orleans. August iS-The vel.
low fever situation vas fcatureless to.
day except for the explanation OF the
discrepancy In the death report In the
preceding tvruty-tour hOuds. The
number a. noon was give as five Al
i O'Clock II was given as four. Five
deaths actually OcCurred, but the Ger.
titicates In an uptown case were turn.
"a in after the record was closed and
viii, therefore. 20 into today's list,
making three deaths above Canal
street in the last three weeks
Some Of the Mississippi coast towns
have been seeking 20 increase the ri.
gidity OF their guarantees so as to
prevent The handling Of any freight
from New Orlears. and to require the
through freight to be- carried in spe.
cially scaled and fumigated cars
The existence OF fever on the coast.
however. may cause change OF heart.
row that .t ID known that that sec.
ton Is actually infected move
ment was ON foot here for an exten.
siye flushing Of the cutters which has
been always done In yellow fever
times The health authorities how.
ever are OF The opinion that the flush.
ing Of cutters will leave pools in
which mosquitoes will hibernate and
instead OF flushing the cutters will be
treated with rock salt.
Dr Juan Guiteras Is to deliver a
lecture on he mosquito and The expe.
ricnces OF Havana at wOmRn's
league meeting arranged for Friday
night
Eleven Cases at MiSSisslpPl City.
The announcement Of the discovery
~ nest of II cases 81 yellow fever
NJ Mississippi city. within J miles of
Gpifport. the terminus ot the Gulf o,
ship island road. aud the fact that the
iever has been IN existence there
since before July 20. the time when
the announcements were made here. Il
expected Ia soften somewhat the Sc.
we're criticism % MissiSsippians OF
New Orleans for failing TO md the lo
cal Infection earlier Before Il vas
known that there vas fever here
there was frequent rvports OF the ~
isteucc ~ fever on The gulf cOast. bat
ne inspection has beer 80 rigid alOnE
the coast for a month hy the Alabama.
Nississlpps aed federal authorities.
hat the deaiAl Of fever ~ Mississippi
city o. elsewhere Wss accepted
TIE family In which the fever nrs;
appeared a. Mississippi CITY arrived
there from New Orleans 90 July =,
aus tae fever u stated 70 have be-
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