Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-08-18
YELLOW FEVER
in MISSISSIPPI
Eleven Are Reported as Happening
at Mississippi City.
ARE JUST LEARNED.
All the Other Gulf Towns at Once
Instituted Observation-Disclosures
Of Louisiana Report Some
More Cases.

New Orleans, Aug. 1S.--Following 10
the official record up to 6 o'clock
Wednesday evening: New cases. &c;
total cases. 1146; deaths. 4: total
deaths. 176; new foci. 10; total foci
24S; cases under treatment. Ala.
With little variation in the daily
record. it naturally follows that there
is no material change in the situation
and none is looked for in the imme-
date future. There Is considerable
satisfaction to be drawn from the
shows two things-one that the type
of the disease is not as malignant as at
first supposed. and the other, that THE
authorities are finding about every
case in the city. The generally accept
ed death rate is about IL per cent. 1t
is about a week ago that the daily
record took jump. one day los cases
being reported. Since then the daily
record has lowered around sixty. While
eight days are usually allowed for
patient to recover or die, most of the
deaths occur on the fifth and sixth
day. so the fact that the deaths
Tuesday and Wednesday were small,
indicates that all the sases are on the
record now and subjected to treatment
according to the modern idea. DR..
White said the other day that If he
could be assured of having every case
in the city under observation and
proper treatment. he could stamp out
the disease in short time. SO evidently
the desired condition is approaching,
IL it has not already been attained.
There were no prominent people
among the new cases. but the majority
Of them are among the people of COM
Portable circumstances. Only six of
the new foci are above Canal street.
Past Assistant Surgeon Corrupt
found another nest OF infection on. side
of the city Wednesday. He went to st.
John parish. fifty miles above the city.
on the Mississippi river, and unearthed
thirty-three cases. twenty-one of which
are In an entirely new focus I'm and
around the town Of La Place. lie found
eight more cases on Diamond planta-
ton, I'm st. Charles parish. and four
more on Terre Haute plantation The
cases at La Place are principally
among the better class of people and II
seems 10 be mild type. lie reports
that all the houses OF the poorer class
OF people in that section are full OF
stegomyia, and unless steps are taken
Immediately to eradiczte Them the
spread will get beyond control.
The state board of health has placed
H. C<xx.,,t a., o<x,frr1 ~ THE xrorL nd
he will return to that place at once.
The state board will also send ply
stefan and nurses TO the scene.
Patterson reports six new cases and
no deaths.
Points Celeste. in Plaquemine par
ish. reports two new cases and proba-
bly, three among as many children. all
I'm the same group. A case was discov-
cred In Redinc. In the parish OF Acadia.
on the Southern Pacific railroad. Sur
geon Gulteras visited Lafayette and
confirmed the diagnosis of The case
there. No others have developed. AS
sistant Surgeon GoIdberger has con-
frmed the suspicious case which deveI
oped in Alexandria. The patient is
nearly well.
A special from Gulfport Tells of the
discovery OF yellow fever at Missis-
sippi City. on the Gulf of Mexico. and
states that the disease has been there
since July 20. II originated in the Har-
vey clearinghouse there among tho
family of Major Gee. There have been
eleven cases all told and four persons
are now under treatment. All of the
other coast towns have Guaranteed
against Mississippi City. but there is
much resentment over the fact that
the existence OF the fever there was
not discovered until Wednesday.
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