Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-10-17
END OF EPIDEMIC
IS NOW IN SIGHT
This Week Will Practically Put
Fever Out of Business.
ONLY EIGHT CASES REPORTED
Wholesale Reduction In the Working
Forces Continue-Situation In Sur
rounding Country Is Excellent, and
Quarantines Are Being Raised.


New Orleans, Oct 16.-Unless the
federal authorities are to be greatly
disappointed the week beginning today
will mark practically the end OF the vel
low fever visitation.
The remarkable showing Of only
eight new cases in the past "a hours,
is regarded as confirming Dr. White 5
prediction that the fever will ultimate
| ly die out with considerable sudden
ness.
1t is expected that during the week
there will be a considerable increase
over yesterdays low total, but they VIII
be followed by heavy decreases until
it is predicted one morning early in the
future New Orleans will wake up to
find no cases at all reported.
. Last week there was tot7l Of only
129 cases against 176, tne week before
and of Is deaths against % in the pre-
ceding week. From August 18th each
week has shown decline. There are
now only 143 cases under treatment
and this number will soon fall within
hundred. In the Emergency hospital
there are now only % cases. The
third ward, the largest in the city,
has now not d single case of fever.
Wholesale reductions of the working
forces continue. Inspectors to the
number of 115 were dropped from the
rolls yesterday at the end of their
work and more will be let go today
There will then be 400 men at work
against 1876 a Snort time ago The
report Of the Citizens committee is
expected to show large surplus from
the amount tnat was raised to fight the
fever
DR.. J. NJ. Rosenau, bacteriologist
of the Marine hospital service, who was
sent here by Surgeon General Wyman
to make investigations at the Emergen-
ton. In his work here he has coop
Grated with DR.. Goldberger, also OF
the service. DR.. Rosenau took with
him numerous samples of blood. etc,
but before he left would not be quoted
as 10 any discoveries. Dr. Rosenau,
it Is understood, however, found the
type of disease so mild that he had diff
ficu!ty in obtaining the material he de
sired. When DR.. Rosenau arrived the
disease had changed from a malignant
to 4 rather mild tye of fever
General Improvement in state condi.
tions continue
Lake Providence considers that the
disease there has practically been
wiped out. 1t has almost been over
come at TalIulah but President Gaines,
of the Tallulah board has issued AM
appeal to Tallulah refugees not to re.
turn until there is a heavy frost, so
that fresh material may not be pro-
vided for the disease. Only one death
occurred in the state outside of New
Orleans in the preceding "a hours.
The lifting of some of the quaran
tines is already bringing country peo
pie into New Orleans, and enabling
other country people who have been
refugeeing here and elsewhere, to re-
turn to their homes.
Reports received by DR.. Warner in,
dicate that while disinfection was not
general yesterday, large numbers of
householders answered the appeal the
lower section of the city showing up
particularly Well That is the quar-
ter in which the fever has principal
ly ragged.
The weather today was threatening,
and there was a slight chill in the air,
promising further fall in temperature.