The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-02
New Cases Apparently on
 Decline.
THE COUNTRY INFECTION
Believed That Worst Stage
 is Now Past.
Contrary to Expectations, the Disease shows MiIder Form and Hopes Are Entertained That it
 VIII Be Soon Killed.

New Orleans, Sept. 1.--Ofhciai report Ito 6 D. ni.. Friday:
 New cases, 3s; total cases to date. L. s5s: deaths, 4; total deaths to date. I2S1: new foci. 10.
 | For the first time in several weeks the number of new cases on q week day was below forty, which is regarded as lcumuIative evidence of the steady i'm provement in the local situation. The deaths continue to be few, but for the first time since the fever broke out not one of them is an Italian, One is q lnegro and all lived down town. Among the new cases Is Father Hoes of St. Ann's Church, whose parish has had transferable infection, and he has la-
 bored among his people from the begin hing. .
 A nest of three cass was discovered just across the protection levee above ECarrolfton, In Jefferson Parish. the pa- tients being Italians. Hospital Street. which has had 1s0 cases so far, for the first time fails to report a new case
 Assistant Surgeon w. C. Fucker of the Marine Hospital Service. Is down with q slight fever. but his case has not yet been diagnosed as yellow fever Passed Assistant Surgeon Currie. who has been in command in Afgisru. has l just recovered from an attack of appen- dicitis
 Outside cases: The country infee- ton is still a source of anxiety because.
 now that the city Is being cleared of infection, there is danger of rsinfection from the country. despite all the pre- cautions which have been taken. There have beeu no cases traced to the Coum~ | try. since the new regulations have
 been in effect. but the fact that vicks~
 burg and Natchex. with their atr-tiEht auarantlnes. have let in infection, leads to the determination on the part of the state health authorities to exert themr | selves to the utmost to control the country situation Strong measures are being adopted wherever there is
 evidence of the slightest laxity in the
 situation In any country community One wealthy sugar planter who refused to allow or contribute to the erection
 Of an emergency hospital on his place, whore quite number of Iteliaus sarssa infected. wiir have his place declared
 a public nuisance. and the State board will take control and force him to pay ' the bill
 The two cases discovered at La Rosa.
 In La Fourche Parish, thirty-fve miles from Leeviile have been traced direct
 ly to Leeville, one of the patients being Dr. Tertrau. who attended several cases In Leeville.
 The following reports were received today:
 Patterson, three eases, one death: ] Waveland plantation. three cases, one
 death; Kenner. four cases. one death; , Hanson City. two cases; Amelia, nve cases; Bayou Boeuf. one case; Port ! Barrow. two cases; Bayou Cook. ! PIaquemine Parish (new foci). one : case; Lake Providence. two cases: Cuff port. two cases: Mississippi City, tive } cases; Natchez, two cases
 The worst Over. , The fever record today bore out the | nf Tlr aA 3G } fellow fever fighters that the worst is over and that if the citizens of New Or 3 leans are watchful and continue to give 3 l the authorities the same cooperation
 miracle will be wrought of stamp ing out the fever before frost comes ! to lay low the last of the fugitive , stegomyia. Contrary to all expecta- tions the fever is assuming mtlder . form at the period when 1t was ex- pected to grow most deadly and the , deaths have grown insignificant in number.
 That Is true not only of New Orleans,
 but at the various points In Mississippi
 where the disease has appeared. In
 that state there have been about sew
 enty cases to date and only one death. Wherever there has been heavy death 2 | rate. as at Leeville. and on some of the ? plantations contiguous to New Orleans. it has been because the victims were . Italians who either did not have or refused to accept medical attendance i. l Tn 1878. when the Italians were fewer in number, and the fever appeared in discriminatory among the nationaliities, . the record for September 1 was 260 cases and sS deaths against a handful
 of fatalities on the same day this year. In carrying on the work here money . has been expended with lavish hand. s More than a quarter of a million was subscribed by the state, city and citi- D ktNf nn represent by any means the total of s l expenditures. for thousands of dollars I have been expended by the volunteer Q ward organizations and many thou 2 sands more by the individual house 2 holders. Of the expenditures of mon-
 ewy under the direction of the marine
 hospital service. Dr. Warner said today
 that not a penny has been distributed that has not resulted fin lasting good l to New Orleans.
 = The general spirit of the community 3 is high in the face of the physical rec f ord and the opinions expressed by all } those who have been high fin authority ' in the campaign. and the daily ar rival of New Orleans people from oth- CT sections of the country indicate that fear Is abating among those who hur-
 ried away when the existence of the disease was first made public. An Emergency Hospital. It has practically been decided to maintain the new emergency hospital to be opened on Monday until site for the permanent hospital has been se- . cured and the building erected and
 equipped. The present institution will serve after the present fever Is over
 for the isolation of other diseases and
 1t will be in readiness for the reception of patients in the early spring In the
 event of a recurrence of sporadic eases. The permanent hospital is to be built
 on the outskirts of the city in sona
 heaithful locality.
 Two doctors of the marine hospital
 service were reported m today. Sur
 Eeon Donald Currie. however. Ia not
 suffering with yellow fever but with , appendicitis. He is expected to be back at work again in day or two. Past Assistant Surgeon W, c. Fucker went into the record as a suspicious case, } a9t sufacient time having elapsed to complete the diagnosis.
 President Godchaux of the Progres-