The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-18
New Orleans Remains
 Confident.
HOT BED IN LA FOURcHE
Campaign of Education Con-
 tinueS Unabated.
MississIppi Towns are Alarmed over Outlook in Mississippi City, Where Four New Cases Have
 Been Reported.

New Orleans. Aug. 17.-Foilowing is the official report to p. m:
 New cases. "A; total cases to date, 1920. Deaths. 4: total deaths to date, 1S0. New foci IA; total foci to date, 2s2. Cases under treatment. 424
 While the daily record of new cases shows a tendency to rise slowly, the deaths are still small, which furnishes a stimulus for the hope for better things before long. Twenty-three of the new cases were reported by one medical inspector, while the district surgeons have been turning them in In patches of from two to half dozen. Only three of the new foci are above Canal Street One of the new cases Is in Bucktown, which is at the upper end of West End, and while on the edge Of the Jefferson Parish line, is counted in New Orleans. There are no we'll known names among the list.
 The most important news outside of the city came from La Fourche Par ish, where the parish health officer, Dr. Stark, reports widespread infection In the Leeville settlement at the mouth of Bayou La Fourche. He says there are probably a hundred cases of sick ness there and he saw about one-third of them. He diagnosed six as yellow fever and classes the others as either a mild type of yellow fever or dengue.
 
 Southern Pacific Railroad. The inhab- itants of the settlement are mostly fishermen and oystermen and they have been in close communication with New Orleans. They are mostly Italians and Austrians. The State Board has dis patched Dr. J. A. Devron to assist Dr. Stark in treating the Infection. It will be necessary to go to Schreiver by train, then drive to Thibedeaux and then take a launch for an eighty mile trip to the mouth of the Bayou.
 Dr. A. J. Montz took immediate charge of the situation at Terre Haute plantation in St. Charles and reported two new cases. Dr. Bienvenue has been dispatched to La Place in St. John Par ish. where twenty-one cases were found Wednesday. Assistant Surgeon Corput will make another tour through this section Friday.
 A case was found in Rayne. in Aca- dia Parish, just across the street from the dead case discovered there Wed nesday. Five new cases were reported from Patterson and no deaths. The emergency hospital there discharged three patients as cured and now has eleven patients.
 The infected Italians at Reserve plan tation and Diamond plantation in St. Charles Parishs have been removed to temporary hospitals where they are be- ing properly treated and 1t Is hoped to stamp out the infection there. They are gradually becoming amenable to reason. No more cases have developed at Bon Ami in Calcasieu Parish.
 Alexandrias case reported Thursday Is in q critical condition. The people there have asked the Governor to in- duce the marine hospital service to take charge of the situation for them and Dr. White Is endeavoring to find surgeon for them Dr. Goldberser Is there now, but is subject to orders to visit other localities where suspicious eases develop. The one case at La fayette Is doing well and there have heen no others A despatch from Gulf port says that there are four new cases at Mississippi City, making thirteen now under treatment. One Of the patients is in a critical condition. The mayor of Gulfport has appointed four physicians to make a house to house canvass of that town to ascertain 1T there is any sickness there The dis covery of this nest of infection on the Mississippi coast of such long standing has caused good deal of perturbation fin Mississippi, because of the open com munieation that has been held with Mississippi City. and there is fear that cases may bob up where least cx- pected as a result, ..
 Surgeon White has been notified of
  pital surgeon to assist him who will arrive in a few days ".--:
 Aside from the fact that the sys- tematic work of the Federal authorities and the full compliance by the local physicians with Dr. Whites request for the report Of every suspicious sickness again developed stout total of new cases of yellow fever. but the local sit nation continues to give satisfaction.
 Those who studied the records of former years predicted in July that August would bring heavy jump in the mortality. but with more than half of the month gone and the daily death totals not greater and in some instances lower than in July. even the most pes sinistfc of the community are begin ming to take a cheerful view of the out look. believing that there Is little dan ger to be feared from an attack or the fever in its present form.
 No Relaxation of Effort.
 Even with the present measure of im- provement however. there has been and there is to be, no relaxation of the su- nreme efforts that are being made to wine out the fever, the forces of em- nloves are being steadily augmented and every dollar needed to carry out the plans of the Federal control on its most elaborate scale Is to be available as it is needed
 The announcement ny lIS SCicHliSlS and sanltarians that the clear water of the back yard cisterns is the favorite breeding place of the stegomyia has aroused a considerable demand for the destruction of the cisterns at the earliest practicable moment and led to a peti- tfon to the water and sewerage board asking that body to give precedence to the water system in pushing its plans to completion.
 The board replied today. It pointed out that a modern water system, carrying potable water into every houses would be inadvisable in advance of the comple- ton of the sewerage by reason of the fact that with 5000 houses using many times as much water as at present. there would be a much larger flow of water into the gutters and the satura- tion of the soil would be vastly in- creased. so that with the cisterns abol- ished the mosquito would still find large opportunities for breeding. With the sewerage system completed all surplus water would be carried away The board said by the end of 1907. the pumping stations. two-thirds of the waterworks distribution system and