The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-15
HIDE FROM.
DOCTORS
HOW YELLOW YER
PATIENTS CREATE
TROUBLE
ITALIANS WORST CASE
They Live Eleven in a Room
and of Course are Dirty


New Orleans, Aug TO- Many things are
new and novel to citizens Of New orleans
in this campaign against the iuroads of
yellow feyer one Of these is the emer-
gency hospital and another is the screen
ed ambunnce. The ambulance service
attached TO the Charity hospital IS one
cf the best ln the world and the people
are accustomed TO the changing bon and
rushing horses The screened ambulance
is new feature entirely IT is rro-
duct Of the campaign in Iiayana and
is undergoing its introduction IN Amer
ca. Il is serving its purpose wen and
doubtless WIN be feature II future
yellow fever epiderics II there are
such.
Misery and woe misery and woe.
Oniy that and nothing more can the
ignorant italian see n New Or1Ins.
THE help Of his countrymen can avail
him little. as The American doctor and
policeman are hauling him to the
health boards 10 be examined and. gem
orally. found wanting
Hide In Carrots.
Any Italian viii hide any other Iial-
ian from the constituted authorities
under present conditions. Tho vendetta
is forgotten in the general n,sht-from
the authorities Let Angelo develop the
fever and Immediately he is hid away
in an attic or other almost inaccessible
hole. His relatives scatter to Ike places
OF safety
The inspectors come along in The
usual routine ana erea, hu,ohaHoo
arises One would Imagine the police
rs....rr
conceivable and often inconceivable
place or safety or hiding is sought.
Angelo is found too IN to move, among
lot Of filthy rags on the floor in a
conner, The Inspector Is not sur
prised. He shouts 10 a man down stairs;
Here's another, Doc
In a moment "a khaki clad marine hos
pital surgeon enters. He produces lit-
tie clinical thermometer. the sight Of
which chases thrill Of fear through the
frame Of the helpless Ac golo. a do,ble
edGed stnetto would afec. him less.
There are "a few moments o silence as
the examination Is made, Then comes
the pronouucemrnt. sounding like a
death sentence 10 frightened Angelo
pulse a.. temperature io5 Have the
wagon called"
can~ot Be save1.
look OF agony shines from the
face 81 the patient and whitened
face is turned 20 he wall It Is an
old story no the sanitary force. how
ever and they 30 on TO the next stop.
This is outlined in an order 10y the
inspector That they search ANA renoyate
the house and later the entire square
a.
hospital 20 ale next day He is TOO
far gone, when founG. svr mericnes TO-
serve. And thus IL goes or.
Often these inspectors have found
two and even three members of the same
family down with the fever neemng
food as wen as medicine. without water,
IN soom close ami mosty and In in-
tense heat. yet always hiding from the
doctors. That IS the principal cause OF
the heavy death rate up 10 this time
Crowded Into Teneme7's.
A four or hve-room hocse is pleaty OF
place OF six or eight families The in
spectcis have found tweny-ttree ier-
eors fo'steen Of Them adults. eating,
sleeping a, living in two rooms, neither
of which was over fourteen by sixteen
feet in area.
2 no auiho~ties have a great work be-
fore them. Only 90 c'enn up thc Haitian
section viii consume much money and
labor, not 20 mention time Conditions
here from sanitary standpoint arc as
bad, IL not worse than they were On Ha
Nana, but Dr White says the ma'ine
hospitll service can make &c "a new. clean
city. He has his chance now. ana citi-
zeps o. New Orleans viii gladly glye him
whatever aid De wants They want the
town cleaned up ana they want the-outh
critics 10 keep it cleaned. Unless their
demands are granted there vii be- trouble
Tor somebody as the history ol New Or
leans shows the people here gene-llly
get what they want when they really