The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-02
Two Doctors and Priest Among
 Fever Victims
DEATH RATE GROWS LOWER
The Fight In New Orleans Is Costing Thousands of Dollars In Addition to Funds Placed at Dls-
 posaI of White.

port to D. m., Friday:
 New cases, 39.
 Total cases to date, 1858.
 Deaths, 4.
 Total deaths to date, 2S1.
 New foci. 10.
 For the first time in several weeks the number of new cases on week day was below forty, which is regarded as cumulative evidence of the steady inn- 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 a negro, and all lived down town.
 Among the new cases Is Father Hoes of St Anns church. whose parish has had considerable infection, and he has labor ed among his people from the beginning A nest of three cases was discovered just across the protecting levee above Caroll- ton, in Jefferson parish. the patients be- ing Italians. Hospital street, which has had 160 cases so far, for the first time falls to report new case. Assistant Sur geon w. c. Fucker of the marine hospital service, is down with a slight fever. but his case has not yet been diagnosed as yellow fever. Passed Assistant Surgeon Currie. who has been in command in Algers. has Just recovered from an at- tack of appendicitis.
 Outside Cases.
 The country infection Is still source of anxiety, because now that the city f.. 7 danger of reinfection from the country, despite all the precautions which have been made.
 There have been no cases traced to the country since the new regulations have been in effect, but. the -facl-that yicks- burg and Natchez, with their airtight ouarantines have let in infections, leads to the determination on the part of the state authorities, to exert themselves to control the situation. Strong measures are being adopted wherever there Is evidence of the laxity in the situation in any country community. One wealthy sugar planter who refused to allow or contribute to the emergency hospital on his place. where quite a number of Italians are infected. will have his place declared a public nuisance. and the state board will take control and force him to pay the bill.
 Cases Traced to LeevIIe.
 The two cases discovered at La Rose in LaFourcshe parish, thirty-fve miles from Leeville, have been trace} directly to Leeville, one of the patients being Dr. Tertrau. who attended several cases in Leeville.
 The following reports were received to- day:
 Patterson-Three cases. one death. Waveland Plantation-Three cases, one death.
 Kenner-Four cases, one death.
 Hanson City-Two cases.
 Amelia-Five cases.
 Bayou Beouf-One case.
 Port Barrow-Two cases.
 Bayou Cook-Plaquemine Parish-Six new foci. case
 Lake Providence-Two cases.
 Gulfport-Two cases.
 Mississippi City-Two cases.
 Natchez-Two cases.
 May Vet Work Miracle.
 The fever record today bore out the hopeful view of Dr. White and his fel- low fever fighters that the worst Is over and that if the citizens of New Orleans are watchful and continue to give the au- thorities the same cooperation they have ir the past few weeks the miracle will be wrought of stamping out the fever before frost comes to lay low the last of the fugitive stegomyia. Contrary to all expectations the fever is assuming a milder form at the period when it was expected to grow -aost deadly and the deaths have grown insignificant in num- Der. That Is true not only of New Or leans but at the various points in Mis- sssippi where the disease has appear ed in that state there have been about seventy cases to date and only one death Nv bar ha haar Q baox 1aat tt, rate as at Leeville and on some of the plantations contiguous to New Orleans. 1t has been because the victims were Italians, who either did not have OF re- fused to accept medical attendance Tn 1878, when the Italians were fewer in number and the fever appeared inois- criminately among the nationalities, the record for September was 2e0 cases and So deaths against but handful of fatal- tiles on the same day this year.
 Money Spent With Lavsh Hand.
 In carrying on the work here money has been expended wtha lavish hand. More than a quarter of million was subscribed by the state, city and citi- zens, but even this amount does not rep resent by any means the total of expendi- lures, for thousands of dollars have been expended by the volunteer ward organ izations and many thousands more by the individual householders. Of the ex- penditure of money under the direction of the marine hospital service Dr. War ner said today that not a penny has been distributed that has not resulted in lasting good to New Orleans.
 The general spirit of the community is high in the face of the physical record and the opinions expressed by all those who have been high in authority in the campaign and the daily arrival of New Orleans people from other sections of the country indicates that fear is abat- ing among those who hurried away when the existence of the disease was first made public.
 It has practically been decided to main- tain the new emergency hospital to be opened on Monday until a site for the permanent one has been selected and the building erected and equipped The pres- ent institution will serve after the pres ent fever is over for the isolation of oth- CT diseases and 1t will be in readiness for the reception of patients early in the spring in the event of . recurrence of