The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-07-28
SIX DEATHS AND
MANY new CASES
Every Pre- eau ioa Being Taken
By the Ee .ith Officers.
HOPE TO ERADICATE THE FEVER

HOPE TO ERADICATE THE FEVER
The Authorities Have the Situation
Well in kand-Itaiians Seem To Be
More Affected than Any One Else.
Headquarters Are at Memphis.
New Orleans, La, July 28.-No re-
port of additional new cases or deaths
from yellow fever was made public
by the city board of health IN the
early hours of the day. There was
unofficial report of number OF
cases. Official report was made to
day Of IL new cases and six deaths
occurring IN the preceding "a hours.
OF the II new cases nine are Italians.
Six of the cases are at $40 and 524
St. Phillip street, showing the princi-s
pal infection to be still in the vicinity
OF the French market. Only two of
the cases are in the upper part Of the
city. OF the deaths, one occurred in
the hospital, two uptown and the other
three IN the French market district
The health department officials after
a study of tn efoci exposed the opin-
ion today that there was still hope of
eradicating the disease before fall and
that DIN any event with the precau-.
tions being taken a serious epidemic
was entirely out of the question.
As a result of the decision of the
state board Of health to make the six
day detention Immediately effective,
four fruit ships bound to New Orleans
have been ordered to Mobile, which is
understood to be willing to receive
them.
One case of yellow fever has ap-
peared at cannery miles from Fl.
St. Phillips, so miles below the city.
1t is that of an italian woman who
escaped from the French market dis
trict Lieutenant Colonel Maus, U.
s. A., has returned from the fort.
There is no present intention to move
the garrison. DR.. R. T. Ames is to
be ltationsd at Jackson barracks.
There is no fever at the post.
Italian societies are taking a hand
with priests of their nationality with
a view to aiding the authorities. The
only serious alarm here has been
among the Italians. Many of them
living in the French market section
were ignorant ad superstitious and
when the fever began to rage they be
came frightened and those not down
with it fed to friends in other Sec
Of no c;f 70
ing country That is why the foci
has been distributed. There is stin
alarm among them, and the Italian so
cieties and priests will try to reassure
them, interest them in sanitation and
pledge them to promptly report cases
of illness among them. Several cases
of concealed fever have been reported |
by the societies.
Formerly in yellow fever epidemics
here houses containing cases have |
been tagged. 1t has not yetbeen de- |
cided to flag cases this year Arbitrary |
restrictions against attendance at flu |
nerals have also been modified in the |
belief that only the mosquito can /
transmit the disease. Publication of |
lists of cases and their location has |
not been made. but the records are I
open to inspection and the health of. |
fcials are mapping all foci and are
promptly screen them.
To enable passengers from the east |
to proceed westward without annoy
ance or difficulty via New Orleans, the
Southern Pacific is now operating Their
trains from the Esplanade ferry land
ins. where direct connection is made |
with the Louisville and Nashville
trains without going through the city
as heretofore.
Patients are being received at the
emergency yellow fever hospitals. Ac
coEIoGations for - cases have beer
provided. These will steadily be in
creased.
Miss, says that the first intelligence
reaching there of the existence of vel |
low fever at Back Bay, where a small
schooner from New Orleans is said to
have landed number of Italians from
New Orleans. was through todays
New Orleans papers The report is
considered unrelia BILE, but an officis, !
has been sent to the scene to investi |
gate.
Fruit Vessels Land at Mobile.
Mobile, Ala. July 2S.-Fruit steam
ers that have been out five days and |
show clean bill of health can unload
At the local WharyeS under the ,1c1,ai !