Milford chronicle., 1905-08-11
YELLOW FEVER
STILL SPREADING
More Than Six Hundred Cases and
One Hundred Deaths to Date.
MAY CALL OUT STATE MILITIA

the corrected record (Omclal) up 10 Q
o'clock last night: New cases, 60;
total cases to date. 616; deaths, 4;
total deaths. l12; new sub-foci. II;
total sub-foci, lis.
These figures vary slightly from
those that have been sent out lately.
but are the official record which was
today checked up and recorded to
date. The large number of new cases
and sub-fOci is surprising, but no at
tempt is being made to account for it.
OF the new sub-foci three are uptown
and the balance downtown.
Two dead men were found in a
shanty in the woods, and it was found
that they had died of yellow fever.
They were Italians, who had died from
lack of attention.
Archbishop Chapelle has passed the
crisis in his illness, and is now regard
ed as on the road to recovery.
If the present chaotic condition Of
quarantine matters in Louisiana Is
not speedily terminated. in obedience
to the proclamation issued the state
board of health has announced its in.
tention of Immediately invoking the
civil powers, and, that failing, of ask
ing Governor Blanchard to call out
the militia to restore and keep order.
The proclamation resulted from the
letters sent by the governor to Presi.
dent Souchon, of the state board of
health. The proclamation prohibits
any town, parish or village from refus-
ing admission to a person from a non
infected locality holding a health Ger
tifcate not over "a hours old or to a
person from an infected locality who
has spent six days in a detention camp
and has been discharged with a ma
rine hospital certificate. Interference
with the passage Of steamboats, or
trains is forbidden unless they violate
legal QuaTantine regulations. No mail
freight or express matter shall, under
the proclamation, be refused from in.
fected territory, provided It is carried
in cars which have been fumigated by
the marine hospital service. All per.
sons who disregard these regulations
are warned that they make themselves !
liable to answer in the courts. 1t is
announced that no more illegal re
strictions on travel will be tolerated |
Surgeon White put in a hard half |
days work here, and in the afternoon /
took a train for Lafayette, La, to at |
tend a conference OF various health |
boards in that section of the state .
called with a view to securing an .
of quarantine regula
tions. DR.. White expects that by to
night all of the additional health Off.
GERS which the government has order.
ed to New Orleans viii be here.
Today is the day set for the general
street cleaning movement. There is
A pretty general suspension of bust
ness; all Of the merchants have volun
-eered to lend their carts and wagons
and employees to assist in the work
The difficulties the authorities on
counter in trying to get at concealed
,ases was illustrated when Police on.
,er T. p. Gregson was, perhaps, fatal
y injured while trying to break into
i house where there was known tC |
,e a case of yellow fever. Gregson Z
vas called on to assist the authori
les. So stubborn was the opposition I
f the people at the house in Chartres
treet against invasion by the inspect !
rs that it became necessary to break
n, with the result that a heavy oaken
oor fell on Gregson and crushed him ?
The state board of health by reso T.
ltion called on Governor BLANCHARD 6
Dr troops to protect trains and traffic $
rom local quarantines which have cut .
systems in two. =