The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-05
MAY BE OVER
 IN A MONTH Yellow Fever Situation Is
 Still Hopeful. DEATHS ARE VERY FEW Authorities, Believe Disease
 Under Control. Doctors Address Communication t" Mayor Regarding Danger Accom- panying sMoving Day."
 The Outside Cases.
DEATHS ARE VERY FEW


 New cases, 55; total cases to date, D. | o7s deaths. 5: total deaths to date I 292: new foci, 16: cases under treat ment. SIS; discharged. 1.4es. The number of new cases reported today Is such a jump from the daily re- ports of the past week that it naturally causes some comment, but it is account cd for by the fact that several physi- clans, whose name had not appeared on the list very frequently heretofore, were all there today. The arrest and confinement of Dr. Berge on charge of failing to report three cases Is be- lieved to have had it's effect on others who were only reporting severe cases with the result that not only all cases of yellow fever were reported, but many cases which were distinctly not yellow fever were put on the suspf- cfous list. Of the official deaths only one was up town and he was the only native in the list.
 Dr. White has said that 1t would be well to have all cases of malaria re- ported and treated with screening and fumigating as yellow fever cases are now treated, because of the similarity of the transmission of the diseases. The matter will he laid before the Orleans Parish Medical Society and then definite action will be taken.
 Reports from the country showed that the physicians there were busy also. Dr. Brady, the medical inspector of the State Board. reported that many country physicians were not reporting mild cases of yellow fever and he urged the State Board to take action by urging them to report all cases, and not wait for black vomit or marked Jaundice to form a diagnosis. Follow ing are the reports:
 Patterson. cases, 1 death on Wave land plantation; Lake Providences 3 cases, 1 death; St. Bernard Parish, case near slaughterhouse; Jefferson Parish, Renner, 8 cases. 3 deaths: Ham son City, { casesi McDonoughville, 3 ( sgssssI Sfss.ls fstenlere, 2 deaths; Terre- bonne Parish, Noise Settlement. cases: Bell Grove. 1 cases; Ardoyne, case Crescent Farm. cases: Bayou Terrebonne, case; St. Charles Parish. St. Rose. cases; Pecan Grove, 2 cases; Prospect Plantation. case; La Place, St. John. cases since last report; Amelia, new cases; Boeuf, 2 new cases; Gulfport. Miss. cases: Missis- slppi City, 2 new cases; Vicksburg, new cases. |: '.. ..~.
 pr. Souchon received report from pr. Tabor of a suspicious case at Lou isville, in the northern part of Caddo Parish, and Dr. Schumpert, the health oficer of Shreveport, is Investigating.
 Two causes contributed to an in- crease in the number of new cases to- day One was the fact that there Is never complete clean up of cases on Sunday, leaving some to find their way into the Monday list. The other was the arrest and incarceration of Dr. Phillip Berge. a physician of standing. on a charge of having failed to report two ChaFtres Street cases. Dr. Berge was taken from his house about mid night on Saturday. on his return from his days work, and was not paroled until Sunday afternoon, spending four teen hours in cell. Rather than un- dergo a similar experience, physicians were particularly prompt today in re- porting cases, seventeen of them ap- bearing in person early in the day at pr. Whites office. sa.--
 Not all of the cases reported are likely to develop actually into yellow fever, but the doctors have evidently decided to err on the side of excessive caution. if they err at all Dr. Berge, in the meantime. insists that his fail ure to get his information to pr. Whites office was unintentional He communicated 1t to the emergency hos pital. When arraigned today the doc tor was released on a nominal bond
 The great majority of physicians have been zealously cooperating with pr. White. Here and there have been found physicians reluctant to report cases unless they were absolutely cer- tain of them. Hereafter. however, Dr. White expects to have absolutely no complaint to make of derelictions among members of the profession.
 The fact that the situation is un- changed except perhaps for the better, Is evident from the relatively small number of deaths recorded, against seventy-two on the same date in 1878. The authorities still feel that the dis ease is under control. that not even bad meteorological conditions this month can change present conditions and that practically all the sickness will be wiped out in the course of month.
 pr. White and the advisory commit tee of the Orleans Medical Society to- day sent letter to the Mayor in con- nection with the near approach of moving day. October 1. The doctors say:
 Doctors to the Mayor.
 "Persons removing from infected To- calities may later develop the fever In uninfected neighborhoods, thereby de- veIoping new fcci. Others now resid- inc in uninfected houses may contract
 
 where mild cases of fever may have occurred and recovered without medi- cal attention and consequently escap- ing fumigation. Non-immunes coming into such houses will almost inevitably contract yellow fever, thereby adding to our present troubles"
 The doctors urged that the Mayor tako such steps as may be necessary to delay the general movement for thirty days The Mayor promised to act in
 Tbe ropefulness of the situation among the public at large was mani ested in the large crowds which viewed Ike labor parade today. There were sbowers early in the day, but the skies cleared and the celebration was unin- tsrrupted. There was no evidence in The tbrongs on the streets that New Or leans was just passing through a seri- ans crIsis. The parade was picturesque with the different unions garbed ac- cordlng 10 their craft and with floats to TenTesent the various industries An tynnense picnic followed the parade Much of the enthusiasm was due to