Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-23
NO MOSQUITOES;
CONTROL FEVER.
Apparent That with the Annihila ton of
Insects Yellow Jack De-
clines.
YELLOW FEVER REPORT.

New Orleans, La, Aug. 21.-Full of
hope, the federal and local authorities
and the public in general entered today
upon the fifth week of the campaign
against the fever which is now consid
cred to be beyond the stage when a Sc
rious epidemic is possible.
Danger Is Over.
''In my judgment" said Dr. Beverly
Warner, head of the volunteer forces, in
an address at the Baptist church, ''ca
lamity was impending over this city a
impending calamity has passed. The de-
crease in the mortality, as shown by the
reports, is unprecedented and the situa-
ton is rapidly getting under control
DR.. Warner said the passage of the
calamity was due IN a long degree to
the splendid work of the marine hospital
service. He said that the daily record
given out by the service was true one.
Nothing has been suppressed, and truth
and publicity have proved to be of the
greatest benefit. DR.. Warner said that
in the future he would protest with all
his might against the suppression OF any
health news.
Checking the Fever.
While the federal authorities now
have no hesitancy in saying that the
fever is being controlled and checked
they are not ready to fix a date when it
will be stamped out. The life of a steg-
omyia mosquito is perhaps two months
and as here and there a stray infected
mosquito is sure to avoid all the pitfalls
laid for its destruction, sporadic cases
will doubtless appear after the disease
is entirely under control.
In the fOrty-fve new cases in the pre-
ceding twenty-four hours four were
found in one family and three in an
other. A new case has appeared in the
French asylum on ST. Ann street. A
number of Norwegians and Swedes have
been included in the lists of new cases
Quite a number of the forty-fve new
cases were re-infections in houses in the
old districts. The federal authorities
watch each house in which q case ap-
pears twenty-five days after it is cured
or died. If no new cases appear in thai
time the house is considered non-infect
ed. Arrangements are now being made
to arrange complete list of non-infected
houses.
The marine hospital is now consider
ing the matter of establishing a deten
ton hospital here independent of the
emergency hospital. The idea is to place
in it families whose homes may be in
fected, sending the patient to the emer
gency and the we'll members to the de-
tention hospital. In that way it is
thought that houses will be more rapidly
cleared of infection. This is intended
especially to meet the situation in for
eign neighborhOods where the population
does not yield readily to the regulations
La Fayette and Alexandria are now
free Of fever, patients there having re-
covered No new points in the state out
"a nf 4 Ar1n
fected today.
Remove Ban on Freight.
DR.. White is expected back today from
Mobile, where he went to consult the
health authorities there in connection
with the matter of the movement OF
freight from New Orleans. There is
great satiSfac tion over the announcement
that Alabama will place no bars against
the shipment of merchandise, provided
that the cars which carry it have been
disinfected.
The acknowledgment of Alabama az
thOrities that freight itself will not carry
infection is expected to have an excellent
effect on the attitude of other states in
their quarantine regulate
With four deaths during the night
there was an indication of a slight in
crease in the number of deaths for to-
day, though no likelihood that the maxi
iiuHi LII d Jay UullnS tne present 1eVel
would be reached. There were no de
velopments of consequence during the
day.
Among the deaths today is one in the
French asylum on st. Ann street, where
a number of cases have been reported
and one in the marine hospital in the
upper portion of the city.
Yellow Jack in Missouri.
Keokuk Ia, Aug. ola case of vel
low fever is reported from Gregory, Mo-
eleven miles south of Keokuk. A Greek
laborer on railroad construction has been
quarantined. his case being pronounced
yellow fever. He came from Natchez a
few days ago with party of laborers.
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