The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-08
TOO MANY CASES WERE CONCEALED
 / Has Been Serious Hindrance in New Orleans MERCHANTSHAVE ESUFFEREO Visit of the Preslden to Crescent City Is Expected to Cause Great Busl- ness Revlvai-GeneraI
 Fever News.
OFFICIAL RECORD TO 6 p. M.

Cases discharged. ... -. ... .2oo9
 New Orleans. October 7.-At the close of the eleventh week of the struggle against yellow fever the health author- ties summed up the situation today as full of encouragement. The fever has not been entirely wiped out, as 1t was one time hoped it might be at the date, but the difficulties to be overcome proved greater than was expected. The chief obstacle to complete suppression has been the indisposition here and there among the laymen and physicians to work In harmony with the marine hospital au- thirities.
 In spite of its vast and cosmopolitan population there has been from the early days of the fight, acceptance by the city
 in general of the mosquito theory, or at least willingness to give it trial but as was to be expected there have been some clements of the population who have refused to be argued into favorable con sideration of 1t and they have done all in their power to obstruct the work of the authorities. Their attitude has been even more harmful than that of the ignorant
  White has been disposed to excuse sup pression on the ground of a lack of intel lgence, but he considers the attitude of obstinacy on the part of some of the physicians and of some of the intelligent laymen to be little short of criminal
 Due to concealment of Cases.
 Due to their hostility it has been inn possible for the marine hospital service to locate and collect all the points of in- lection in the city and the consequence has been the breaking out of fever in certain localities which can only be ex- plalned by the concealment of previous cases. Against this policy of hiding fever the marine hospital service has fought pesistently and is still fighting aggres- sively, but until it succeeds completely 1t does not expect to stamp out every case of sickness. In spite of this cond- ton of affairs which has been disadyant- ageous because 1t has heretofore preven- ted absolute eradication. the authorities say the disease Is steadily waning with the present week presenting the lowest total of cases since the first week in August. Confidence that all serious dan ger has passed here ,s evidenced by the response which Is being made by tho | parishes to the suggestion of President | Souchon and Dr. White for the raising of
  | people to their homes and by the in- creased number of people from other sec tions who are now venturing into New | Orleans.
 Strong Case Against Physician. | The case against pr. Szabary, who has l had two affidavts preferred against him | for failure to report cases, promises to 1 be strong one by reason of the fact that l both his patients have died. Mrs. Duffy | of St Roche avenue. whom he was | charged yesterday with not having re- | ported Is in the list of dead today. | In a business way, section of the | city has suffered more than tho mer- | chants whose places of business are at l the French market and elsewhere in the 1 originally infected district. The district Is very thiclxly populated with large num- | Der of small storekeepers. Both the mar | ket and these storekeepers have been | summed for nearly three months past | Now. however, Dr. White has written d l letter for publication in which he an- | nounces that the thirty-six blocks between St. Ann and Esplanade and Rampant
 street and the river are practically free | from yellow fever and the merchants | contend that instead of being the most l dangerous the district Is the safest in the | city.
 l An additional nurse was sent today by l the Louisiana board to Rosetta Miss, l where it is hoped. now that the people | are becoming more amenabe to regula- | tions, the fever may be got under con- | trol. The family which came here yes- l terday from Rosetta, and was removed to l the Emergency hospital for detention, were reported today to have developed | no sickness.
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