Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-08-05
willow FEVER SITUATION AGUlE
The Authorities At New Orleans Taxed TO Their
Utmost 10 Check COntagiOn

back. Secretary Hunter. OF the Nissis-
sippi health board. sent ont tie follow
.nE notice.
win accept any certificates issued
BY Marine Hospital service p2ss.ng
through detention camp
On the other hand. Alabama has tax
e. a new tangent. The following us
patch shows even more stringent re-
strictious than ever before attempted;
Alabama health authorities decline
tee allow passengers coming from points
lcvOnd New Orleans that are Injected.
who VIII be transferred from train 10 !
train ia New Orleans under Marine /
Wcsnitai inspection ana protection. 70 /
get on at point o. destination in Ma /
hama They are very rigid with tclf +
quarantine I'm this city lBi-minehom-)
no Worse It Luuberton. Miss.
New Orleans. Especially Picay-
ure's Lumbcrton. Miss. correspond
ON, says.
DIES WasdCn and Donald declared
case or yellow fever here last Friday.
The patient. who is am Italian. is doing
well and viii soon Dee mp. There are no
other cases. not even "a suspicious one.
Fortunately. The infected house is nat
rraIly isolated and only FIVE others
were with the sick man or I'm amy way
exposed On Friday night DR. Lcoa-
ron. of jhc Marine Hospital service.
arrived. accompanied by Captain W.
Han and other members OF the State
militia sent by Adiutant General
. Fridge These immediately took charge
- The house and premises were at once
thoroughly fumigatcd and infected per-
SONS were isolated and placed under
/ guard The local military company is
furnishing several of the guards. Dr.
b. Icharon states Dee apprchends 40
D., spread OF thc disease.
Last night some az the Italians un-
% der guard proved refractory and had
is to bc subjected to a little rough treat
o.. ment hy tl. guards but no serious IN
Jury was sustained and they now seem
vorv docile Tho citizens are not eNcit
- od ami nome are running away. h1N
l ever am are cooperating with the an
.n thorifios especially Mayor Camp AND
the town authorities. and are tak
fnc necessary precautions along SAM
y' tary lines. Tho citizens are very crate
.o frl for The manner In which The STATE
,r and Marine Hospital service have nan
died The situation here and feel INA
their efforts wl hc elective l
stamping out the disease.
60 VICTIMS MOSTLY ITALIANS.
The health authorities continue
.u- hold also that THE pia-uc remains a
cd Italian infection, AN lut TWO of The
eases reported being OF that uaiiona
ftv. Almost without exception since tn
@- beginning of The fever those who haF
.rs fallen victims to the disease have bee
.af Of the rnurer classes of the populato
many of them not long residents
The United States. and therefore, u
eA acchmatcd.
an For several years the planters
ina Louisiana have been replacine the d
sic arOcs with italian labor and there h
.al been a steady flow of immigran'
lne from Sicily and other parts OF ltaly
Co. Louisiana. Many of the immigran
the have remained DOB New Orleans nu
Dr inc emuIoymont in the peddliug
e-- frlfr on in the work OF unloading V'
ans sells no the fruit wharvcs. To was amo
ana these that the fever first appeared. "a
has I'D their lack of acclmauon and I
has iualeouacy OF their treatment 2
site heon largely due the heavy mortal
oi chat has characterized the present y
iratlOn ~ the scOurgc. Friday uea'
iu7 have been principally of Italians.
.-A TWO or more cases ln the last
day, deaths have been reported
aA+ persons who were only reported
lay previously as having taken
fever. There have been concea
'- cases. which the emergency Office
win the assistance OF surgeons. Dad
disclosed
Tne first death In the Emcreei
'.-@ Hospital occurred The hospital "
-f,.1 orcrel Friday with IL cases. and
e~l equal number was added Friday !
r,. the hospital are sent the worst ca
~au- of unfortunatcs found without O.
t-o forts or mell1lA-- apc""'i'0e "a 80
,ned homes