The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
EPIDEMIC SHOWS THE
 LOWEST DEATH RATE
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fcontinued from First Rage) him for that purpose The sheriff of St. Mary was sent for and responded. He will take charge of the volunteer guards. It Is expected that with the precautions that have been, taken there will be no trouble Dr. Horton said that there was not an Italian in the hospital at this time. As to the fever situation itself, he said it was improving, there being but two cases reported during the day
 Favorable Reports Received.
 Favorable reports of the yellow fever situation, both in the city and in the country. were again the rule today and with Increasing evidence that all danger of a repetition of the devastating epidemic of 1878 Is past, public alarm is slowly dis appearing in the rural districts. In that year the fever not only fastened grip on New Orleans but had spread to all the country between here and Memphis, killing over 15,000 people, before frost stamped it out, Memphis furnishing over 5000 and New Orleans over 4000 of the victims who perished Subsequent to 1878 there have been small epidemcs in vari- ous points in the south but as rule they were local. not extending beyond the cities or towns In which the fever first made its
 
 fever within check in this city at the beginning of the most critical of all months, but 1t has been robbed of It's terrors at many of the outside points to which 1t has spread, Mississippi having had only a single death out of a total of about seventy cases.
 Fatalities Among Italians.
 Elsewhere in Louisiana the fatalities have been almost exclusively among the Italian race and among them because of their reluctance to submit themselves to medical treatment. Under these con ditions communities are becoming normal again, restrictions are being removed from traffic, freight business is reviving and inestimable good has resulted from the establishment of the correctness of the mosquito theory.
 The appearance of sporadic cases of fever at Vicksburg has had a helpful ef- feet here because it has made vicksburg realize that danger Is not in infection of freight. Dr. White said today that here after Vickburg, which had formerly re- fused to do so, would accept the certih- cate both for freight and passengers, of the marine hospital servfce. Vicksburg desires to move her own freight through the service and is willing to make con sessions. So will Natchez. The action of these cities is counted on to have a wholesome effect throughout Mississippi while the efforts of the state board of health Is causing notifications through out Louisiana.
 Will Disappear By October.
 All the federal authorities adhere to their opinion that the fever will have practically disappeared by the first of october if the public shows no relaxa- ton in its efforts to destroy the mosquito. The first of October will be two months or more before a killing frost can be ex- pected. The earliest ligbt frost here was on October s, 1855. The earliest sice the weather bureau was established was Octo- Der 22, 1898. The average date of heavy frost at New Orleans is December | Heavy frost causes the extermination of mosquitoes nut they begin to disap- pear as soon as cold weather sets in No vember, IS is the earliest date at which freezing temperature. has been recorded here.
 The new emergency hospital was fum,- gated today preparatory to theladmission Of the first patient tomorrow. Sulphur pots were placed throughout the building. all the apertures pasted up and the en- tire building filled with fumes. Iron heds springs mattresses, bed clothes. linens furniture, kitchen utensils and medical supplies were delivered to the building before the disinfeetion occurred. After
 
 the present hospital which will gradually go out of business.
 Wire Screens Must Be Used.
 Amendments to the Brandao. screening ordinance are to be passed by the city council at It's next session They are the result of experience with the pres- ent ordinance. Requirement is to be made that all wells and certain kinds of pumps shall be screened. More rigid rules are to De imposed by wire screening. Under the ordinance the whole city must be supplied with wire screens by the first of October. That gives only a month to equip about 50000 cisterns.
 M. Damour, the French consul here. has been gathering a large amount of data concerning the campaign that has been conducted ..by the government against the fever for the benefit of the French government. France sent com mission to South America to study the mosquito theory and M. Damour says the French physicians and scientists are interested in the further demonstration of the theory here. The consul is to call to order large meeting of French resi- dents tomorrow. They will be urged to 1, lend every assistance in their power to l assist the authorities. considerable pro- i, portion of the victims of thei fever have | been French and the French consul and | French societies have been called on to | do considerable relief work among the | poor.
 Regret over Atlanta Case.
 The announcement of a case of yellow fever today at Atlanta was received with considerable regret and with widespread expression of the hope that it will demon strate that the disease will not thrive there. Warm sympathy exists between At lanta and New Orleans because upon the local outbreak the former threw her doors wide open to all refugees from here