Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-08-14
YELLOW FEVER
SITUATION GOOD
Crusade Against the Mosquito Is
Successful One.
MATTERS AT BUNKIE
Work of the Scientists at That Lit
tie Place Seems to Have Demon.
strated the Effectiveness Of
Modern Methods.

New Orleans, Aug. 1A.-In spite OF
the large number of cases of yellow
fever reported during the past three
or four days hope continues TO run high
, here. This is due to the fact that there
are practical evidences the crusade
against the mosquito is telling. More
than two weeks have now elapsed
since a death or curing of cases. at
number of points above Canal street
and there has been no temperance of
the fever where those cases existed nor
in the immediate nigbborhood. That is
taken to Indicate the effectiveness of
: screening and disinfection. which. in
one instance, prevented the stegomyias
from biting patients within the first
three days of their illness and in an
other worked destruction Of mosquitoes
in infected houses and neighborhoods
The result is increased faith in the
mosquito theory. In this connection il
is shown by official reports that while
new cases officially reported in preced-
ing twenty-four hours in the lower
section Saturday there were fewer than.
ever before in the originally infected
district. which is stIll thickly inhabited.
The reason given for this is the drastic
measures of fumigating and disinfec-
ton instituted. by the Federal authori-
ties, which is rapidly Kidding the dis
trict of mosquitoes. Moderate relaxa-
ton of quarantine regulations is re-
corded. Trains are again running
through Lake Providence. La. no cases
of suspicious fever being discoverable
there or in the vicinity. Lafayette.
La. has rescinded its previous action
and recognizes detention health GER
tificates and receives freight in disin-
fected cars. Calcasieu parish will per-
init travel between points In that par
ish. except Bon Ami. and take disinfect-
ed freight from New Orleans
Cases ON the Reserve plantation have
been thoroughly isolated. There have
been eight altogether and one death.
and one death on Terre Haute planta-
ton. not far away. There are addi-
tional suspicious case at Bon Ami. but
At Patterson the situation is well in
hand. the disease assuming a miIder
form now that skilled physicians and
nurses have taken charge OF the sick
ness.
Increased confidence of the ability OF
scientists to prevent the spread of yell
low fever is expected to result from ex-
perience of Bunkie. Twenty-Five days
elapsed since a case was discovered
and there has been no further Infection
This is attributed to the fact that the
case was instantly placed I'm the hands
of experts from here and all modern
precautions taken to conflne Infection
and destroy the focus.
Up to noon Saturday there were six
teen new cases of yellow fever and five
deaths.
There was no marked change record
ed in the yellow fever situation Satur-
day morning and early reports received
at marine hospital offices indicated no
serious turn in the number of cases |
and deaths for the day. August is n
critical month when the fever appears
early. and -the relatively small number |
of deaths in the first eleven days is |
regarded as justifying DR.. John Gui-
teras' statement in an interview given |
at Mobile that the worst is over and |
the present fever will not become like |
some terrible epidenics of the past.