The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-06
STILL SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
 - Yellow Fever Decreasing in New Orleans. ---s--- TWO DEATHS YESTERDAY
 -. Authorities and Citizens Are.
 Encouraged. | ----s---- Little Doubt Bat That situation Is Well in Hand and victorious Fisht Against the Pest is Near
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TWO DEATHS YESTERDAY

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 New Orleans, Sept. 5.---oficiai report to p. m. Tuesday:
 New cases, 22; total cases to date, 2,i11. Deaths, 2: total deaths to date, 294. Cases under treatment. 3so; eases discharged l.4s7.
 The comparatively light report of tor day. compared with the large list of new cases Monday, lends further color to the deduction of yesterday that the arrest of one physician on charge of failing to report three eases had had its effect. However, some of the physi- clans regard this as reflection upon the whole profession. and after the ad- visory committee of the Orleans Parish Medical Society had had a conference with pr. White during the afternoon. the following was given out:
 'rnasmuch as there has been some possibility that misconstruction may De placed by the public upon deductions drawn from the large report of Mon day, and right now to prevent any un- fair criticism of the honorable members of the honorable profession, want to say that the Orleans Parish Medical So- ciety and also many other physicians have unquestionably reported all cases, and any odium applied to a few dere- iicts should not by any possibility by attached to these geneltmen. who nave been honorable in all their acts.
 tSigned) !. H. White.
 surgeon F. H. and NJ. H. s.
 The first two cases on the list today were reported by the physician who was arrested Saturday night. Among the new cases Is that of a sailor from the Norwegian bark Alaska. which ar rived here from Southampton. August 40, He was sent to the emergency hos- pitai. He had ample time to contract the fever here. Both of the deaths oc- cured on the outskirts of the city.
 pr. White has arranged to take charge of screening and fumiEation Of cases in Jefferson Parish and St. ber- nard Parish, which are adjacent to New Orfeans, and practically in the city. The Carrofiton district headquarters VIII handle all cases In the eighth and ninth warda of Jefferson Parish, which in- -ciudAs the nest of infection at snrews-
 Army onicer Active.
 The ninth ward Headquarters Will take charge of the cases in the vicinity of the slaughter house. which ts Just below the United States barracks. Dr. An1es of the army has been active in the work In the immediate neighbor- hood of the barracks, and accompanies the state and parish inspectors on tour of the Infected districts or Ine parish. Dr. white went to Shrewsnury 10 look into the situation and gave the Cerrollton commander necessary In
 The worst n ews from the country dis trtcta fa now coming from Lake Provi- dence ana Tailulah. in the Northeast ern part of the state. The state Board physician, Dr. Tichenor. arrived at Tai iuIah Tuesday morning and found twen- ty cases, and several suspects ana re, ported that the infection was general aIi over town. Lake Providence also reports twenty new cases
 Other country reports are Patter- son. II new cases, deaths; Kenner. cases, 1 death: Hanson City, cases; Tefferson Parish, Estelle Plantation, 3 cases; woods Plantation, 3 cases; St. Charles Parish. St. Rose. case. deaths: Pecan Grove, Il death: St. Ser nara Parish, Terre aux Bouef, ?; Yer ret. 1: near Siaughterhouse, D.
 Passed Assistant Surgeon Corput and Health Ohicer GtHtine of Kenner today purchased the equipment for the Emergeucy Hospital being fitted up in Kenner. It will be in operation in
 The State Board has raised the ausr- antine against Rayne. the required time having elapsed without reinfec- ton.
 Surgeon White and the Orleans Par ish Medical Society have issued card to the public urging the necessity of emptyinR all water vessels inside the house at least once a day. for pitchers. water pots, etc.. are likely breeding places of the stegomyfa mosquito since the cisterns are all screened.
 Depression DisapDears.
 The depression which Mondays unex- pected leap in the new eases caused gave way to feeling of intense satis- faction today when there was renewed evldence that yellow fever here is al- most completely under control
 Some of the physicians are inclined to take issue with the statement that pr. RerEes arrest influenced them to a more thorough report of existing eases and insist that the increase was without significance. but. whatever the cause it is the belief now. both among the Federal authorities and the public at large. that henceforth perfect faith may be placed in the accuracy of the daily figures There is. therefore. con fdence that today's low record. both as to cases and deaths. indicates that the disease is spending It's force and that thA fRht began under the most adverse conditions Is to be more completely sue cessful than that vaRed at Havana. The Soct that the death rate has fallen so invv and that. as at the very beginning nS the epidemic. the fatalities are Chiefly to be found among the foreign races and are due principally to the isck of proper care and treatment. has served to reduce to a minimum whatev- ar fear there existed among these who have remained here since the fever was first announced
 Improved sanitation in all the built nm narts of the city will be the inevita- Sia result of the passing misfortune. Tha Federal authorities who have been tara in the thick of the fight point out .Sat there Is wide room for it.
 .srhe area of New Orleans is i've or civ times as large as it should be with s.N snnuIatjon," said Dr. White. The r,orEInq classes live in little cottages
 ..+tsred to the four winds of heaven. o.'ar an area larger than that of the otty of Philadelphia. Many of them S,.,s where the streets cannot be paved. r.t.r systems introduced and sewerage
 "a S,sinage extended If there Is any aS ,H,, hy which the city limits can be ~ sT,1~,SS,,,scrgbed and people can be forced .,n ,nto inc pure air instead of strag- uI,vs out into the morasses. that way rsa,sia bA taken. If you have more | 9tNS S,-A... fn a EivAn area you will