Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-08-26
DISINFECT AND
SCREEN HOUSES
II This Is Done DR.. White Says the
Fever Will Disappear
In EARLY OCTOBER.
Complete Sanitary Survey Is to Re
Had of the City and an Effort
Made to Locate Every
Possible Focus.

New Orleans. Aug 26.-f all houses
are properly disinfected and screened
there are reasonable hopes for a COM
plete cessation of yellow fever on or
before Oct was the message of hope
given by Surgeon White to a meeting
that filed st. Paul's Episcopal church.
If the citizens but do this, the doctor
said they deserve the commentator
of the civilized world
DIR. White said the Federal medical
officers were now engaged in making a
complete sanitary survey of the city,
1t was their purpose TO acquire statis-
tics covering every habitable portion
of the municipality. DIR. White APP
pealed for courteous treatment and CO.
operation with the inspectors. He said
the service was trying to locate every
locus. That is necessary If the cam
paign is to succeed completely, and
urgency OF cooperation is evidenced
by the fact only that hitherto unknown
focus in the generally infected section
was discovered, the focus that the SER
vice has been searching for for some
time. AT the beginning of the fight
the doctor said there were 100 of these
unknown foci--iive times the number
the Havana authorities admit would
swamp them and create an epidemic
in that city. The record shows, he said,
what has been accomplished in running
them down. II is anticipated that
when the authorities feel that the sys-
tenn is perfect there win be IN effort TO
weed out cases OF maiarial and dengue
fever from actual yellow fever. and
when that comes to pass the evidence
will be clear as to how successful has
been the work of controlling the dis
ease.
Governor Blanchard continues his ef-
forts TO keep the wheels of trains NOV
ing in Louisiana. He put himself in
communication with railroad officials
wherever there is interruption of SER
vice and ascertained the roads anxious
TO maintain service II permitted to do
so by the various communities. The
governor expects TO get the Memphis.
Helena and Louisiana road i'm operation
again in a day or two. Unle IS he sue
ceeds many people of north Louisiana
who depend on this line viii suffer for
tine neeessaries of life.
President Souchon of the state board
IGpes to Patterson. La. TO investigate
EDITIONS there. The people of that
town would like the state board to take
entire charge and It may do so. Pat
terson fever cases are mild and with
sufficient physicians and nurses and
strong executive head 1t is thought |
danger of fatalities will be minimized.
Considerable trouble is had with the
Italian community at Good Hope, La.
near the Mississippi Valley road, a
short distance above New Orleans. An |
hospital has been erected, |
but the Italians are I'm rebellion against |
it. and there is not a suffi lent police |
regulations II is not improbable that |
If conditions fail to improve the gov
ernor will be asked to send troops into
parishes above New Orleans to enforce
obedience to official authority.
DIR. Ehlert left here and was joined
by Health Offer Aucoin of Assumption
at Shriever. They go to Bayou Boeuf
10 investigate conditions there. DR..
Charles Saignac discovered a large
number of cases at B~you Beouf.
They have not previously been re-
ported because there was no physician
at the settlement. The focus estab-
lished through communication between
Bayou Boeuf and Patterson.
Professor Robert Boyce of Liverpool.
Eng, has had a conference with Rev.
DR.. Warner and agreed to fill some lee
ture engagements. He will speak at
Temple Sinai Monday night.
Early report of fever situation Friday
was encouraging. There was a small
report of new cases and only one death
during the night That was an Italian
Mrs. Russo. living on Tchoupi-
toulas street. She had been 81 for five
lays. but called no doctor. Neighbors
Uncovered her in moribund condition.
Up to noon Fl lay there were nine
teen new cases and three deaths.