The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-29

OBv Associated Press.)
. NEW ORLEANS, LA, July 2S.--The
4 following report AZ to the progress OF
yellow fever In New Orleans Is up to 6
4 r. NJ to day: 5
New cases ................1I ~ 5al
Total cases to date.........227
Deaths to-day ....,.......,3
Deaths since July 12th.... ~
New centers ...,.........- 9
Total centers .........,.... 80
or the deaths to-day one occurred at
the emergency hospital and was one OF
the cases transferred there yesterday.
r1,nt institution now has nineteen cases
under treatment, and to-day discharged
It's first patient as cured.
Z The state Board of Health to- day d.
vIdcd the State into districts, comprising
half a dozen parishes each, with med
ical inspector In charge OF each. and
will Immediately investigate all rumors
and reports OF yellow fever cases which
come to light outside OF New Orleans
and that part OF the State which is now
included In the city for quarantine pur-
poses. 4.
There is no foundation for the report OF
the case near Borgan City and that the
been thoroughly investigated.
Physicians Confident.
Although the unofflclal reports made
publlc to-day showed a larger NUM-
her OF deaths from yellow fever
than yesterday. when there were
only two, and the appearance OF
q number OF new cases. the men
J: sc ence who are warning against Inc
f y.llow fever plague ended the days abors
.analdent that the situation was SUI wen y
ssi II Shrnd and withS$no immediate pros-
pe.ts OF becoming alarming. To-day OH OH
,.,,,s rtport .of yesterdays progress of
tho dlsease shows that the entire quarter
above Canal Street was free from a single
new case, and that the fever was only
spreading In the poorer habltations Of
the down town quarter with new cases
isolated, except in the heart Of the French
quarter II.
The health authorities continue to hold
lso that the plague remains an Italian
injection, all but two OF the twenty-slx
&C scs reported to-day being OF that na-
,.cnalIty Almost without exception.
slice the beginning OF the fever those
,rp0 have fallen victims to the disease
have reen or the poorer classes OF tho
reputation, many OF them not long resi-
dt nts of the United States, and, there
fore. unacclimated.
For several years the planters OF
Louisiana have been replacing negroes
with Italian labor, and there has been
n steady flow OF immigration from Sicily
and other parts OF Italy to Louisiana.
Many of the Immigrants have remained
8in New Orleans, finding employment IN
the pcddling OF fruit or IN the work Of
unloading vessels at the fruit wharves
It was among these that the fever first
appeared, and to their lack OF acclima-
ton and the nadequacy OF their treat
ment has been largely due the heavy NOR
tally that has characterized the present
visitation Of the scourgc. si
Deaths Yesterday.
To-duy's deaths have been principally
of Italians In two or more cases IN
tho last two days deaths have been re-
+ ported of persons who were only reported
the day previously us having taken the
fever. There have been concealed cases,
which the emergency officers, with the
assistance Of the surgeons. have dis
closed. n,
The first death In tho emergency hos
pltnl occurred to-day. The hospital was
opened yesterday with thirteen cases, and
an equal number was added TO- DAY lhlo
the hospital are sent the worst cases o.
,lnfortunatcs found without comforts or
In order to remove an impression that
may exist in the public mind that all the
cases Of yellow fever are not hHlng re-
Dortcd, the city board made this an
nouncement to-day ~ ~.
"Up to now cases reported to the city
board as suspicious and occurring N the
infected locality have been reported as
such to the State board, but have been
treated as yellow fever, whilst cases re-
ported as suspicious In other localities
( ara investigated prior to reporting 70
the State board, In future, however az
cases reported as suspicious to the city
board Will be investigated before being
reported to the State board, irrespective
Of locality"
A number of the case3 Ceported to-day
we're above Canal Street. Ono under obs
servaton Is that OF a nurse who had
rendered heroic service In nursing he
Z unfortunatcs In the heart of the In
lected French market quarter. During
her employment she was bitten by mos
qultos and apparently contracted the.
e disease,
& Tho other cases have also been traced
10 the original Infection, and the au-
lhorItes to-day said that they had not
yet received reports OF any cases That
We're not thus traceable as was that
reported from Tampa Fla, and those
reported at several points In Louisiana
parishes.
The Quarantine,
Tho Louisiana State Board of Health
met to-day and finally ordered a quar-
antne OF the State against New Or
leans. That action became necessary to
protect all points in the State from be-
!ng quarantined against by Alabama.
Texas and Mississippi. Three parishes
and ono town In another parish were
granted communication with New Or
leans. They are contiguous to the city,
many of their people do business hers,
and thoy would suffer more harm BY
being cut off from the city than by