Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-21
Officials Entered Upon Fifth
Week Of Campaign
AGAINST YELLOWFEVER
PASSING OF THE CALAMITY DUE
LARCENY TO EFFICIENT WORK.
Plague Under Control, but Date for
Final Eradication Not Fixed
Latest Figures.

NEW ORLEANS, August 21-Full Of
nope the federal and local authorities and
| the public In general entered today upon
the fifth week OF the campaign against yell
| low fever. which is now considered to be
beyond the stage when serious epidemic
| Is possible.
DR.. Beverly Warner. head of the voIun-
teer forces. who has been In close touch
| first with the local authorities and then
| with the federal says that the decrease In
| the mortality. shown by the reports. is
unprecedented. and the situation Is rapidly
| coming under control
| DIR. Warner said the passing of the calam-
| ity was due in large degree to the splen-
did work of the marine hospital service.
! He said that the daily record given out
| by the service was a true one. Nothing
has been suppressed. and truth and pub
| licfty have proved to be Of the greatest
benefit. DR.. Warner said that I'm the fu-
ture he would protest with all his might
against the suppression of any health news.
Fever Under Control
While the federal authorities now have
| no hesitancy in saying that the fever is
under control they are not ready to Ak
date when 1t will be stamped out The life
| OF stegOmyia mosquito is perhaps two
| months. and as here and there a stray in
fected mosquito Is sure to avoid all the pit
| falls laid for its destruction, sporadic cases
Will doubtless appear after the disease is
entirely under control.
DR.. White is expected back today from
Mobile. whittier he went to consult the
health authorities there In connection with
| the matter of the movement Of freight from
| New Orleans. There Is great satisfaction
over the announcement that Alabama will
place no bars against the shipment Of mer-
chandise, provided that the cars which
carry 1t have been disnfected for the pur-
| pose OF destroying mosquitoes.
| The acknowledgment OF Alabama authori-
| ties that freight itself will not carry infec-
| ton is expected to have an excellent effect
on the attitude of other states. and it is
| anticipated that DR.. White will be selected
/ to use his influence in this direction with
Mississippi and Texas.
In this connection. while Alabama Is
| showing evidences OF sanity In the treat
| ment Of the situation. the Texas authori-
| ties continue to put into effect every week
severer rules until now 1t requires eleven
| days detention to get into Texas.
The Forty-Five New Cases.
| In the forty-five new cases in the pre-
| ceding twentyfour hours. four were found
| In one family and three in another. new
case has appeared In the Frenzy asylum on
| st. Ann street. A number Of Norwegians
| and Swedes have been included In the lists
| OF new cases recently, most Of them being
| sailors. Quite number Of the forty-f1ve
| new cases were reinfections in houses In
| watch each house in which a case appears
| twenty-five days after 1t Is cured or died.
| If no new cases appear In that time the
house is considered non-infected. Arrange
ments are now being made to arrange a
complete list OF non-infected houses.
The marine hospital Is now considering
| the matter OF establishing a detention hos
pital here independent of the Emergency
| Hospital. The idea is to place 1t in fami-
| lies whose homes may be infected. sending
| the patient to the emergency and the well
I
| way 1t is thought that houses will be more
rap idly cleared Of Infection.
This Is intended especially to meet the
| situation in foreign neighborhoods where
the population does not yield readily to
the regulations.
Fever at Other Points.
Lafayette and Alexandria now free
| OF fever, patients there having recovered.
The announcement Of DR.. Guitenas that the
| second case at Rayne Is not yellow fever
| has had a reassuring effect on the people
| in that town and In the surrounding coun-
| try. Crowley. which has slapped on the
| quarantine against Rayne, Is preparing to
| raise It, No new points in the state out
| side Of New Orleans were reported in
1 fected today.
! With four deaths during the night there
| was an indication of a slight increase in
the number OF deaths for today. though no
| likelihood that the maximum for day
during the present fever would be reached.
There were no developments of Consequence
| during the day.
| DIR. White returned from Mobile. where
/ he had a satisfactory conference with the
Alabama officials concerning the movement
/ Of freight out of New Orleans
Among the deaths today Is one In the
| French asylum on st. Ann street, where q
number of cases have been reported, and
one in the Marine Hospital In the upper
| portion of the city. the latter case having
been reported last week.
| The camp at Slidell has been closed. No
| accommodation was made by the federal
authorities to board those detained, and
| the private arrangements proved unsatis-
factory. 1t is probable the government will
establish a camp of Its own there similar
| to Camp Wyman.
The state board OF health today decided
to send three nurses to Riverside planta-
ton, in st. Mary, where there are about
forty cases.
Case Reported at Gregory, Mo.
KEOKUK, Iowa, August 21.-A case OF
yellow fever is reported from Gregory. Mo-.
eleven miles south Of Keokuk. A Greek
laborer on railroad construction has been
quarantined. his case being pronounced yell
low fever. He came from Natchez Miss,
a few days ago with party of workmen.
Surgeon General Wyman of the public
health and marine hospital service today
received telegram from Past Assistant
Surgeon Goldberger, dated at Alexandra.
La. and saying that no new cases of yell
low fever had developed at that place. He
added that inspection and fumigatiOn were
being pushed.