Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-26
FEVER SITUATION
In CRESCENT CITY
Two More Deaths reported and
Fifty Cases Under Treat
ment at Present.
FIGHT AGAINST MOSQUITOES
Heroic Steps are Being Taken 10
Stamp out Disease and to Prevent
Its Further sprcad-state of Louis
lana ouarantines Against the infect
cd City to Save Itself.
tBy Associated pross.1

NEW ORLEANS, LA, July 25.-
! There has been no material change i'm
The fever situation today Two more
! deaths were reported There is no
absolute record Of the number of eases
| under treatment at the present, but
1t is believed To be about fifty.
physicians are reporting promptly all
cases OF fever and immediate stems
are taken to prevent mosquito inrcc-
ton, SO that the prospects OF restrict
ing the infection are considered bright
The emergency hospital OH Duamine
street, was equipped today and placed
in charge of Dr. Hamilton T.. Jones,
who hal charge of the isolation hos
pital in 1897.
Noted Expert as assistant.
He has as his assistant DR.. l.. ].
Fagot, noted yellow fever author.
ity and man conversant with the
alien characteristics.
The advisory hoard of The city board
OF health, began active work today
and ii will have Immediate charge Of
the work of fcrrcting out the new foci
OF OIL. indeston anI earryns out thu, bcr
cases develop. 1t will also have gen
cral supervision over the camlnign Of
education and the cleaning of tlc city.
screening of cisternS and houses, etc
Surgeon White and Surgeon Gutter |
as, frcm the marine hospital ervico. |
have completed all plans fer he cs-
adjustment of the detention camps
among the different railroad trunk
lines and have selected the phylcianB
in charge, WHO have already sectcd
their stats. The equipment is the
way. To-day was spent in trips dit
fcrent locations to locate sites I, the
detention camps.
Quarantine Against City.
In view OF the complications Vcr
outside AMI inside uuarantincthc
State board will tomorrow uuarainc
the State against the city oil cv
Orleans, and such territory in than |
mediate vicinity Of New Orlcanas i
desires To maintain open communal |
ton with the city.
This will result in relieving lie
Quarantincs, which Mississippi is ! !.
placed against the whole State Il
which DR.. Tabor, of Texas, has tint II
encd @
DIR. +. II. Ross, who was left Aerey &
DIR. Tabor TO report to him ON q [,
| developments, left for Houston tonit
! well pleased with the ouiloopand n
steps taken by local authorizes III "
expressing confidence that icy Won d.
do all that could be done. il
Lieutenant Colonel Maui U. S. NJ
has sent his report to Liernant &c oI
cral Chaffec as to the soltrs at JAG S,
son Barracks, and tomoow will II
spect Fort st. Philip. Hsees no re
son to remove the troor
100 Cases; 90 pths.
Tonight in response The requd =.
of the State board ofsalth The cit -.
board of health comfd the iigurd ~
of suspicious and acl cases Of "
low fever and deatlllid the lsurs
as issued by the ST. BOARD SHOW: ~
Between July 49, July II, thes W
were about 100 cit suspicious an
positive, and 20 ms Since tho
there have been 5seS ana II deatls -
up to the 24th, ing, all told, Ill nc
cases and 80 aiToday there wen uo
two deaths Mako 10 date. Thor ~
are about fifty under trcatmen.
DR.. George E"ns' United Stats po'
Marine Iospltrvicc. has been al. MOI
signed to takgge of the inspection
of trains. to q a.e win the Stats ~
and localitiohi ch have instituted wa
Quarantinest ne VIII make his -,
HEADQUARTERS jackson. Miss. SUI
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