Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-28
SIX DEATHS AND
MANY new CASES
Every Precaution Being Taken
BY the Re1lth Officers.
HOPE TO ERADICATE THE FEVER
The Authorities Have the Situation
Well in Hand-ltalians Seem To Be
More Affected than Any One Else.
Headquarters Are at Memphis

New Orleans, La, July Pho re-
port of additional new cases or deaths
from yellow fever was made public
by the city board of health in the
early hours of the day. There was
unofficial report of a number OF
cases. Official report was made to-
day of II new cases and six deaths
occurring in the preceding "a hours.
Of the II new cases nine are Italians.
Six of the cases are at $40 and 524
st. Phillip street, showing the princi
pal infection to be still in the vicinity
of the French market. Only two of
the cases are in the upper part of the
city. Of the deaths, one occurred in
the hospital, two uptown and the other
three in the French market district.
The health department officials after
a study of tn efoci exposed the opin-
ion today that there was still hope OF
eradicating the disease before fall and
that DIN any event with the precau-
tions being taken a serious epidemic
was entirely out of the question.
AS a result of the decision of the
state board of health to make the six
day detention Immediately effective,
four fruit ships bound to New Orleans
have been ordered to Mobile, which is
understood to be willing to receive
them.
One case of yellow fever has ap-
or :
ST. Phillips, 60 miles below the city
1t is that of an Italian woman who
escaped from the French market dis
trict.@ Lieutenant Colonel Maus, U.
There is no present intention to move
the garrison. DR.. r. T. Ames is to-
be atationad at Jackson barracks.
There is no fever at the post
Italian societies are taking hand
with priests of their nationality with
a view to aiding the authorities. The
only serious alarm here has been
among the Italians. Many of them
living in the French market section
were ignorant ad superstitious and
when the fever began to rage they be,
came frightened and those not down
with it fed to friends in other Sec
tions of the city and to the surround
ing country That is why the foci
has been distributed. There is still
alarm among them, and the Italian So
cieties and priests will try to reassure
them, interest them in sanitation and
pledge them to promptly report cases
of illness among them. Several cases
of concealed fever have been reported
by the societies.
Formerly in yellow fever epidemics
here houses containing cases have
been tagged. 1t has not yetbeen de-
cided to flag cases this year Arbitrary
restrictions against attendance at fu-
nerals have also been modified in the
belief that only the mosquito can
transmit the disease. Publication of
lists of cases and their location has
not been made, but the records arel
open to inspection and the health of
ticials are mapping all foci and are
promptly screen them.
To enable passengers from the east
to proceed westward without annoy
ance or difficulty via New Orleans, the
Southern Pacific is now operating their
trains from the Esplanade ferry land
ing, where direct connection is made
with the Louisville and Nashville
trains without going through the city
as heretofore.
Patients are being received at the
emergency yellow fever hospitals. Ac-
commodations for rs cases have been
provided. These will steadily be in.
creased.
A telegram from Bay st. Louis,
Miss, says that the first intelligence
reaching there of the existence of vel.
low fever. at Back Bay, where a small
schooner from New Orleans is said to
have landed a number of Italians from
New Orleans, was through todays
New Orleans papers. The report is
considered unreliable, but an official
has been sent to the scene to investt
gate.