The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-03

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Al Ew ORLEANS. Aug. 2.-Today's
report of the fever situation
showed an increase in the number
2 OF deaths. but the health authorities
confessed to no alarm over the situa-
tion and said that more fatalities were
10 be looked for from the fact that in
the past three or four days there has
been a sufficient increase in the number
of cases to warrant the expectation of
heavier mortality. High temperatures,
succeeded by heavy precipitation and
cooler weather, produced climatic con
ditious also favorable to fatalities.
Practically all of the deaths were of
Italians and nearly all of them were
either in the emergency hospital or in
the district adjacent thereto. Some of
the victims were unfOrtunates whose
cases were only reported i'm the last
two days indicating they were in a
practically mOTibund condition when
their Illness was reported. It is con-
fidently believed that once the infec-
ton begins TO decline in the section be-
low Canal street, where the sanitation
conditions are more favorable for the
spread of the disease, there will be lit
tie difficulty in stamping out the mall
ady which may be under treatment
elsewhere There is no attempt to con
cesd the fact that the extent of the
fever shows a serious state of affairs.
but there IS believed not to be any
TO have spread over the country out
side of New Orleans.
That the fever continues - as an
Italian infection is shown by the fact
that in the list Of -, the Italian VIC
tins number 81. The six dead are re-
lations.
Conceal the Sick.
In spite of all that has been done to
Teassure them, many Of the Italians
continue to make efforts to conceal their
cases They are stin panic stricken
and turn in fear from the physicians
and health officers. It was due largely
10 the energy with which the marine
hospital forces set about the work of
discovering hidden cases that Tues
days record was made so large.
With local inspectors they ignored
the custom and insisted upon reach
ing spots where they believed cases TO
exist. Since this campaign has been in
progress cases have turned I'D in the
most unexpected places. In one in
stance when the officers had made
thorough inspection Of premises and
failed to find what they were looking
for they went through a skylight and
found a sick man lying on the roof
In another case they found a patient
concealed under a cistcrn. The other
day a wagon loaded with household
goods and accompanied by Italians
started to cross on the ferry. Suspi-
cious officers insisted on an investiga-
ton and when the wagon was un-
loaded a very sick man was found
One of the reasons the fever has
spread among the Italians is because
they sleep without protection against
mosquitoes.
Postoffiee Bars Mail.
Postmaster Woodward today re-
Ceived letter from the railway mail
service at Atlanta saving that Green
Vile. Miss. has notified that office that
hereafter II will receive no letter
malied from New Orleans that has not
been dlSinfected and that under no
circumstances viii il receive neUs-
papers. whether disinfected or not
ii was said at the state board of
healIh today that Secretary Hunter of
the Mississippi board would probably
be here shortly to survey the situa-
ton generally and especially 10 study
the scientific fight now in progress.
based on the mosquito theory How
ever. the Louisiana officials expect lii
tie modification of the quarantine resu-
Iatons, until the fever is entirely
stamped out, owing to the WIDESPREAD
dfsinclination Of the Mississippi public
accent
Interstate Row.
Surgeon White of the Marine hos
pItal service has returned from the
MISSISSIPPI coast. from which point he
talked over the long distance teIeDbone
with Governor Nardanan DR. White
SAID the governor had given courteous
consent TO the establishment Of a de-
tentiou camp on the Mississippi side of
the state line of the Louisville & Nash
Vile road and would arrange for the
admission to Mississippi points of per-
sons from New Orleans who enter the
camp and are discharged with Ger
tificateS OF the federal surgeons. There
is no longer any obstacle to the move
nent OF passengers through Msss-
sippi.
The question of whether federal con-
troll OF the situation ought to be in
vited is still discussed but unless
EraVer conditions arise IL is not re-
garded as likely that there will be
any movement in that direction Mayor
Herman today signed the MOSQUITO
ordinance and it was later reviewed
1n the official journal. 1t requires that
cisterns shall be screened within forty
eight hours by property owners or their
agents.
No apprehension exists Of any seri-
Gus results from the trouble that has
arisen on the Observation-Disclosures
border over the enforcement of the
Mississippi quarantine. With Govern
or Vardaman anxious to avoid any
conflict with the Louisiana authorities
fl is thought the Mississippi soldiers
who have been coming freely across
the Mississippi line, viii hereafter be
required to keep on their side of the
border and thus all further possibility
of clashes viii be removed.