The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
NEW FEVER CASES
IN NEW ORLEANS
Slight Decrease Noted in Number of
Eoci.
SANITARY WORK GOES ON
TROOPS ON GUARD AT MISSIs-
sIPPI POINTS.

New Orleans. July 3O.-New cases
reported up 10 D. m. today, Il.
Total cases to date, 2S3.
Deaths today, 3.
Deaths to date. 81.
New foci, 4.
Total foci, Al
Though this was Sunday, the work
of sanitation, fumigation. oiling and
screening went on just the same and
VIII continue daily until the city has
been thoroughly screened and made
mosquito proof.
The record for today shows little
change from that of yesterday, except
iu the reduction of the number of
deaths. The decreased number OF new
foci is also new encoura cement. A
new complication was disclosed today
when Superintendent Curran of the
New Orleans & Northeastern railway
announced that two passengers who
had remained the required length OF
time in the Slideu detention camp and
sought admission into Mississippi had
been turned back. If the Mississippi
health authorities now refuse admis-
sion to holders of certificates Of deten-
ton issued by the marine hospital it
ing those camps and then travellers
viii either have to stay here or go 70
points in the north and east and spend
ten days before they can return to
Mississippi.
Troops on Guard.
The location of the Louisville and
Nashville camp has not yet been fixed,
but DIR. Guiteras hopes to get into
communication with Adjutant General
Fridge of Mississippi, who is in charge
of the state quarantine on the gulf
coast, and finally arrange the matter.
The Mississippi troops are now doing
guard duty on the coast.
ok rEn &c in,
immediate charge Of the situation in
the city and who has been subject to
some criticism from various sources,
today gave out the following state
ment. which shows how the authorities
handled the infection as soon as il was
discovered:
1.-The first intimation of yellow fever
in New Orleans was had July Is,
when two physicians reported two
cases of Illness resembling yellow fever.
which cases were submitted to the
president OF the state board OF health
at his Office. The health officer of the
city was summoned Immediately. and
the cases reported, one being already
dead at the time, were by him con-
sidered, for sanitary purposes. actual
yellow fever. and the premises We're
treated accordingly; that is. the dis
Infection methods employed were those
against yellow fever infection. The i-
HSnoses of these cases being judged
Il matter for later consideration, the
health officer Immediately instituted an
investigation of the neighborhood sus-
pected of infection and this inVestiga-
ton disclosed evidence pointing to
prior cases in the same neighborhood.
Ali Needed Precautions.
An measures were employed against
yellow fever infection wherever suspi-
cion pointed. In a few days it was
learned that several squares were in
fected apparently to a degree justify
ing the fumigation of every house for
the possibly existing mosquito. The
ueighborhOod operated on iss almost
entirely Inhabited by an Italian popu-
lation. many of whom are connected
with the handling of bananas and the
unloading of such cargoes from fruit
ships arriving from Central American
ports. Every means was employed
from soft persuasion to brutal force
10 reach infected places, and the
wholesale fumigation was in progress
during period Of ten days or more
during which period an autopsy dem
onstrated the nature of the disease
which must have begun at some time
during the second half OF May.
From the infected neighborhood at
varying times residents removed their
oomiciles to other sections Of the city
and IN this way cases OF the disease
developed in persons infected not only
in tho Italian district, but residents in
other districts at the time OF the first
appearance of the first symptoms. To-
day there are few cases in persons not
connected i'm any known way with the
infected district, and all cases of the
disease known TO exist are isolated and
subjected 10 the proper neasur 5 of
prevention based or the MOSQUITO
law OF yellow fever trasrsulission The
spread OF the disease has not been as
great as was at first feared. and hope
is entertained that it may be con-
tToilcd. -
Answers Governor Vsrdsman.
President Soucho nof the state board
OF health has also taken cOgnizance
OF Governor Nardaman's comments
bout evasion and Discrimination and
today gave out the following state
ment:
IT most emphatically deny the as