Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-02
CHEERFUL AUTHORITIES.
They Are Not Shaken by the Spread
OF the Fever.


messed an increase i'm the number of
was not unexpected in view of the
high temperature that has prevailed
the past two days. There was. how
ever. the usual large preponderance Of
Italian names in the list both OF new
cases and deaths, which has charac.
terized the reports since the time
when the fever was first officially an
nounced as existing here. In spite OF
the increased mortality the health su-
thorities exhibited no concern over the
situation. cOntending that with the
accumulation of cases there must be
expected an increase In fatalities TO
maintain the average death rate of the
fever.
1t is still possible to trace all new
cases that are appearing TO the orig
inal foci- Meantime the health au-
thorities and citizens are making ar
rangements to give the results OF their
observations of the foci outside OF the
original district. Scientists have de-
clared that the female stegomyia can
only receive the poison of yellow
fever patient into her system during
the first three days of illness. and that
she is unable to communicate it until
ten or twelve days thereafter. In from
seventeen to twenty days it will be-
come evident whether or not there is
to be a spread from any of the out
lying foci, and the health authorities
will by the beginning of next week
include in their daily tables. beside
the appearance of new fOci, the dis
appearance of existing foci from which
there has been no secondary Infection
On the results of these observat ions
they will be able to determine whether.
as they hope now. they can control the
disease and ultimately subdue it,
The war against the stegomyia still
continues and the oiling of cutters
and cisterns goes on with great energy
and persistence, though a light rain
storm this afternoon caused a tenn
porary suspension of the work and will
doubtless require the forces to go back
over much of the gutter territory they
have covered to replace the oil wash
ed away.
Meantime an effort is TO be made
to remove all ponds where water
stands and serves as a breeding place
for the insect. To that end an ordi-
nance was introduced by the city
council tonight providing that all va
cant lots and other places where water
stands for more than six hours shall
be filled to the grade required by the
city engineers surveys. Fine or i'm
prisonment is to be the penalty for
neglect to observe the ordinance
The business interests continue to
exert every effort to secure some modi-
fcation of the quarantine regulations
which have had the effect of bottIjng
up the city commercially With th4t
object in view, President Souchen Of
the state board of health. who is i'm
thorough sympathy with the efforts to
secure a relaxation of the subordinate
quarantines In Louisiana. today issued
a proclamation on behalf of the state
board Of health to all parishes aud
municipal health offices. He announces
that he has accepted and recommends
the acceptance by subordinate officers
of the marine hospital health certih-
Gates to through passengers from
northern points transferring in screen
cd coaches to New Orleans. He de-
clares that passengers from New Or
leans after d retention OF five days in
marine hospital service camps, who are
given certificates of free pratique,
should be admitted without detention
into all parishes and towns of Louisj-
ana
President Souchen says. as to the
handling of freight: while recogniz-
Ing Ine pressure unQef WHICH certain
localities have quarantined against
shipments of merchandise from New
Orleans, the state board of health ear
nestly deprecates such restriction as
applied to merchandise and express
matter and recommends that no such
restriction be imposed after it becomes
known that all freight cars from New
Orleans are being fumigated by United
States Dublic health and marine hos
pital service before leaving the city"
DR., White OF the marine hospital SER
vice spent most of the day on tile gulf
coast in an effort to get a site for 4
detention camp on the Louisville and
Nashville road No permits are being
issued to any person to enter Avon
dale detention camp when such peV~
son intends going through or to Texas,
owing to the Texas demand for five
days detention at Sabine river.
The detention camps at Avondale