The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-16
NEW ORLEANS ENCOURAGED
 BY THOROUGHNESS OF WORK

TTOIfl the suppTeSSlOu oi CdSSS anu thSi V was a note of pessimism in their privately expressed views. When the service took hold. Dr. White said he looked for a larger number of eases to be reported daily for some time. With perhaps a corresponding increase in the number of deaths, but saw advantage in such result because 1t meant surer hold on the situation.
 Dr. Whites prediction was verified. for the daily cases last week exceeded in number the high water mark previ- ously reported for any day by the City Board of Health the tide reaching it's heighth on Saturday. Since then there has been a decline from the maximum which is taken to mean that the city has been so thoroughly fne-combed that a number of hidden cases still ex- isting is insignificant. and that with the relentless destruction of stegomyia that has taken place the new cases must hereafter fall far below the climax of last week.
 Reduction of New Foci.
 Encouragement is especially found in the reduction of new foci. An analysis of the report of the twenty-four hours ending August 14 showed eight new foci. When a case appears on any street the entire square Is marked as infected. In three instances of the eight new foci the focus was on the opposite side of the street, going to show that actually the fever had ap- peared only in five new quarters of the city. With the reduction of foci there will be a corresponding reduction of the area to be watched and opportunities for success in the fight will be en- hanced. Many of the new foci of three weeks ago are considered to have dis appeared, no new infection appearing in their neighborhoods.
 The streets of the old infected terri tory presented a deserted appearance today, though there was cleanliness on every side that had perhaps not existed for a century The district Is still largely inhabited by Italians, but as a rule they keep inside their houses. and no one invaded the territory who did not have urgent business requiring his presence there. The deep religious spirit prevailing the district was evt- dent in nearly every home Crucifxes were displayed and candles kept burn ing as a perpetual prayer for divine intercession in ridding the district of the dread disease which has carried sorrow in so many of the homes.
 draft for $25, 900 was received today at the office of the collector of the port to be put at the disposal of the Marine Hospital Service which is bearing some proportion of the heavy expense which
 
 fever Meantime, the citizens commit tee Is prosecuting it's canvass for funds and there is a steady appreciation or the fund All the money needed Is available to carry on the work even at its present high pressure for several weeks to come, but there Is resoIute determination to increase the fund to such an extent that the work may never have to halt for want of money to carry if m The state Board of Health made prep arations today to send relief in the way of doctors and nurses to the vicinity or Point a la Hache, but abandoned the intention when 1t was notified that where the sickness existed no accom- modations were available. Plaquemine has made arrangements to give help to the little colony of Italians among whom the two cases exist.
 Sunday Day for DisinfectiOn. Next Sunday has been designated as day of general disinfection. Dr. Warner issued a tatement today in which he said that the screening and oilinR that has been done will destroy the chance of new broods of mosquitoes matching, but that the mosquitoes which would hatch before this screen ing and oiling was finished are still about the city and in the present crisis are liable to become as dangerous as so many rattlesnakes.
 Appeal Is therefore made to every householder, every boarding or lodg- ing housekeeper. every hotel. every merchant and manufacturer. every per- son occupying any enclosed premises of any nature, whether 1t be a stable or a room in an office building. to fumi- gate at 10 o'clock on that day, burning sulphur under the directions of the Marine Hospital Service for at least two hours.
 Wednesday and Friday have been ap- pointed as outing days for the troops at the United States barracks. Part of the garrison will be taken to West End on one day and part on the other. It is probable that they will be treated to outings each week. The men have now been in confinement for three weeks and have no intercourse what ever with the outside world and it Is desired to give them the opportunity for some relaxation. Not a case of fever has appeared In the garrison nor on the naval reservation.
 suspicious case of fever which may develop into yellow fever was reported today from Algiers near which the naval reservation Is located. It Is a long distance from the case which occurred in Algiers over three weeks ago and the patient Is a young girl employed within the area of infection on this side of the river. Owing to the success with which the previous case was han dled there was not a ripple of excite ment caused In the Algiers district of 10000 persons by the announcement
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