Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-08-16
OUTSIDE YELLOW JACK.
Several Cases Have Been Reported
In Outside Parishes.
DOZEN DIED MONDAY
situation at Patterson Is Reported
as Encouraging and the Resi-
dents Of That Place Are
Thoroughly Alert.

New Orleans. Aug 15.-Following Il
the official yellow fever report up to
o'clock Monday afternoon: New
cases. %. total. 1885, deaths. ~. total.
1856; now sub-fool. s: total 2iO; cases
under treatment 356.
The figures for Monday are consid-
cred surprisingly small. considering
that nineteen OF the cases reported
really belonged IN Sundays list. having
come IN after the closing OF Sundays
report Monday has usually been "a
heavy day for new cases on account
OF hold-overs from Sunday. and II the
number OF new cases for the next few
days continue small then IL can be
said that the situation Is really inn
proving. OF the new fOCi. four are up
town and four below Canal street
Surgeon Whites forces went 90 work
on the re-organizod plan. an the fumi-
eating and screening being done from
the district headquarters insted OF the
central headquarters as heretofore.
Assistant Surgeons Mullans and
Green reported Tor duty. Surgeon
Sporting OF the navy arrived here 20
look after the interests OF the navy
men who are az the naval station.
Monday was field day for country
cases Assistant Surgeon Corput went
10 ST. James uarish and found case
az l.utfher. a large humber town. This
cnse Is traced 90 the reserve planta-
tiou.
The parish health officer Of ST.
Charles reports that Diamond and
Goodhope plantations have each one
suspicious and three positive cases. He
says that on the Goodhope place the
Italians are very much opposed 20 In
spectious. but he will call on the sher-
~ 20 lnforce his authority. Two more
cases were discovered ou the Woods
plantation IN Jefferson parish. An
other case has developed at Ia
Fourchc Crossing. which is Isolated on
a flatboat in the bayou. Patterson re-
ports three new cases and no deaths.
Plaquemine parish reports two new
cases az Port Celeste. four miles above
Pointe "a Ia Hache. one - which g.
dead All other cases in that parish
have recovered and the Polnte Celeste
cases are the only secondary infection
which has developed An early report
received by the board OF health said
that there were twelve cases there. but
this WAS a mistake In transmission
Surgeon Guiteras returned from Pat
terson. where he has been In charge OF
the fumigaiion ana screening and or
ganizing the community to night the
Infection. Iie reports the situation
there as encouraging and the people
thoroughly alive To the necessity OF
the work mapped out by him.
The situation bon regard 10 the fruit
business shows some signs of solu-
tion. It|is believed that the surgeon
general viii withdraw his prohibition
against shipment OF fruit north. n an
Arrangement now under way can be
completed Co have fruit vessels un-
loaded at Chalmette a point below
the city.
The Norwegian steamship Sapphire.
from Colon. IL now held up In quaran-
tine and two cases Of sickness were
taken on and placed IN the detention
camp az the quarantine station near
the mouth OF the river. II Is reported
here that a case OF sickness was taken
or another ship recently. which is STIR
detained at quarantine
Assistant Surgeon Berry Is on the
road 10 recovery.