The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-08-17
DEATH RATE LOW
IN STRICKEN CITY.
AVERAGE OF FIVE FATAL YELLOW
FEVER CASES A DAY IN
NEW ORLEANS.
Doctors Laugh at Latest Plan to Prevent
Disease, but 1t Will Be
Tried.
YELLOW FEVER REPORT.
lew cases in New Orleans since 6

4ECW cases Ill 4HSW O4lSduS s444Se
p. m. Sunday. ................. 81
The above includes 10 new cases re-
ported late last night and not included
IN total.
Total cases to date ................ o8I
Deaths today. ore. ...... ......... 7
Total deaths. ........... $500. I6I
New Orleans, La, Aug. 14.-With
nearly ouc-half Of August gone and with
total deaths since July Is, one month,
of only lol. an average of five a day,
tic Marine hospital service today begins
the second week of their fight against
yellow fever here.
i There was crop Of cases on Sunday,
as is usual. because Sunday inspection
is not so rigid as that on week days, but
/ Dr. White had his inspectors out early
today in each of the wards. and it will
not he surprising if today'S list shows
some advance over that OF the preceding
4 tWentyfour hours.
Suppression of Cases.
4 In spite of all the appeals that have
been made by the press and the federal
! authorities there is still suppression Of
i cases. one instance is that of a dauch-
4 ter of well known lawyer. She is
said to have had a typical case and to
/ have been treated by druggist. The
/ case was discovered by doctor, who
says her case is hopeless. The conse-
4 uuence is that steps are to be taken to
i compel druggists 10 make report OF all
! such eases of illness that come under
i their observation.
Some friction has existed between doc.
tors and the authorities growing out of
4 the resentment on the part OF the
former to the visit Of inspectors to patti
entS whom the doctors have reported.
l,r White. however, has taken steps to
remove this trouble. declaring that the
4 federal authorities will interfere in no
way with physicians who make known
/ cases Of illness III their practice.
To Test Arsenic Theory.
pr. Leach, who came here from Min
/ nesota with the arsenization theory, is
masking attempts to have the test indie
/ pendent of the doctors The Orleans
i Medical society has declared the use of
/ arsenic rs unsound in theory and un-
proven in practice, but there is popular
4 feeling here that Dr. ch ought 10
4 have an opportunity to make his expert
4 meuts.
In this connection all sorts Of theories
are coming here concerning the trent
i ment Of yellow fever and the city has
4 been flooded with prescriptions that are
/ guaranteed to he sure cures.
Lumber Business Unframed.
Reports from lumber mill men
! throughout this section say that the
/ fever has made little in pression on their
! business though some a. the mills close
/ 10 New Orleans have suffered from the
! arbitrary regulations of towns here and
! there against the shipment of freight
4 of any kind. The Southern Cypress as
socaton has taken up the matter with
/ Dr. Whit, and the doctor has written n
4 letter in which he expresses the opinion
| chat it is almost an impossbility for
/ lumber shipments to carry the Infection.
| However, all cars of lumber leaving here
! are now being disinfccted with sulphur
i and assurance is given that none of them
/ Is carrying away mosquitoes.
Room to Room Inspection.
The federal authorities have begun
the room to room inspection. That has
/ already been done in the originally in
fectcd area but il is now being done in
every ward aud il is expected 10 turn
M, pvorV pouCpa led On So TINT exists