The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18
THOUSANDS ARE
 TAKING ARSENIC
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 moment and led to a petition to the water and sewerage board to give prece- denoe to the water system in pushing its plans to completion. The board re- piled today. 1t pointed out that mod ern water system carrying potable wa ter into every house, would be mad visable in auvance of the completion of the sewerage, by reason of the fact that with 65 900 houses using many times as much water as at present there would pe larger flow of water Into the gutter and sanitation would be vastly uncared for. With the sewerage system com pleted all surplus water will be carried away. The board said by the end of 1907 the pumping stations, two-thirds of the water works distribution system and three-fourths of the sewerage system will be ready for operation. At that time preparation will be made for the aban- donment of the cisterns.
 Mississippi Cases Cause Alarm.
 The discovery of nearly a dozen cases of yellow fever at Mississippi City, on the gulf coast within three miles of Gulf port, and the fact that Jackson has tied up the Gulf and Ship Island road by the declaration of quarantine against the entire Mississippi coast leaves New Dr. leans the only avenue open to the gulf coast towns. Alabama has on a tight quarantine already against these towns and with the rest Of Mississippi quaran- tined against them, the reason why these should not be in daily communication with New Orleans, as was the case dur ing the prevalence of the fever in 1897, has disappeared Several thousand peo- ple here summer on the coast, including bankers, merchants and prominent men Many have handsome hones there When the coast quarantine against New or leans was put on by Mississippi they left their families at their summer homes. The raising of quarantine would enable them to visit their families daily and result in heavy traffic with the coast and it is not impossible that such ac- ton will be taken.
 The doctors here are not ready to ad- init that the infection of Mississippi City is traceable to New Orleans. It has been the custom since the discovery or the fever here to charge all infection appearing elsewhere to this city. In the Mississippi instance the family in which the fever first appeared proved to have arrived there on July g. after spending a week here. while passing through, whereas the infection did not appear until July 20. The period of in- cubation is not over six days and if the dates have been correctly given the Mis- sissippi infection could not have been caused by sickness in New Orleans Re ports have been frequent here through out the summer of suspicious sickness at one or two points on the coast, but heretofore, there have been emphatic de- nials of them.
 Number of Patients Found.
 Dr. Brady of the marine hospital s-r- vice, went to Waggaman, in Jefferson parish today, to look into conditions that ..t s.f f.afa aeff n of reople are i'll near there with the pre- vailing sickness. They refuse to believe 1t is yellow fever and are constantly exchanging visits and refusing to obey the health regulations The inhabitants in the settlement are not Italians ana more difficulty is found in dealing With them than has been found with the ltal- ians in Jefferson,
 Dr J. Montz and two assistants, went to guspy today in which vicinity there is a considerable number Of cases. All three speak Italian and they were se- lected because of being more able speak ing the language, and would be able 10 bring about ready obeyance to the rules of the authorities. Here in the city the federal authorities are constantly adding to the working force those who speak Italian with the same object in view,
 All the cases that have been treated in the charity hospital, and there have been score or more, have been prouBht III from points in the city, many or them Ill a morbund condition, and so eHectVe have been the precautions taken to pre- vent the spread of the infection to pa tients. nurses and attendants in the wards in which these patients are screened ano treated. that not single case or fevei has originated in the institution This fact ia considered to be a strong en- dorsement of the mosquito theory.
 
 People Want to Leave.
 pr. Maudesley, in charge of issuing per mits to the detention camps, is still over whelmed with applications. One hundred and seventy people are now in three camps undergoing five and six day deten- ton Five hundred and eight-five are on the waiting list. These are persons who
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