Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-08-25
Ten New Cases at Patterson and Five
at Hanson City, Near Kenner-
-Four new Gases at Mississippi
City.
New Orleans. Following is the

New Orleans Following is the
official report up to pm. Sunday:
New cases .......... .....45
Total cases to date ........1 ,3S5
Deaths ......... ............4
Total deaths to date ........ .196
New loci 1900. ..........II
New foci to date ........ .306
Cases under treatment $500. .3S1
No better evidence of the fact that
the visitation of the mosquito fever
is now being controlled here, and that
there is a chance for its eradication,
can be found than the daily reports
Of cases and deaths.
For several days now the number
of new cases has shown a decline,
while the number Of deaths have been
remarkably low, considering the
number of cases reported a week ago.
The death list indicates that practical
ly every case that develops is now
being reported and that means that
the modern method Of treatment to
prevent spread is being applied. When
that condition is assured the end Of
the visitation is in sight and it looks
as if that condition is approaching.
New Orleans, Las Aug. 20.-This
morning a comparison of figures was
entered into to show the effectiveness
of the present fight against the yellow
fever. The figures were comparisons
between 1905 and 1878, because in
each year the fever starts about the
same time, and each year the type of
the disease was of the worst and most
.yirulent type that ever came to this
city.
On August 10th, 1878, there had
died from yellow fever in New Orleans
126 persons, on August 10th, 1905,
the deaths were 129. Up to that date
the fever of this year had proved more
severe than in 1873. The following
table shows its course before and since
in the number of deaths:
July 1905, 62; 1878, 80. August l,
1905, 6; 1873, 7. August 2, 1905, IL;
1873, Z. August 3, 1905, s; 1878, T..
August 4, 1905, 5; 1873, IL. August
5, 1905, 8; 1873, u. August 6, 1905,
s; 1878, 5. August Z, 1905, s; 1878,
-. August s, 1905, 4; 1873, II. Au-
gust 9, 1905, 7; 1873, II. August 10,
1905, 5; 1873, 8. August II, 19O5,9;
1873, IA. August u, 1905, 8; 1873,
u. August 13, 1905, II; 1873, 21.
August IA, 1905, u; 1873, 20. August
Is, 1905, 6; 1873, II. August 16,
1905, 4; 1873, %. August IL, 1905,
4; 1873, 81. August Is, 1905, s; 1873,
AT. August 10, 1905, 4; 1878, Al.
No comparison is made of new cases
for the reason that the figures would
be misleading. In 1878 during the ear
lier weeks, only the severe cases were
reported, and at no time were the
mild ones given in. Today, under the
frequent requests Of DR.. White every
case must be reported, however mild.
It will be seen that the present fever
did not drop behind that OF 1878 un-
til August II. 1t was at that time
twents-seven years ago that the dis
ease began to get rabid here. The
deaths sprang up to AZ on August IS
and Al on August 49, The city has es-
capped anything like that this year for
August 10Th showed only 4, against
Al deaths in 1878. Instead of increas-
ing with rapid progression, it has
actually decreased. The first five days
of August reported 50 deaths, the last
five 26, the previous five AZ.
New Orleans, La, Aug. 2O.-Verily
this was Sulphur Day in New Orleans
as the fumes pervaded our city from
northern limits into the gulf and from