Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-14

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New Orleans, August l2.-4TcxceDt Tor
reports OF the steady progress Of the
work OF the federal authorities In their
effort 10 get In touch with every nook
and corner where disease may exist
The fever situation here was barren OF
developments today. As the days pass
with q steady decrease In the death
percentage the feeling OF optimism In
oreases. Frost rarely II ever appears
10 New Orleans until December. and
the health authorities have therefore
ample time 10 demonstrate that "A BE-
rlons visitation OF yellow fever Is
c0ntrollable They continue confident
choir ability 10 prove II.
The employment OF a large number
Ut people la sanitary work has natur.
Ally given some opportunity to thieves
eend dishonest characters to find occu-
patton and some instances have been
geported Of thefts where the thieves
represented themselves as engaged In
4 the cleaning up movement Residents
have been warned to permit only those
persona to enter their premises who
are equipped with written authority
from the board Of health and the fed
-eral authorities
Reports complied Ivy IN Warner
show that vast amount Of work has
been done IN the matter ~ screening
olsterns. Landlords and property
holdcJ have been equIppins their els
terms With cheeSeCloth The terri.
tory above Canal street reports are
OF q marked disappearance of mosQui.
1oea IN connection with the crusade
against the MOSQUITO an crfort Is to
- made 20 have all huuschnldcrs 70
Q1ed9o themselves 10 hurn sulphur IN
every room OF their homes within the
Dx&t week.
~ TIE fever situation shows no mat,
rial change. though the record OF new
cases IN the preceding 20 hours Ia high
water mark during the present vi,i
sntion. The federal surgeons are No,
ln the least surprised al the number.
and DR., white expects a large report
daily for some time yet he lee
ileVes that the totals In the last few
days indicate that the physicians are
falling In line and reporting their cases
and he expects an result that the
extraordinary work which Is being
done will begin to show much earlier
than might otherwise be expected As
long ~ the deaths are kept down the
authorities will be- free from alarm
ever the situation
No Cases at Insane Asylum.
some concern has been felt abou,
me state INSANE asylum al JacAsnd
la. where 'h.,, are 800 inmai -.
but Supcrln,,rI,l, Hayes reports that
there n not = .Ilt., suspicious case
there The a., um a,s aoen thorough
~ disinfcc'cd ans r,.r, precauilon
has been taken fo ..s.to, the breed,
tng places ~ me s,.r.r,.a In c,n.
nectluu N'h %, As,.Hn. r-n.ct,on
on The country Inatau ,.. II, ,hown
80 che rvcent escape Of a ,.. rri Tho
maj Got aWaN u,v lal, ssu. ,r., .,.,
and has nov hv,u found - i., .,..
site eud 81 ,Er s'.ir. la,.ug ......
a numher Of rN.r. uads a.. "a. ..
hnos without being o.s.rg,t,a ly N.
quarantine guard,
Though thu V'r',-t'c rrte,., AM
other hDuses r,rr ls,r .ur,r,s 81.
vsrely BY the quarantine, Which s.,t
elosed u,sny to~us 90 tt.a. q - ~
A0dnosd thar they have decided ~
redOoe no sA,Aries nor % car I1wr
tArlF forces Drummers iu ,se roua
~ she arp aAabit 10 move frcu. plsc.
en haER eees nolieea iAal The,