The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-29
RAIN HAS CLEARED ALL THE CUTTERS Larvae Are Washed Into the
 SWampS FOUR DEATHS YESTERDAY pr. Won Esdorf Goes to Pensacola and Thinks the Situation There
 Will ooon Be Under
 Control.
FOUR DEATHS YESTERDAY
FEVER SITUATION AT 6 p. M.

FEVER SITUATION AT p. M. New cases. =. =. ... -. ... 23 Total cases to date =. -. ... 2941 Total deaths to date ... =. ... 384 New foci .. :. q. :. =. .. q Cases under treatment =. =. .. 261 Cases discharged -. -. =. e. 2296 New Orleans, September 2S.-Though to- days fever report slightly topped that of the preceding twenty-four hours the figures are so much lower than a week ago as to carry assurance that strong improvement has set in. and which is believed by the authorities to augur the steady decline of the disease during the coming month, making it probable that the fever will practically have been elim- mated at the time of President Roose- velts coming.
 The flooding of the city yesterday by reason of the terrific downpour of rain is thought by the authorities to be partly responsible for the increase in the fever reported today. But the water all prac- tically drained off today, and the inspec- ton service again in full force there was little difference in the aggregate. pr. White has always declared that when all the centers of infection were within his knowledge the results would promptly show in the rapid reduction of cases and the reports for the past three days give the impression that few remain undscov- cred
 The rain continued intermittently today. and the day generally was a dreary one. LA FoI .t,.I~ al~I. the storm may have done more good than harm.
 Cleared All the Cutters.
 Fortunately the rain was sufficiently heavy to clear out the gutters and drains and to wash all the water hitherto stag nant into the swamps and the lake," said Dr. White. AM mosquito larvae which were in that water have been washed out into salt waters and destroyed After you get beyond a certain point the heavier the rain the better. When this rain is en- tirely over, If people will faithfully oil the surface of all standing bodies of wa ter, I think there will be comparatively few stegomyia left In the city,
 Dr. Won Esdorf, who came here today from Tallulah and left for Pensacola, be- lieves that the situation in Florida will soon be under control of the authorities.
 
 sistance had been sent there more prompt ly there would perhaps be no fever at all there now. When the physicians reached Tallulah It's people were in a perfect panic, but they were soon taught the value of organization and had demon strated to them the value of the mosquito theory and the result was the early con- trol of the disease.
 Preparing for Cleanup Day.
  other cleanup day as the result of a con- ference with committee of the medica! society. Cooperation by the ward organ izations will be asked and the full as- sistance of the federal authorities will be given.
 There are three reasons for this final cleanup" said Dr. Warner. Tn the first place the President Is coming here and New Orleans ought to have on for him her best bib and tucker In the second place, refugees are now pouring into New Orleans and they ought to have a hand in putting the city In good sanitary con dition. And in the third place oy carrying out the plan we are preparing little hope will be left for mosquitoes to br ,ed In New Orleans and there will oe jus so many fewer cases of yellow fever tp handle"
 Search for Fever Germs.
  out concerning the progress of the search for the yellow fever germ The probabil- ity is that there will be nothing furtne, on the subject until the close of the fever unless some extraordinary discovery Is made. Microscopical diagnoses of yellow fever are being made at the emergency hospital but the best information obtain able is that the experiments have not reached a point where conclusive results can be acknowledged.
 In the first stages of the fever. when 1t was confined to the Italian district and the members of that race were charged with responsibility for the extent of the pestilence owing to their conceament of 1t there was strong feeling engen- dered against the movement of Italian immigration through this port. That feel ing has entirely disappeared and the de- mand for the planters for laborers not only now but for all time, insures the carrying into effect of all of the plans that were set on foot to make New o. leans distributing point for Italian immigration.
 Plans for Italian immigration.
 General Passenger Agent Batturs of the Southern Pacific returned today from the east. While away he saw Commis- sloner of Immigration Sargent, and went over with him the blue prints for the inn migration station which is to be estab- lished here. It is to be on ground fur nished by the Southern Pacific. As soon as the plans have government approval the station will be put in shape. Mean time, the announcement has been made that new steamship line, the Austro- American, Is to be established with ships sailing from Trieste and stopping at Pal ermo on their way to New Orleans Two ships will be put into the service at the beginning with others to follow. The first sailing from the other side will be in No vember and a large colony of Italian migrants will be brought over. All quar- antine will have ceased at that time and the labor will be distributed to Louisiana and other southern states.
 Decline Is Now Expected.
 The indications of a larger list of new cases today, because of the large list of suspicious cases reported the day be- fore were verified, but at that the num- Der of new cases is small and shows that a steady decline can be expected hence forth. The list of suspicious cases re- ported today is very light, and fore shadows very light report Friday. Only five of the new cases are above Canal street. while the greater proportion of the others Is down in the Seventh and Eighth