Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-15
MOST OF THEM ARE BELOW CANAL STREET
New Gases Yield Readily to Treatment and
Per Cent Of Mortality is Low.
ATTEMPTS At coNcEALSENT UNEARTHEO
Discovery that Druggists Are Prescribing
for Victims of Epidemic,
MARINE HOSPITAL SURGEONS coNFlOEN
Belief that the High water Mark VIII
he Reached within Few Days
Several Cases Reported in
Country Parishes.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. u.-omoial report

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. n-omoial report
20 p. m:
New cases ............................. %
Totel to date
leans ,is
New sub-foci ........................... 81
Total sub-foei TO date .................. 21O
Cases under treatment ................... S6
The figures for the day are considered
surprisingly small, considering that nine
teen OF the cases reported today really be-
longed to yesterdays list. having come in
after the closing Of the Sundays report.
Monday has usually been a heavy day for
new cases account OF hold-overs from
Sunday, and IL the number of new cases
for the next few days continue small then
It can be said that the situation Is really
improving. OF the new foci four up
town and four below Canal street The
greater portion OF the new cases is below
Canal street.
Surgeon Whites forces went to work to-
day on the reorganized plan, all the fumi-
eating and screening being done from the
district headquarters instead OF from the
central headquarters as heretofore
New Cases I'm Country.
This is a field day for country cases.
Assistant Surgeon Corpul went to st. James
parish and found case at Lutcher, a
large lumber town. This case is traced to
Reserve plantation.
The parish health officer Of ST. Charles
reports that Diamond ana Goodhope plan
tations have each one suspicious and three
positive cases He says that on the Good
hope plantation the Italians are very much
opposed to inspection, but he will call on the
sheriff to enforce his authority. Two more
cases we're discovered today on the Wilds-
wood plantation In Jefferson parish. An
other case has developed a Port Barrow I'm
Ascension parish. There are two cases at
Ia Fourche Crossing in La Fourche parish
which are Isolated on a nat boat in the
bayou Patterson reports three new cases
and no deaths. Plaquemne parish, below
the city, reports two new cases at Pointe
Celeste, four miles above Ponte-a-la-
Hache, one of which is dead, All other
cases in that parish have recovered and
the Pointe Celeste cases are the only
secondary injection which have developed
An early report received by the Board OF
Health said there were twelve cases there
but this was a mistake in transmission.
solution of Fruit situation.
The situation In relation to the fruit
business shows some signs of a solution.
1t is believed that the surgeon general
will withdraw his prohibition against ship
ping OF fruit north If an arrangement now
under way can be completed to have the
fruit vessels unload at Chalmette, a point
below the city.
The Norwegian steamship saphir, from
Colon, Is now held up In quarantine, and
two cases OF sickness were tatken off and
placed I'm the detention camp at the quar-
antine station near the mouth of the river.
It is supposed here that another of
sickness was taken off another ship re-
Gently, which was detained at quarantine
Assistant Surgeon Berry is on the road
10 recovery.
, Surgeons Arc Confident.
The health authorities are still unable to
assert whether the high-watcr mark In the
matter of daily aggregate cases has beer
reached and they consider 1t too early tc
hazard n guess at the extent Of the victory
which they expect to win but with a large
proportion of the cases. responding to gooc
treatment, they do not believe there is any
chance that the disease can approach to th'
proportion of any of the serious epdemic'
of the past though the population of New
Orleans Is almost double what It was II
1875 Some infection has existed in scat
tered quarters, where local doctors have re
scented the activity of inspectors In case
which they have themselves reported, bu
Or, White is displaying great tact in han
ding the situation, is constantly smooth
Ing out the wrinkles and hopes to within
few days have perfected a working sys
tenn that cause will no longer exist for dis
satisfaction.
Druggists Help Conceal Cases,
Concerning the statement that druggist
have been prescribing for patients ii
order that families might avoid reporting
sickness 10 the authorities Or. White SAT-
today that he did not consider it within tn
line OF his duty to prosecute druggist
who prescribed without a doctors certlh
cate. but that he would act towards then
as he would towards physicians II h
learned that they were purposely conceal
ing cases. The doctors themselves, how
ever have Indicated that they will hearth
support any action designed to prohibit IN
practice among druggists OF treating yello,
fever cases. The agitation over this mat
ter grows out of discovery on Saturda
of the case OF young woman OF som
prominence who was found TO be critical
I'll with yellow fever without doctor
charge. Only druggist had prescribe
for her. Her case proved fatal ON Sunda
and today d new case was reported in n
same house.
While Il is contended that yellow fevs
is not, as formerly supposed. a NTH di.
ease, experience here is that people VIII
live in Nth and in onsanitary surrounC
ings are much more likely 10 have a fatl
termination of the disease when they cor
tract IT, than are those who live in II
midst OF better environment.
win Prosecute Landlords.
y The campaign of prosecution Of tho
who have not paid obedience 10 the ant
mosquito ordinance is 10 be participated
by the federal authorities. the city Boa
Of Health. the peace officers and the v
rious ward committees.
Orders have been issued by inspect
Whitaker TO the police 20 prosecute
landlords and agents who fail TO scre,
their cistorns. The result OF the ord
was the taking OF a large number
a athdavits by the police today In one
the uptown wards the citizens commit
~ swore out eighty afidayits for violatio
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