The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
FEVER STILL ON THE WAIVE Being Slowly But Surely
 Stamped Out. NEW ORLEANS SITUATION Added Encouragement Given
 Authorities. Quaraati,es are Beiis Raised and Crescent City People stin Re-
 turning to Their Home
 in Droves.
NEW ORLEANS SITUATION

turning to Their Home in Droves. New Orleans, Oct. 7.-onicial record to o'clock p. m., Saturday: New cases, 2s; total cases to date 3.176; deaths today, 3; total deaths to date, 40; new foci, s; cases under treatment, 207; cases discharged, 2,559. There were absolutely no develop
 ments in the local yellow fever situa-
 ton beyond the fact that Monday an-
 other affidavit will be made against a
 physician for failure to report a case of
 yellow fever. It was not made today.
 because the physician might have to
 remain in jail over night.
 Of the new cases. only three are above Canal Street. One of these Is a young woman who claimed to have gone from 1172 Erato Street to the charity hospital. which reported the case late Friday night, but Saturday locality from which the woman claimed to come. failed to result in aoy definite information. The other two deaths were also young women.
 The following country reports were received:
 Kenner, new cases: Patterson. 2 new cases. 1 death: Port Barrow, for week, new case; Terre Bonne Parish. two days, new cases; Bunkie. new case.
 Other late reports are as follows:
 Wildwood. new cases; Gretna, new case; McDonoghville. new case; St. Bernard. 3 new cases; Lake Provi- dence, new case: Tallulah and vi- cinity, 3 new cases.
 The Mississippi summary Is as fol- lows:
 vicksburg. new cases: Natchez. 2 new cases: Port Gibson, 2 new cases; Gulfport, l new case; Rosetta, new case.
 Several cases developed in the Homo chitto neighborhood near Rosetta.
 Situation Encouraging.
 At the close of the eleventh week of the struggle against yellow fever the health authorities summed up the sit- uation today as full of encouragement. The fever has not been entirely wiped out, as 1t was at one time hoped 1t might be at this date. but the dificul- ties to be overcome proved greater than they were expected. The chief obstacle to complete suppression has been the in- disposition here and there among lay men and physicians to work in har- mony with the Marine Hospital author tiles.
 In spite of its vast and cosmopolitan population there has been from the early days of the fight acceptance by the city in general of the mosquito theory. or at least willingness to give 1t trial. but as was to be expected there have been some elements of the population who have refused to be ar gued into favorable consideration of 1t and they have done all in their power Al. .a.- Al ties. Their attitude has been even more harmful than that of the ignorant foreigners.
 In the case of the latter Dr. White has been disposed to excuse suppression on the ground of lack of intelligence, but he considers the attitude of ob- stinacy on the part of some of the phy- sicians and of some of the intelligent laymen to be little short of criminal. Due to their hostility 1t has been im- possible for the Marine Hospital Ser vice to locate and control all the points of infection in the city and the conse- quence has been the breaking out of fever in certain localities which can only be explained by the concealmcnt of previous cases.
 Against this policy of hiding fever the Marine Hospital Service has fought and is still fighting ag- gressively, but until 1t succeeds com pletely it does not expect to stamp out every case of sickness.
 Weeks Good Record.
 In spite of this condition of affairs, which has been disadvantageous be- cause 1t has heretofore prevented ab- solute eradication, the authorities say the disease is steadily waning with the present week presenting the lowest to- tai Of cases sinco the first week in Au- gust. Confidence that all serious dan ger has passed here is evidenced by the response which is being made by the parishes to the suggestion of Pres | ident Rochon and pr. White for the | of quarantines, by the rush of | New Orleans people to their homes and | by the increased number Of people from | other sections who are now venturing | into New Orleans.
 The case against Dr. Szabary, who has had two afidavits preferred against l him for failure to report cases, prom | ises to be @ strong one by reason of the fact that botL his patients have died Mrs Duffy of St. Koch Avenue. whom he was charged yesterday with not having reported, is in the list of | dead today.
 In a business way no section of the citv has suffered more than the mer- chants whose places of business are at the French market and elsewhefe in the originally infected district The district Is very thickly populated with A large number of small storekeepers. Roth the market and the storekeepers have been summed for nearly three months past Now. however. pr. White has written a letter for publication in which he announces that the thirty-six hIocks between St. Ann and Esplanade ana Rampart Street and the river are free from yellow fever and inc merchants contend that instead of heinz the most dangerous the district Is the safest in the city.
 An additional nurse was sent today hv the Louisiana board to Rosetta, Mic. where It Is hoped, now that the naonIe are becoming more amenable to Y rreo,riations. the fever may be got under .o9troI The family which came here ,.oatardav from Rosetta and was re- 'o,,ed to the emergency hospital for 5atention were reported today to have developed no sickness r. National Quarantine.
 so,t,roent in favor of some character nationaI quarantine Is apparently 7. here and elsewhere in the ssteta Governor Blanchard's letter s.,,-oss,rg himself favorable to the <. .s,,',,Dtion by the federal government aS cn,,roI of the maritime quarantine md indicating the probability that he .,iIi aiso favor its control of interstate ! has attracted considerable ttantIon in view of the fact that the -cysrror will send a large delegation