The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-18
NEW NESTS OF FEVER FOUND.
TLTRTY-THREE CASES IN NEW
ORLEANS PARISH.
Plague Among the Better Glasses. with
Their Houses Full Of Infected Mosqui.
toes-At Mississippi City tho Doctors
NistOok yellow jack for Malaria.

Their Houses Full OF lMeCtcO MOSQUE.
toes-At Mississippi City tho Doctors
Mlstook Yellow jack for Malaria.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. l7.-Nearly all the
good work done during the week In the
way Of quieting public apprehension and
uniting an end to shotgun guarantees
that have prevailed has been undone
by the discovery OF two ugly nests OF
yellow fever which have existed for weeks.
The discovery has given new life TO the
manic and made every town suspicious OF
is neighbor These fever nests are at
Mississippi City, midway on the Missis-
sippi coast and about three miles from
G,lfport, an important railroad and ship
ming center, and at Laplace, fifty miles
above New Orleans. In both cases the in
lection had existed for fully month and
was finally discovered only by accident.
The Mississippi coast has been quaran-
tined since the middle OF July, mainly on
s,spicion, as no case Of fever was known
to exist there. The coast counties asked
10 have the quarantine removed and offered
10 let the Alabama health authorities make
a thorough investigation Of health condi-
tons. This investigation was made, and at
Mississippi City the Alabamans stumbled
ON the fever. They traced 1t back to July
20 but not to New Orleans. and found that
there had been eleven cases in all. The
disease had not been concealed by the local
physicians, but they mistook the yellow
fever for malaria. The discovery has boen
followed by the usual flood Of quarantine,
and southern Mississippi is back at practi-
only the same position it was In when the
fever was announced at New Orleans.
The discovery of the fever nest at La
Place, in the parish of vt. John the Baptist.
Marine Hospital Service, who was sent
through the river parishes to make an
investigation. st. John Is one Of the iron
clad quarantine parishes and the loudest
complaints against cruelty from quaran-
tine guards hay have rg% nhn sn we're brutal
in its treatment of all persons who wished
to 90 through the parish, it was itself nurs,
ing the yellow fever. DR.. Corrupt found
thirty-three cases Of yellow fever, twenty
one of them in the town Of La Place. eight
on the Diamond plantation and four on
the Terre Haute plantation.
The fever is mainly among the better
classes DR.. Corrupt fears its spread, as he
found all the houses full Of the stegomyia,
or yellow fever mosquitoes. The Louisiana
State Board Of Health at once placed Dr.
Corrupt in command Of the situation at
La Place and sent physician and nurse
there to assist him. The prevalence Of
the yellow fever in st. John was due to
the same mistake, as that made at Mis-.
sissippi City-the belief by the local
physicians that 1t was malarial.
The investigation Of the river parishes
above and below New Orleans will be con-
tinued until every case Of fever Is brought
to light. DR.. White is now satisfied that
the inspection work In New Orleans Is
thorough and believes that practically every
- hoa hoan
light
In Plaque mines, just below New Orleans.
Investigation shows that there have been
sixteen cases and three deaths many OF
the cases being overlooked at the beginning.
In Jefferson, Just above, there nave l.; oe e.
Charles, above Jefferson, eighteen cases
and three deaths. These parishes have
been searched from end to end, and 1t ls
certain that there are no hidden cases OF
fever in them. r..
Tammany parish, held yesterday. turned
entirely upon the issue Of quarantine, the
question being that Of guaranteeing against
New Orleans. The anti-quaTantinists elected
the Mayor and majority OF the council.
Gov: Vardaman has again gone 70 the
situation there, especially the differences
between the health officers and the rail-
roads Biloxi is his objective point. He
is accompanied by DR.. Hunter OF the State
Board Of Health. Illinois has guaranteed
agans, Kentucky because the latter state
Bocas del Toro. Panama, confesses to
the first case OF yellow fever to-day. 1t
has been viewed with suspicion for weeks
and quarantined against.
About 1900 Italian immigrants have
secured passage from Palermo to New Or
lears and are eager to sail, but will not be
allowed to until the United States Marine
Hospital Service says it Is safe for them to
do 50.
The citizens committee which undertook
to raise sl5oooO for the purpose OF sup
has already raised $4,000, received an
oNer to-day of $4,000 from New York,
which was declined with thanks, the point
icing made that New Orleans was asking
ASSURANCE only of her own citizens or those
corporations uoing business in New Orleans.
there were four deaths here to-day,
and ,evertv-seven new cases were found.
Another yellow fever nest was discovered
tonight by the health officer of Iafourche
at Lee a little town ebout sixty miles from
New Orleans. The officer found 100 persons
sick there. Six OF the cases were identified
as yellow fever, the others being doubtful.
swEEnISG QUARANTINE ORDER IN TFvAs
Ar,r1x. Tex, Aug. I7.--oov. Lanham
to-day issued q proclamation, In which he
says:
In addition to tho proclamation here
tofore issued by me, which is now bein &
enforced by the State health officer, and as
a further precautiop do hereby declai o
that Quarantine Is established against the
State of Louisiana and all other places
from which there is any liability, either
now or that NAV arise in future. Of the in-
PRODUCTION Of yellow fever within this State,
and the State health officer, in addition to
what is being now done by him. Is au-
thorized and directed to take such steps
as may in his Judgment be deemed neces-
sary to accomplish this purpose.
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