The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-08-17

New Orleans. sres tal Fo.lnzfrr la
the Official rs,orl ap t. = T.. II. sun
day.
New oasss. -. TosaI ssscs 10 date.
aol.
Deaths. - Total death. to dats. 10.
Nc~ fo,i. II To.ai foCi ts date. 80.
Cases under Treatment oa3.
The heavy lnsreaa" la the number IF
cases which began four or nye Gssa
ago Is beginning to manitcs. ltself in
the death list. which can tr expected
10 grow steadily fer the neat fez days.
The number az ucw .aEsa Suuday eectna
small In comparison wiIh Saturdays
record, hut II is really nineteen short.
as that number of cases Wrrs turned IN
by IN Inspector just after the hour for
closing the report
PROMINENT PEOPLE STRICKEN.
Among the cases Is l.ouia Cnsuiin.
Jr.. cashier of the peoplcu nant Ahu
resides far uut on North johnson
street. Another care - Hauf.-e Ken
nv. eN councilman aud - member ~
the Legislature. Tao of ksnus'a
daughters were stricken sunday only
hNc of the new fucl a-c about Canal
street
Surgeon White made change In hts
organization by which h. hopes io ac-
eompiish results muth quicker The
fumieation and screening work was all
done by central department under
Doctor GesEn"r. which sent squads cut
on notification of cases by physictnnH.
In oft.
all of his subordinate In conference
and decided TO plac. the screening and
fumigation work under the several dis
trirt headquarters. The present fuqre
will be divided up among the district
surgeons. and Dr. Cessncr wlIl lc given
charge Of one Of the districts
C0NCEALMENT MAIN TROUBLE.
AssoEtant Surgeon Corput has lust
concluded thorough investigation OF
conditions in Algiers. that part uf New
Orleans on the west bank Of the Mis-
sissippi river. There has been tao cases
IN Algiers since the ont .eak of fever
and DR.. White determined To- ascertain
by house To house canvass if there
had been any spread from them Dr.
torput reported that he bad found not
single suspicious case. which indi-
Gates that the prompt steps taken 10
screen and fumiRate the original cases
have been effective in preventing
spread. DR.. White says that II be coUld
learn of every case tn the city and ap-
ply the proper methods Immediately he
is confident that ne could stamp out the
disease here in short time.
The great cause Of the spread has
been the conrcament az eases and the
change of rcFiience of people who have
been Infected Dozens of rases are on
record which show cuncluAiycly that
the people have moved away from a
house where infection had existed.
This DR.. White proposes TO stop. and
while no drastic measures are being
taken. he is enforcing his authority.
FORCING DOCTORS TO REPORT.
The effectiveness If the district head
quarters, which are making close in
yestisations ri the II districts. il re-
srousihle for a large number of the new
cases which have been reported during
the I1Et few Gays. and as the efficiency
Of that force increases an increase I'm
the number ef cases daily can be ex-
pected. Physicians who have failed In
report cases that are discovered are
given an opportunity 10 correct their
omission. but second offence wlll re-
suit in prosecution under the Law This
has also brought out a large number
of cases that we're under cover.
Patterson. which is the largest cen
ter Of infection outside of the city, re-
ports three new cases AMI the first
death. The victim il a young lady She
died and this has naturally depressed
the spirits Of the people They have had
fa~
an emergency hospital. which nov has
seven patients.
At Bon Ami. in Caicasieu parish.
there iE only one case of yellow fever.
with no new cages and no suspicious
cases.
An Ugly infection Center.
An exceedingly ugly center or fnfec-
tlCD vas u1earthed In st. Charles par
ish by Or. Corrupt, Of the Marine Hos
pitai service. Two days ago he un-
earthed sir cases on the Diamond
plantation and he found two mare
cases on thai place and eleven ca ges
on the reserve plantation. eleven m. leg
further north. and one case on the
Sarpy plantation. IL is believed that
over thirty Italians have left this
group IN the last week, but there Is
no trace Of them. nor will there be
unless infection should develop among
them al their places of refuge. Two of
the cases on the Reger plantation
died while DR. Corrupt was there This
plantation belongs 10 the Godchaux
estate. and Or. Godchaux has taken
charge Of the situation there and will
carry ont the instructions of the Ma
rine Hospital Service.
30 Cases in One Village.
Five more cases lave developed at
Patterson. in St Mary parish. making
30 cases in all there While the infec-
tion was taken there by Italians from
. the infected district in New Orleans
the disease has spread among the resi-
dents. and several ladies and children
are afflicted. Eight of the patients are
conyalescent.
DIR. Horton, the State Board OF
Health inspector. reached Talluiah
but has not reported yet whether the
Illness there Is yellow fever.