The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
Physicians in New Orleans and Baton Rouge Cling to Their
 Mosquito Theory
SIX MORE DEATHS WERE
 RECORDED YESTERDAY
Cases In New Orleans Are Conf Q z Almost Entirely to Italians-o,
 antine Becomes More
 Rigid Every Day.


 New Orleans. July 27.-All the forces en- gagged in the battle against the yellow fever scourse today joined in expressing the belief that while the situation has
 been and IS serious, enough success mas already been achieved in the application
 of the methods applied as the result
 cf the wolr of the Reed commission in Cuba to jasffy the hope that for the
 fl, st time in the history of the country
 what threatened to be malignant cpl demic of yellow fever will be stamped out before frost comes and that New orleans will be spared the horrors Of the epidemics of 1853 1867 and 1878 here and century ago in New York and Phil adelphia.
 May Be Blessing In Disguise.
 It is the opinion of Dr. J. H. White In charge of the marine hospital forces and of thes tate and local health officials that if destruction of the stegomyia checks the spread of the disease and enables the gradual eradication of the cases in hand and those which may be expected to ap- pear for some time to come in the infect ed sections, the present visitation of the p,aAno vii. have been a blessing in dis euise since 1t will have demonstrated the ability or soience to control the most , virulent outbreak of the fever In the south.
 With the cases reported today the as- gregate since July IS runs close to two hundre4 These are included in twenty to twenty five foci, foci No. l including the section around the French Market, where the fever first appeared and where 6 large proit. ton of the cases and fatali- ties nave occurred. This section runs from St Ann to Barracks streets and from Chartres to the river, Including about forty city blocks.
 Italians Avoid Physicians.
 Italians nere are notoriously prone to avoid physicians and the fever got hold in the district before 1t became known to
 the authorities. No precautions were taken to destroy the mosquito and the ,eourge spread with such rapldity that out of the cheap and crowded lodging houses the Italians who could get away fled in mortal terror, some going 10
 friends in other sections of the city, some
 bv rail to surrounding towns and some
 by luggers into settlements along the
 .Uast
 Among Poorer Glasses.
 The result is the appearance of cases
 of fever in various parts of the city. but
 principally below Canal street in neigh
 borhoods of the poorer classes. Six hum dred corner groceries and saloons In New
 Orleans are owned by Italians and many
 of these readily gave shelter to their fear
 stricken comrades. Almost every in
 stance of a new focus outside of the
 French market district is that of an Italian who escaped therefrom or of some one of a different nationality whose business was in that section. There have been ten foei above Canal street trace able to the original and one in Algiers. The Algiers case was of an American boy, proving fatal, whose employment was in the district. No subsequent case has appeared in Algiers. So far as the health authorities were able to discover tnday no case has tbus far developed outside of any of the outlying infected districts and with very few exceptions the cases and deaths have been among the Italians The absence of spread from the outside foci, notably those above Canal street and Algiers, Is con sidered to be due entirely to the fact that the patients have been perfectly screened and scientifically treated and premises thoroughly disinfected after death or re- covery.
 illustrating the fact that the fever is at present confined to Italians, the fol- lowing is given as the report for twenty four hours made officially to the state board:
 New Cases. Torello, Lizardi, Johnson street. Frank Fitzpatrick, 4907 Dryades. Josephine Anello, 520 St. Phillip. Convetta Anello, 52O St. Phillip. Nunzio Marine. 524 St. Phillip. John Marino. 524 St. Phillip. Antonio Marino. 524 St. Phillip. Mrs. G. Datri. 524 St. Phillip. Frederick, ursuline and Chartress streets.
 P. Vincent. sO5 Hospital street Cappo. 720 Berlin street. Suspicious Cases. Peri. 924 Chartres street. e. Granata. St. Phillip and Chartress- c. Tramuta. 524 Hospital street. Deaths. John Michel 122e Chartres. Isabella Brocato, 512 Ursuline street Harry Hinkelstein. 4231 Camp street. Jos. Blonde. St. Mary and St. Thomas. Ignazio Giglio. 1926 Chartres N.colo s. Foretich. 526 Dumaine stret. A great cleaning campaign has been in- aur,,rated here. Every ward Is being thor ouehly organized with precinct organiza- lions radiating from the major body. Sub scriptions to the ward runds have been liberal to enable the screening of the cis- terms of the poor without cost. oil is like wise to be furnished free. In every meet ing resolutions have been passed calling Tor a complete scrubbing and disinfection If fine ward to 20 hand fin hand with the ,tlinr of eutters pools and cisterns. Yet while 1t is considered that no harm can come from the most thorough cleaning that New Orleans has had since Ben Butler'o tirne', the men of science do not