Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-30
THE FEVER SITUATION
Is Not Regarded as Unusually
Alarming
AT NEW ORLEANS NOW
DESPITE CONSIDERABLE IN
CREASE IN NUMBER oF DEATHS.
Activity of Physicians and Health Of
ficials-Hope in Comparison With
Conditions in Former Years.

NEW ORLEANS. July 2a.-Although
| there was a considerable increare in
the number of deaths In the twenty
| four hours ending at 6 O'Clock this even
| ing, the yellow fever situation tonight IS
not regarded as unusually alarming Tonight
| closed the first week of the campaign since
autopsical investigation disclosed the pre-
| Vaiiing sickness to be yellow fever and It
l'was the belief Of those engaged in the work
| of trying to save New Orleans from an
| actual epidemic and of demonstrating by
the slow eradication of the disease the cor
rectness of the mosquito theory that prog
| ress had been made
| There is a large addition to the number
of cases prevailing below Canal street, with
a considerable distribution of new centers.
| and there have appeared during the week
| a dozen cases above Canal street but no
| reports are at hand of a spread of the dis
ease from the outlying Infection and the
new cases can still be traced to the original
| source
| The success of physicians in preventing
! serious outbreaks in new ueighborhoods in
| which the disease has appeared is of course
| taken TO mean that practical results are OBJ
| tanned from the thorough system of SCREEN
| ing which is now in vogue. So thoroughly
| has the work been systematized that as
| soon as case is reported rcpresenta tiyes
| OF the board, armed with screens and dis
| lnfectants. are hurried to the house of the
| suiferer and every precaution is thereafter
| taken to make him or her immune to the
| attacks of the stegomya
| Meantime good results are showing from
| the establishment of the emergency hos
| pital, which is serving to relieve certain
| quarters of serious cases and thereby en-
| aoi'nS eNpeditous disinfection of infected
| premises.
| t0n1nar1Cnn
| Much hope is drawn from comparison of
conditions now and those of 1878. when a
| serious epidemic occurred The first case
| to appear then was brought by a shin land
| e': near st. Mary market. From that center
the fever rapidly spread into every part Of
| the city and to the states of Louisiana and
| MISSISSIPPI, besides reaching Memphis and
| even CAIRO. III. Memphis was then almost
| uepopulated and 1900 lives were sWept
| away. Np
The present fever has aow admittedly
| neen IN New Orleans for three weeks in a
severe form. but the spread outside of the
| Italian quarter has been so slight that there
| are not 10 cases, of the 230 or more report-
| eu OUTSIDE OF the original zone of infection
| Dr. w hite announced TODAY that three
| uetehilon camps, organized to give persons
| VINO want to leave New Orleans an onnor
| tunily 10 meet the quarantine requirements
| OF other states, were in full operarion Tho
| thlrd TO be opened is at Hara han where
| accommodations are provided for ten ner-
sons daily. f
| The conference of the representatives or
tne health boards of the various southern
| states which DR.. Souchon called To meet
mere tomorrow, is not likely to mater,aIize-
| IT oouchon has received no acceptance of
| his invitation. W
No Friction With Health Boards,
REPORTS which have been sent out that
there Is any conflict between the scientific
forces which directing the fight apatn.t
nounced that thorough harmony prevails
between the state and the city boards &C
health, and between them and the marina
hospital service PHYSICIANS
Inc city health board under Dr. Kohnka
mas jurisdiction of the conditions in New
oiieahs uhuer the supervision of the state
board OF health, with which IL is constantIv
cooperating. There has been some talk thar
the whole situation might be transferred tn
the direction and control of the govern
ment, but that is not likely to come to
pass -,
The fever has not be en- officially, ae.,.rar,
TO be epidemic. The local officers who are
hahdling 1t are all scientific men with am
PIE resources, and there has been no desire
expressed by the federal authorities for
any change in the present Arrangement
Dr. beverly warner today sent message
y W many eiergymen appealing to them for
assistance In the present emergency hv
speaking to congrega tions on SUNDAY fn
IdVor OF the work now being carried on hv
TIE Hedltn authorities.
Appeal to Church: Attendants
he asks that preachers and priests urge
church attehdants whether they believe in
'he mosquito theory or not to give hearty
assistance to the authorities In stamping
out the mosquito as at least one source OF
infection. Dr. Warner asserts tha, soma
householders refuse permission to the oilera
ana scientists to Oil and screen cisterns
and pools.
In connection with street cleaning the
mayor has under consideration a nronosaI
10 set aside two special days next week
10 De called street cleaning days. when
az the FORCES now engaged in sanitatfng
.he city VIII be supplemented by ad-
ditional helpers in an effort to complete
the work
Business at the French market and the
business houses in the quarter infected
has suffered seriously in the past few
days, but with the gradual centralzation OF
cases in the emergency hospital and the
sanitation of business quarters business is
expected to resume its normal proportions.
Railroads continue to be seriously hamp-
cred by quarantines, which are constantly
becoming more onerous as the disquietuda
increases In the south.
A Panicky Feeling.
A panicky feeling exists in many places
outside of New Orleans and promises still
further to burden the railroads.
Every day a half dozen villages are
scratched off the list of open towns, and
very often the embargo is clapped on SO
suddenly that passengers are caught with
tickets already purchased to leave.
The Southern Pacific and the Texas Pa
cific railroads, the west bank of the
river, are heavy sufferers. 1t said at
the marine hospital offices that passengers
from New Orleans were no longer permitted
to travel In Texas, and only the most in
significant stations are open to Louisiana.
Quarantines have been established SO thor
oughly along some railroads that large
oar do haa h9
posted in the stations announcing that all
tickets bought for any point outside Of
New Orleans are purchased at the pur-
chaser's risk and subject to the restric-
tons of quarantine.
Local representatives of railroad lines
which run through Mississippi were advised
in kilograms today that no person from
New Orleans would be permitted to travel
in train in that state without a health
certificate. This affects through passenr