The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-08-25
FEVER SITUATION
GREATLY Improved
Perfect Harmony Between Fed
cal and Local Of Gals.
TOTAL CASES, 1,4s7; Deaths,

While the Fight Against the Plague is
Not Yet Wen, TIE authorities Feet
Certain They have the Fever Wei
in Check.
New o~~es al New Orleans since 6
,. q. -Ay-1l.
Total cases 10 dGre-19S7
Deaths-G.
Total deaths % Gats-211.
The number OF deaths reported to-
ances must be made owing TO the &C.
pressing heat which has been preva-
lent for some time.
New Orleans, August 23.-Showers
today promised some ameliOration OF
the high temperatures which have been
prevailing, but otherwise there was lit
ton.
Six deaths during the night prom.
Used that tOday's total would run about
equal with that of the preceding "a
hours. There was little variation
in the number of new cases in the
early morning report The me 1ical au-
thorities said today that evidence OF
the fact that the situation is constant
ly improving, insofar as the system of
controlling it is concerned. was to be
found in the fact that cases are now
being reported six and eight hours
after they are taken down. 1t is an
indication of the efficiency with which
the local physicians are cooperating
with the federal authorities Report of
cases promptly On their occurrence
permits immediate screening and thus
lessons the changes for infection CT
persons who have not been attacked.
One of the cases reported today in
the city was of Salvador Lucca, a sail
or on the schooner at Spanish Fort.
He had been i'll for several days There
is a possibility therefore that others
On the same schooner will be affect
ed as well as members of other crews
Fight Not Won Yet.
While the lea 1erS in the fight
against yellow fever feel that the great
struggle is succeeding beyond their
to lull the public into a false sense
of security lest there shall be a relax
alton of the efforts which it is essen
tial that every householder shall make
If the present control of the disease
is to be maintained The fight has
Uof hoe
of Tulane university. today in urging
every citizen to keep up his enthusi-
asm. We are only on the foothills;
the mountains are yet to be scaled;
the Notifications are yet to be taken.
In the next two or three weeks it will
stamped out or checked. If it can
be stamped out, it will be a miracle.
That it can be held in check is be-
lieved, but the people Of New Orleans
must exert themselves to the utmost
With the deaths, however, running
ing the eighties at this time In 1873, and
the new cases of genuine yellow fever
apprOximating 200 against less than a
dozen deaths daily now, there is con-
sidered to be every justification for
the encouragement (which DR. White
announces he feels over the situation.
Especially encouraging is the situa-
ton above Canal street. The disease
has struggled desperately TO gain a
foothold in that section, but has failed.
There have been a considerable num-
Der of cases but they are widely scat
tered, and there is not nest of them
to be found anywhere from Canal to
the upper limits of the parish
Some days ago President Souchon
wrote to the railroads asking them
to put on small trains to come of the
towns which are in sore distress be
cause communication is cut off Gener
al Superintendent Gushing. of the
Southern Pacific has written a reply
that the road is now running trains at
heavy loss to afford service for non
Infected localities. Travel however.
is so light that these trains are earn
costs to run them, and additional IA
cilities cannot be furnished
Italian Concealed Case.
The cases reported from St. Bernard
parish, adjoining New Orleans. show
how difficult it is to keep track OF
sickness in the country. One Of the
cases was that of an Italian woman.
She had been sick for a week but
her husband concealed the fact and
treated her himself. Yesterday he
found her dying and summoned a
physician. When the physician ar
rived she was dead of yellow fever.
leaving seven children. the Oldest 10