The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-21
Only FOrty-fiye We're Re-
 ported. DEATHS NUMBER FOUR situation in Country Not So
 Encouraging. New orleans People Find selaee in rns< that Federal Asshorttsss are Ez- abred to Heaa Disease
 in ChecI.

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 No better evidence of the fact that the visitation of mosquito fever is not only being controlled here. but that there is a chance for it's eradication. can be found than in the daily reports of new cases and deaths. For several days now the number of new cases has shown decline, while the number of deaths have been remarkably low con- siderins the number of cases reported week ago.
 The death list indicates that praeti- caIly every case that develops ts now being reported. and that means that the modern methods of treatment 70 prevent spread is being applied. When that condition Is assured, the end of the visitation is In sight, and 1t looks as If that condition is approaching. Corn~ parisons with the visitation of 1873 shov that there Is no reason for alarm In tho present instance. They prove the 3aot They also indicate that if 1t had not been checked and controlled at tho time that it was, that the visitation thts year would have been as serious as that of 1878. Up to August 10 of this yaMr there had been three more deaths than been date, the fever making it's appearMncS here during the latter part of May n both years. After August 10. In 1&aSs there was q steady increase In the num- Der of deaths, there being in the keu days following 22s.
 This year, in the same period. there were 6s deaths. This shows 2, marked difference in that this year there is a decrease, while In 1878 this was ths period of marked increase. which com tinued up to the first week In SepkenA- Der, when there were 90 deaths In one day.
 while the Marine Hospital sufgeuna are not indulKins n any ccminaFkss they are much more hcp&ful khAn fkNx hold 6f ths Nit siAs inn l4 m fodayss list are ten leases rspnf fzH by medical inspectors, while the others were turned in by physicians. The list of suspicious cases reported Is not larger than usual. Of the four deatnps one was in the charity hospital. one in the emergency hospital and the other two down town.
 1 News from outside the city contains nothing of special interest. The ln- lection on Riverside plantation in St. Mary Parish has spread among the Italians there until there have been sixty-cne cases all told to date. There
  the last report four days ago. Nothing has been heard from pr. Devercn. who went to the mouth of Bayou Lafourchss where 100 cases of suspicious sickness were reported few days ago by the health office. The latter learned today that three of the six positive cases there which he saw, died Friday night.
 strict quarantine has been put on the settleemnt and several refugees coming up the bayou in luggers have been turned back. Assistant Surgeon Corput went to Port Barrow in Ascen- sion Parish today and found two posi- tive cases. One case was reported from there three weeks ago and q sus- picious case was reported two days ago. Dr. Gustine. the health officer of Ken- ner, reports five new cases at Hanson City in Jefferson Parish, making four teen all told in that settlement.
 One new case developed at Sarpy plantation (Terre Haute). where an emergency hospital has been erected and will be opened Monday. Patterson reports ten new cases and ono death. The death is Charles Rodehorste. a. nurse who was sent there by the State Board on the first appeal for help. Sur geon Wasdin reports four new cases at Mississippi City with only nine pa- tients under treatment. Surgeon Cult eras. who went to Rayne to investigate the second case reported from there today, reports that it was not yellow fever. Suspicion was attached to 1t be- cause the patient lived opposite the original case which was discovered a1- ter the death. Surgeon White went to Mobile today to have conference with the Alabama State health authorities.