The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-11
Fever Putting Up a Very
 Stubborn Fight.
IS GAINING SOME GROUND
Authorities Still Hopeful
 However.
Death Rate Lower Than in Previous Valuations and Remarkable Work is Being Done
 in Crescent City.

New Orleans, Aug. 1o.-omcial record up to p. m.: A.. a,+a ,.T deaths. 5; total deaths to date' i24: new sub-foci, 21; total suo-ioci' 151: cases under treatment, 2So.
 The situation does not LOOK so en- oouraeine in the face of such steaoy augmentation in the numoer or ne" cases and new sub-foci. Tney seem to be popping up all over town anu 6iscouraging features of todays tepoL. is that only nineteen of the sfxty-eish' n.mes are those of Italians Quite a number of the new cases appear to pe secondary infection in sub-foci.
 An exceedingly ugly center or m lection was uneartheo III o' Parish today by Dr. Corput of the Ma vine Hospital Service. Two days ago ba unearthed six cases on the Diamond plantation and today he rouno t"o more cases on that place and eleven cases on the Reserve plantation. eleven miles further north, and one case on the Sarpy plantation. It IS oeie that over thirty Italians have left this vroup in the last two weeks, but there is no trace of them nor will there be unless infection should develop among them at their places of refuge. TWO o1 the cases on Reserve plantation dleo while Dr. Corutp was there. This plan tation belongs to the wealthy dooehauN estate and Dr. Godchaux has taken charge of the situation there and Will carry out the instructions of the Ma rine Hospital Service.
 rive more cases have developed at Patterson in St. Mary Parish, making thirty cases In all there. While the ln- faction was taken there by ltailahs .son, ,be infected district in New Or leans. the disease has sprea damong tha residents and several ladies and ohi,dren are afflicted Eight of the pa- tients are convalescent.
 Dr Horton. the State Board of Health Inspector. reached Tallulah late TO- night, but he has not reported yet whether the illness is yellow tever. past Assistant Surgeon McMullen ana Assistant Surgeons Sweet and Fucker ranorted to Dr. White today. The as~ siqnments for the district headquarters will be announced tomorrow. The new control is working smoothly and ef- fectively, and 1t is expected 'ha' te sults will begin to show soon.
 Tn view of the opposition of some hoardine houses to entertain profes- s,onel nurses. A. home will be provided for them by pr. Warmers committee
 Feeling still Hopeful.
 With the death rate remaining io"er chan in previous visitations of the fever. the feeling both among tne heaitb authorities and the laity con tinues hopeful. The fever has been preyalent long enough to nave as stunned a quite yirulent type, put ln- stead 1t is apparently less malignant than 1t was when it first appeared ana the doctors believe that If the first ease
 'ja have heen taken hold of at once and subiected to proper treatment the totai of deaths would have been con- siderably smaller than has been no" recorded Many of the cases wnlch are now being reported. except among the Italians, are mild in character ana readily respond to the treatment sissm them. However, trough the condltlonS nresent a favorable aspect, the pnysi- eians realize that two months or more remain during which the olsease may have to be combatted and they are unwilling to express opinions at this time as to the scope 1t may take later on. If there Is no rapid enlarge went of the death rate within the next two weeks they will be encouraged to helieve that with all the conditions Ia vorable, when the fever was discovered for A rapid spread, and most serious endemic New Orleans will escape with A relatively insignificant loss of ,,fe That will he due In large part "a the remarkable work which has heen ,gone in a few weeks In the matter or mosquito de estruction and to the fact that practically the whole of the up- per section of the city has avoided the infected area
 Dr witte said today that while most of his assistants are already on Inc ground and the work of thorough oreanization of his forces Is rapidly crystalizing, he will not be able to make an announcement of the details of his campaign until Sunday. Every ease that is reported is being promptly .creened and given adequate attention,
 q tN large and systematic organization. One of the details of the plan will. 1t is understood. be an inspection not only of every house, but of every room in the city and by the end of next two weeks the Federal authorities believe that the community will have been so thoroughly educated that there will be no attempt to evade the requirement that every suspicious case shall be made known without delay to the au- thorities
 Little Interference.
 Tn connecticI with his work, pr White took occasion today 10 say that he had less interference from politi- clans in New Orleans than he had ever wet with before. Tn order to avoid that. he said. he had talked over the situation with Mayor Behrman and the Mayor had assured him that hc could count absolutely on having a perfectly free hand while he was here.
 Two offices are to be maintained by the Federal service. The actual work of conducting the campaign against the fever will be directed from the Louis lana National Bank suite. The Lon dop. Liverpool and Globe offices will remain in pr. Whites charge. but will be principally the headquarters of Dr GuIteras It will handle the purchase Of supplies the payment Of employees the Issuance of permits to enter the detention camps etc. These offices are daily crowded with people looking for employment and with people who are bottled up here and are anxious tc get to their homes in Louisiana and other States.
 The Avondale detention camp was made ready for reopenlng today and it Is expected that through II all who want to get to Louisiana and Texa, points will be able to qualify them selves Both the Louisiana and Texa, authorities are more amenable now tC
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