The San Francisco call., 1905-08-02
. FoRTY@T'wOs NEW CASES.
YelloSS. Fever Situation in New Orleans
shows signs Of Improvement.

GLOW feFer St1uHtI0u IN New OrledhS
shows signs Of Improvement.
+ NEW ORLEANS, Aug. .LIFollowing is
the. yellow fever. record up TO s p. m. +;
New cases. '42; total cases TO date S46.
Deaths. s. total deaths to date IS. New
focf 4; total foci TO date, so
The days record showed continued
: Improvement so far as the new foci is
concerned and with no secondary i'm
fectien from any 7cf the existing fecf, the
seneral situation is regarded as hopeful.
The large humber: Of new cases. the larg-'
est YET reported in a single day, shows
that the tertiary infection among the
panic stricken people in the original dis
trict is appe airing, which was 10 be ex-
pected. One OF the new cases is 1on Jack
son avenue, in the residence district, and
the victim has returned recently TO the
city from his summer vacation on the
coast.
T The fact that to-day witnessed an in
crease in the number Of deaths from yel-
low fever was not unexpected in view of
the high temperature that has prevailed
the Hast two days. There. was, however,
the usual large eponderance Of italian
names in the list both OF new cases and
deaths. which has characterized the re-
ports since the time when the fever was
first officially- announced as existing here
In spite Of the increased mortality the
health. authorities exhibited no CONCERN
oyer the situation. eontending that with
the accumulation of cases there must be
expected an increase IN fatalities to- MAIN
tain the average death rate of the. fever
II IS still possible to trace all the new
cases that are appearing to the original
focis In the meantime the health au
thoritfes and citizens are making arrange.
ments to give the results OF their. OBJ
servations of *the -foci outside of the
original district. The scientists have de-
clared that the female stegonyia can only
receive the poison of a yellow fever pa
tient Into her system during the first
three days Illness. dpd that she is un-
able TO communicate IL Until ten or twelve
DAYS thereafter. In from seventeen to
twenty days IT. will become evident whe-
ther or not there IS 70 he'ta spread from.
any Of the outlying feci and the health
authorities will by the. beginning of next
week. include IN their daily tables. besides
tb6 appearance Of. new sfoci Che disap-
pearaTlce of existing fpci from which
there has been no secondary infection.
On the results of eseobservatieps they
viii be able TO determine whether as
they hope now; they scap control the: dis :
ease and ultimately subdlie it, lie eyar
against stegorsyia still continues and the
oiling; of Cutters and eisterns goes on with
great energy and: Persistence though a
light fainstorhn This afternoon caused. a
temporary. Suspension: of the work and
viii doubtless require the. forces to- go
back over mich of. the gutter territory
they have. covered TO replace the ;oil
washed away. The. business interests
continue 10 exert EVERY: effort to secure
seme notifications: or the quarantine
regulations. which nave had the effect of
bottiing up the city commercially. Presi-.
dent Souchon of the State Board of
Health says as to the Handling Of
freight:
'.'Whfle recognizing: tffe pressure under
which certain localities have auarantined
egainst shipments of. merchandise from
New Orleans, the State Board of Health
earnestly deprecates. such restriction as
applied TO merchandise and express mat
ter, and recommends that no such re.
strictions be imposed after lit. becomes
known that all freight cars from New
Orleans are being fuIniga1ed by the
pnited States Public Health. and Marine