Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-07-29
Yellow Fever.

New Orleans, July Zy.-NeW Orleans
is bottled up as tight as it ever was be-
fore. Memphis is now guaranteed.
The Louisiana State Board Of Health
yesterday quarantined the entire State
against this city, with the exception of
the three contiguous parishes, which are
really part of the city. The central
lied movement combining all the ward
and commercial organizations in the
fight against the mosquitoes was yester-
day and this morning most thoroughly
perfected. A new case at Lumberton,
Miss, on the Gulf and Ship Island Rail-
road, was added to the terrors the
people of that State already feel.
Many cities of the South have quaran-
tined against Memphis, because that city
until yesterday refused to quarantine
Louisiana. Among these we're Shreve-
port, La, the second largest city in the
State. Shreveport has organized a
thorough shotgun quarantine system,
according to the latest news from that
place. Galveston and Mobile still deny
having cases of yellow fever. The City
Council last night decided to Immediately
pave the dirt streets through the origi-
nally infected portions of the city with
asphalt, believing that such course will
be conducive to the best sanitation.
New Orleans, July 29.-AIayor Behr-
man this morning gave out statement
| in which he saws
"New Orleans is suffering more from
the rigid quarantine than from yellow
fever, of which the citizens here have
the fullest control. The mosquito theory
is accepted by our physicians and lay
men alike, and there is nothing remain
ing to be done but to fight the mos
quitos, which is being done by diling the
cutters and screening and oiling the els
terms. The number of new cases we're
less yesterday by five, than on the pre-
yious day.
ave have the situation so thoroughly
in hand, that we believewe will shortly
convince the outside world that by
working on the mosquito theory yellow
fever will DO entirely robbed ofal its peril:
and that shotgun guarantees are sense
less as method to combat yellow fever,
as such cannot prevent the spread of
mosquitoes. This is fight wholly against
the stemOgymia fasciatO mosquito"
Some new cases were recorded up to
noon today, but no deaths. Up to six
O'Clock last night q new cases had been
reported and three deaths.
The total number of csses up to six
O. clock last night had been 227, and the
total number of deaths AZ. There are
now 95 different foci.
OF the cases reported yesterday, five
only were above Canal street, in the
American quarter. One of these is a
well-known lawyer. Another is a young
woman who has been &C ting as nurse.
One of these cases above Canal street was
imported from Central America on the
steamship Oregon. The three deaths
we're all Italians, and one of them had
been previously reported by the health
authorities. No trains are allowed to
carry passengers through Texas from
New Orleans.
New York, July 29.-The Panama
Railroad Company's steamer SegurAncs
arrived at Quarantine this morning.
Several members of the crew are sick.
At Colon four of the crew were landed
aud sent to the hospital. The surgeon
at Colon reported all sick with yellow
fever. Several of the crew have beer
i'll on the passage hither, and one of the
cabin passengers, trained nurse on va
cation leave, was slightly i'll during the
trip.
DR.. Doty took personal charge of the
inspection and the passengers and crew
are being treated by the thermometers
Four it is known, will be sent to the
hospital.
Seventeen persons were removed from
the steamer oeguranca at Quarantine
They comprise ten members Ofthe crew,
two first and five second class passengers.
Eight of the crew had been i'll on the
passage. Six are now convalescent and
two are still sick. The other passep-
gers and crew merely showed elevation
Of temperature. The two sick men were
sent to Swinburne Island for treatment,
the remainder to Hoffman Island for
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