The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-27
Six Victims Succumbed on Yesterday. 19 F0CI OF INFECTION Crescent City is Fighting
 Hopefully. '5 Conference of Alabama, Texas and Mis- sissippi Health Omcers Has
 Been Called to Assemble
 Next Sunday.
l9 FocI OF INFECTION

New Orleans. July 26.-Six deaths from yellow fever were recorded today up to p. m., making total to date of forty-two. The number of new cases reported yesterday. but compiled today, Is eleven, making all told to date 165. There are now nineteen foci of infec- tion. The organization of forces for fighting the spread of the infection. and for campaign of education and practi- cal application of the mosquito exam ination plans has been completed and besides 100 men put on Se extras to clean gutters by the city, $50 men are working as part of the system of sant- tation. Citizens are being organized in wards, and these ward clubs will form precinct clubs, and house. to house canvass will be made to assure the safety of every citizen, and the oiling of every cess pool and water pond. The business men have provided the funds now aroused to the necessity of action, there will be no let up.
 Yielding to the sentiment of the com munity. the State Board of Health Mon- day adopted new regulations for the fruit ships. providing that they should remain six days at sea, between the last port and New Orleans. and requir- ing fumigation at port of departure. and Immigration here after the discharge of the cargo. Yesterday the steamship Ansel of the United Fruit Company was allowed to come up after being at sea four and a half days. and according to the ships papers, she stopped at the quarantine station exactly forty min- utes, during which time her crew of forty zone men were examined and pass ed. This aroused the people to action, and this forenoon Mayor Behman, At ;torney- General Guion. ex-Governor { Heard and Col Charles Janvier waited on President Souchon of the State Board of Health and insisted that the regula- tions be made immediately effective, re- sardless of the fruit ships at sea on the way up The Board of Health desired to give these ships an opportunity to come in, and then put the new regula- tions into effect.
 Dr. souchon. after the conference de- cided to put the regulations into imme- diate effect, and so instructed the quar- antine officer. Later he summoned the fruit importers to his office and ex- plained the matter to them Naturally they objected, but they realized that the sentiment of the community was such that personal considerations would not be allowed to enter into the present emergency.
 Brought by Fruit Steamers.
 The people are convinced that the Infection was brought here by the fruit steamers. If 1t became necessary 10 make the regulations so strong as to drive them away in the present feeling, such regulations would be enforced. While handling the present emergency, some thought is being given to the flu ture, and on all sides there is a senti- ment that nothing shall stand in the way of future immunity 1om mosquito fever, as it is called now. In view or the many quarantine complications which have arisen, pr. Souchon has called a conference here next Sunday of the health officers of Texas, Missis- sippi and Alabama, to discuss quaran- tine regulations and devise system by which travellers can be admitted with certificates of the marine hospital service. Surgeon White, who is in charge of all the Government work, will be present and participate.
 The work of locating the detention camps is progressing, though 1t has been slower than at first anticipated The residents of Kenner, fourteen miles from New orleans, objected to the camp. and it was located at Harahan. near the railroad gravity yards. The locations of the other camps have been fixed. and supplies are now being sent to them. The infection in the original focus seems to be dying out. as fewer new cases are being reported rom there. which is a hopeful sign, indicat- ing that the modern methods have been effective. The work now Is to locate the new foci and treat them in the same manner Physicians are now reporting all cases of fever. and wherever there Is the slightest suspicion rigid sanitary rules are applied, with the result that up to now there has been no spread of any case from any of these new foci Those which are developing are all traceable directly to the original foreus in the Italian quarter. ~',
 The emergency hospital was opened today and patients removed to 1t in a screened ambulance. Dr. John Guiteras. now professor of pathology of the rni- yersity of Havana, but formerly of the marine hospital service. and who repre- sented that service here during the fe- yer of 1897. has been ordered here by the Cuban Government and will arrive tomorrow.