The San Francisco call., 1905-08-12
Marine Hospital Surgeon Is
Among Latest Victims of
the Yellow Fever Which
Yet Rages in New Orleans
NOT SURPRISED AT
SCOURGE'S INCREASE
Federal Doctors Expect At
fairs to Get Worse Before
Any Results Are Achieved
From Present Campaign

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 11.-Omcial re-
port to D. m.
New cases 81. Total to date sos.
Deaths 0. Total to date 1873. New sub
fOci 1. Total to date 16S.
With Surgeon White of the Marine
Hospital Service frankly expressing no
surprise al the increase in the number
of new cases of fever and expecting
that for some time to come there will
be a large quota brought to light daily
the people of New Orleans have made
up their minds to await in patience the
results of the Federal campaign which
is now fairly in swing. The life of L
stegmoyia mosquito has been definitely
aScertained, but the fever had made so
much headway when it was discovered
and it has prevailed so generally in the
lower sections of the city since then
that there are doubtless many of the
insects which have escaped the disn-
fecting crusade launched against them,
and they may be expected to transmit
the disease for some days longer at
least
Up to noon to-day a dozen cases of
fever had been omcially reported and
the fact that none of these were cases
turned up by the official inspectors, but
cases submitted by the doctors them
selves, was again taken as an encourag-
ing sign. DR.. White himself is much
pleased with the evidence OF improve
ment in the situation.
An unexpected blow was struck at
the Marine Hospital staff to-day when
one of the men sent there TO assist
in the fight against the disease was
himself stricken The victim is Sur
geon G. NJ. Berry. DR.. Berry is a Texan
by nativity, but has lately been sta
toned in New York. He was one of
the first to reach New Orleans and be-
cause he had been through the Cuban
campaign and had the fever in Texas
he was considered to be immune and
was put in charge of the work in the
original infected area, where the fever
ragged most fiercely.
DR.. Berry has done yeoman service
in the matter OF rdisinfection. He was
taken Ill yesterday, and to-day his
case developed into one of yellow fever.
lie was removed to the Touro Infirm-
ary, where he is expected to speedily
recover. DR.. White has impressed upon
his surgeons who are to work in the
foreign neighborhood the great virtue
OF patience. Many of the Italians and
other residents are unfamiliar with the
methods OF the health authorities, and
Dr. White is seeking to treat them with
the least possible harshness.
A force of 100 men was engaged in
the work of disinfectinS the lower sec
ton of the city to-day. There were SO
patients at the Emergency Hospital.
Earlier in the campaign, when the
number of cases treated there were con-
siderably fewer. the death rate was
high, but 1t has now lessened. and daily
patients are being discharged as cured.
AT Patterson. where there are now 80
cases, financial and other assistance is
said to be needed. There has been
considerable spread of the disease
there. and some distress exists among
the poorer classes
The Italian societies have completed
arrangements to relieve the distress of
their countrymen to the extent of fur
nishing them with meals daily.
Governor Blanchard to-day placed
$4,000 at the disposal of Chairman
Janvier of the citizens committee. The
Governor having made arrangements
for the loan OF 100000 from the fiscal
agents, will turn the money over to the
committee in installments as 1t is
needed.
In the presence of a congregation of
mourners that partly filled the Cathe-
dral, and with some fifty priests par
ticipating in the service. mass was said
o-day for Archbishop Chapelle The
interment in the crypt of the Cathedral
followed. Archbishop Chapelle was the
second head of the diocese to succumb
to the disease. Bishop Neckare the
fourth Bishop of the diocese, died of
yellow fever here in 1888.