Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-02
HUNDRED Subjected
BY YELLOW SC00 ! I !;
CASES IN NEW ORLEANS NUN
BER 200 AND a. sUCCUMB
s ss<<s., TO THE FEVER.
SURROUNDING TOWNS
FL. TIGHTEN QUARANTINE

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Even State Board Takes Measures
Against Louisiana Metropolis
Now System May Aid ohacials in
Stamping Out the Disease. /:
New Orleans, July 29.-Odicial de.
tailed report OF &c new cases and two
deaths occurring in the preceding "a
hours was made in the 81 state
health board Friday, making total
OF FOG cases and A deaths ITO date.
OF the 26 new cases all except one are
Italians. The exception is a negro
living In the infected district. None
of the new cases is above = Canal
street~and all of them, with one ex-
ception, in st. Ann, in the rear of the
city and in the area of original in.
lection. The majority of the cases
reported are from the French mar
ket section. The two deaths, Nun
clio Brocato and John Nalio, occurred
in the vicinity of the market. The
Louisiana state board was in ses-
sion Friday. 1t has quarantined the
state against New Orleans, with the
exception, perhaps, of the provinces
Of St.. Tammany, Tangipahoe and JEFF
ferson, contiguous to the city, some
of whose towns desire communication
with New Orleans.
Steamer Compelled to Return.
The steamer Imperial was COM
PEELED to return to her landing here
Friday. She was not permitted to
land at any point up the river. The
marine hospital service Friday began
the inspection of all steamboats, on
the river. The service is buying
thousands of barrels of sulphur to be
used in the destruction of mosquitoes.
DR.. Beverly Warner Friday made
an address to the colored ministers,
asking them to interest their congre.
cations in abiding by the recon-
mendatiOns of the health authorities.
The Avondale and Slidell deten-
ton camps were in full blast Friday.
The Slidell camp was reported to be
flied with persons desiring to leave
the city, and who have been COM
PEELED to wait until the camp was
ready.
Wage War on scourge.
The health authorities who are
handling the yellow fever situation
here have now so thoroughly perfect
ed their organization that they feel
confident every case of fever, though
not thoroughly developed. will be
promptly reported and go upon the
official records. So thorough has
been the inspection of the city, that
it is believed that every existing case
has been routed out and is now in
cluded in the FOG cases which have
been announced. Many of these are
on the road to recovery, and it is ex-
pected that, with the perfect scien-
tific treatment that has been arranged
for there will be a reduction in the
mortality rate which in the early
stages of the disease has been admit
tedly high.
The most annoying feature of the
situation now is the disposition of
practically every town in Louisiana,
as in the adjoining states, to tighten
the quarantine against the city. That
is due to the feeling beyond the city
that 200 cases means a serious situa-
ton, and the fact that the escape of
Italians from the infected French
market center has resulted in the
appearance of cases of fever at va
rious points.
Reports from Other Places.
One case has been reported at Tam
pa, Fla, of an Italian refugee from
New Orleans, and there are reports
of cases in Lafourche, Ascension, St.
Mary and Plaquemines parishes. Shot
gun guards are now being put on pub
lie roads in parishes outside of New
Orleans to turn back every Italian
who makes his appearance, and the
bars have been put up all over the
state against that nationality in par.
ticular. Two Italians who managed
TO board a Mississippi Valley train
Thursday were locked in a car, which
was side-tracked at Baton Rouge
Thursday night, and sent back to
new orleans Friday. /
= New System of 1nspectio on.
The system Of inspection which
went into effect Friday contemplates
visit to every house in the city, SO
that no case of sickness may lescape
detection, even in it's incipient stages.
The city has been divided into a
large number of districts. Each in
spector is required to visit every
premise in the district, and : every
room, if possible. Special e1deavor
must be made to discover every per-
son sick with fever of any Sort Each
inspector is provided with a large oil
can from which he is directed TO pour
oil on all exposed water surfaces.
tubs, cisterns and pools. Every
night there is to be full report by
each inspector of all premise s and
rooms visited, l. - Z.