Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-29
FIGHTING THE FEVER.
New Orleans Health Authorities Are
Feeling Confident
OF ROOFING 1T OUT.
Thorough system Of House Inspee-
lion Has Been Inaugurated and
Every Dwelling Is to lie
Rigidiy Examined.

New Orleans. July 7s.-Health su-
thorities who are handling the yellow
fever situation here have 30 thorough
iy perfected their organization that
they feel confident every case Of fever.
even though not thoroughly developed.
will be promptly reported and 60 upon
the oficial records. so thorough has
been the inspection Of the city that it
Is believed every existing case has been
rooted out and Is now included in the
10s cases which have been announced.
Many OF these are on the road TO re-
coyery. and Il IL expected that with the
perfect scientific treatment that has
been arranged for there will be a re-
duction In the mortality rate. which In
the early stages OF the disease had
been admittedly high.
The most annoying feature Of the
situation now Is the disposition OF
, practically every town In this state as
In adjoining states TO tighten the quar-
antine against the city That Is due TO
the feeling beyond the city that 200
cases mean a serious situation and the
fact that the escape OF Italians from
the infected French market center re-
suited In the appearance OF cases OF
fever In various points. one case has
been reported At Tampa. an Italian
refugee from New Orleans. and there
are reports OF cases In Lafourche. As
cension. ST. Mary's and Plaquemine
parishes shotgun guards are now
being put on public roads Of parishes
outside of New Orleans 20 turn back
every Italian who makes his appear
ance and the bars have been put up ali
over the state against that nationality
In particular. Two Italians who man
aged 10 board the Mississippi Valley
train Thursday were locked In car
which was sidetracked at Baton Rouge
Thursday night and sent back 70 New
Orleans Friday. In this city and else
where Italians are suffering through
the marked reduction In the fruit busi-
ness. In which they are largely en-
gagged. There 4 a popular misappre-
hension that fruit from the tropics Is
capable OF transmitting Infection and
some towns are already including fruit
among their quarantined articles. In
New Orleans many people are refusing
10 patronize Italian peddlers and fruit
stands.
Rev Or. Beverly Warner. who re-
Gently returned here from Philadelphia,
has opened offices IN one OF the promi-
nent Office buildings. He has been
chosen superintendent Of wards In the
great campaign of cleaning and sani-
tating the city. All wards make daily
reports 20 him
Screening and oiling cisterns IL pop
ularized IN novel way. Thousands OF
lapel buttons have been ordered to be
given those who have followed this
regulation of the board of health. The
buttons are plain white with a life
sized stegomyia fasciata pictured IN
the center and surrounded with the
words. MY Cisterns Are All Right.
How Are Yours" The system Of In
spection. which has gone into effect
contemplates a visit 20 every house in
the city so that no case of sickness may
escape detection even In It's inctpient
stage. The city has been divided into
a large number of districts. Each In
spector Is required 10 visit every prem
Uses OF his district and every room II
possible. Special endeayor must be
made TO discover every person 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
a full report by each inspector OF all
premises and rooms visited.
Governor Blanchard returned TO the
state capital from the Alexandria en-
campment and has placed himself In
hourly communication with the state
board of health. He Is unable TO come
here because Baton Rouge and other
towns have made their guarantees 50
rigid that II he did he would not be
able 10 get away again and the states
business would constantly suffer. The
governor said In an interview he did
not believe there was the slightest just
ification for the panicky feeling In the
state. He n In perfect touch with the
local situation and thinks that II there
Is thorough corporation OF the people
with the medical authorities there viii
be no danger of a serious spread % the
fever IN Louisiana even n additional
isolated cases occur outside of New
Orleans from the flight OF the Italian
population.
The reported case az Bowie on the
Southern Pacific railroad In Lafourche
parish. has been confirmed. The case
was that OF an Italian who fed from
New Orleans. Upon his death the au-
thorities promptly burned the building
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