The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-25
Figures from New Orleans Show
 Steady Improvement
INTERCOURSE IS RESTRICTED
Surgeon White Takes Steps to Prevent Persons From Outside Infected Polnts From Entering
 the City.
FEVER SITUATION AT 6 p. M.

New cases. :. ... 44 Total gases to date. 16oo DSSuS-.. Iots' deaths to date ......-... 226 NSW Ioci.,. ..... ....... lo Total foci to cate. te............. 362 Cases under treatment. t. ..... 2s7 New Orleans. August 24-rhe rather mild expression of hopefulness which Dr. White expressed a few days ago Is made more emphatic by the steady improve ment in the figures from Monday to to- day. It finds an echo in the heart of every citizen of New Orleans and pre- dictions are now freely being made that victory will be achieved before frost ap- pears At one time there were many slSeptcs but these are steadily disappear ing in the face of the indisputable evil dence that Is produced.
 The daily report presented no specially interesting features Of the deaths, one occurred in the French asylum on Saint Ann street and another occurred in the emergency hospital. All the others were down town. There were no names of special prominence in the list of new cases. The new foci were principally up town, only two of them being in resi- dential neighborhoods.
 Establish New Eme rgenoy Hospital.
 Surgeon White, with the assistance of Major Behrman, has arranged for the establishment of a new emergency hos pital and detention camp which will be opened tomorrow. McDonogh public school No. IS, on North Rampant street, has been impressed and made ready for occupancy. being equipped so that whole families can be accommodated comfortab- ly until the period for incubation of the disease has elapsed The leading Italians have promised their hearty cooperation in the matter, and as nearly hundred persons have beea discharged as cured from the existing hospital many of these will be of service in convincing their coun- trymen of the wisdom of submitting to the authorities. There is no desire to use force on these people, but as last resort 1t will be employed and then the au- thorities will count the cost afterwaros. This plan is deemed indispensable toward freeing the city of infection.
 Another part of the plan to pc put into effect tomorrow is form of quar- antine of infected places against other infected places.
 Bring In New lnfectio'
 Heretofore there has been no interrup- tion of traffic between places that are ln- fected and as a result many of the panic stricken Italians have returned to New Orleans and brought new infection Wlth them This will be prevented in the lu- ture. The state board of health VIII meet tomorrow and formulate the plan. It IS
 a certificates, signed by the health ofncer of the town or parish, will give the party free iueress to New Orleans. but others will have to go into detention for period of five days
 Surgon White went to Camp Wyman on special train today and there mel Dr. George B. Young. the marine hospital surgeon In charge of the Mississippi train insoectiun service. They conferred on the c..arsrtine situation in the two statcs and Dr. Young expressed his qualification a. the fact that greater precautions were to ne taken regard ing infected localities. Anp.hcr nest of ir lection was found -adoy at point not far from Patterson, In As sumption parish Ten cases were seen at Amelia, and Dr. Chassaignac wno made the inspection for the state board. says he learns there were fifty cases there in the past two weeks. physl- can and fumigalr,g force were sent tiieie 
 today.
 Relief for LeeviIle.
 No definite ews was received q pm Leevile at the mouth of Bayou La Fourche, but as relief has reached there # is believed that conditions will soon be improved.
 pr. RudoIph. the state board physician at Patterson, discovered two positive ,ases and two suspicious cases on plan otfor, f-rn miles from that town.
 Patterson reports ten new cases
 Hanson City reports three new cases.
 Two more cases are reported from Lake Providence in East Carroll parish and the state board is sending three nurses there.
 Three new cases developed on hHzdpeth plantation in Ibervile
 Good Hope plantation in St Charles re- ports three new cases and St. Rose one
 Port Barrow In Assumption parish re- ports two new cases
 A case of secondary infection occurred at IaFourche crossing.
 Mississippi City reports one new case and one patient in a serious condition.
 May Restrict Intercourse.
 with the fever here coming steadily un- der central and apprehension no longer felt of A dangerous epidemic the federal o,thorifjes are anxious to put restric-  .yeu Orleans and infected communities in Louisiana and elsewhere. The policy of such a move was fully discussed in the conference of the fever fighters with Gov ernor Blanchard and the results are to be made known at the meeting Of the state board of health which has been called to take place here tomorrow The necessity for some such action arise es- pecially from the conduct of the Italians and other foreign races. Many of them fed from New Orleans to the surround Ing parishes when the fever first grew violent here. They established nests or Infection at various points.
 Since then many of them have been drifting back to New Orleans. settling in new neighborhoods and increasing the foci here. There is constant communica- ton among them between points here and e,sewherc. The Idea of the authorities Is to quarantine infected points against each other No surrender. of course. Is made of