The San Francisco call., 1905-08-07
Marine Hospital Service Has
Not Yet Taken Charge of
the Fight Against Yellow
Fever in New Orleans
CITY WILL PROVIDE
NECESSARY FUNDS
People of Afflicted Section
Thank the President for
His Prompt Action in Ex-
tending Government Aid

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 6.-Fever re-
port up to p. M:
New cases, rs. Total cases to dnte,
533. Deaths, s.. Total deaths to date,
105. New sub-focI, 2. Total sub-fOci
TO date. %.
The fever report to- day is a great
Improvement over those during the
middle of the week and the fact that
there were only two new sub-foci. one
uptown, and one downtown, is source
of special encouragement. An effort is
being made to determine the number OF
cases of fever under treatment and, al
lowing ten days, which is d liberal
estimate for patient to either recover
or die, it is inquired out that there are
now 233 cases under treatment. The
Marine Hospital Service has not yet as
suned control of the local situation.
but ii is expected to do so tomorrow.
The conditions precedent 10 their as
sumption, however, that the citizens of
New Orleans pledge themselves to put
UP S250,000, TO defray the cost of labor
and material, has been met and Sur
geon White is in momentary expecta-
tion of receiving the formal order from
Surgeon General Wyman to take
charge.
President Roosevelt and Surgeon
the citizens committee of New Orleans
that all the funds that the service may
require outside of its own stated ex-
penditures will be supplied by the peo-
pie of the city. This action was taken
at noon at a special meeting of the
finance committee held in the ST.
Charles Hotel.
TO ENLARGE CAMPS.
Surgeon White returned to-day from
! mi nj
had gone to arrange for the improving of
the camp at Fontainebleau, on the Louis
vile and Nashville road and stated that
he would probably not establish any
camp on the Mississippi coast in view of
the attitude of the people of Ocean
Springs and Governor Vardaman's ex-
pressed determination to abide by their
wishes. The camps at Slidell and Wicken
will be enlarged to accommodate such
travellers as would have gone over to a
camp on the Mississippi coast
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Aug. 6-For his
prompt action in extending Government
aid to the citizens of New Orleans and of
the State of Louisiana in lighting the
epidemic of yellow fever President Roose-
welt to-day received the thanks of the
citizens committee in the form of the
following telegram:
NEW ORLEANS. Ia. August e.-The Pres
ident. Oyster Bay. L. l.: We heartily thank
yol for your prompt and generous action,
which, although expected nevertheless
gratifying. We pledge ourselves TO do our
share and have wired Surgeon General wy
man that We would secure and furnish all the
funds tie service required.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Secretary
Shaw to-day telegraphed Captain E. c..
Chayter of the revenue cutter Winona
sustaining the latter's action in the en-
forcement of the yellow fever quarantine
between Mississippi and Louisiana and
giving some general instructions. The
dispatch is in reply 10 one from Captain
Chayter saying the friction between the
two States has become serious and ask
ing for an official definition of the reve-
nue. cutters authority.
SHAW GIVES APPROVAL.
Secretary shaw's reply to-day was as
follows:
I think you are proceeding properly not
wthstanding conflicting reports. Promptly ad-
of every private vessel placed at your dis
posal We will then give authority which will
doubtless protsct- There may be some cues
and to take them TO Ship Island. but there
vessels and persons leaving the infected dis
trict I have directed Captain Ross to proceed
to New Orleans and exercise general super
vision over his branch of the service.
Active control of the yellow fever situ-
alton in New Orleans by the United
States public health and marine hospital
service will begin Immediately. Orders
to that effect were wired tonight to Sur
geon ]. H. White, the marine hospital
officer now on duty in that city. These
orders followed the receipt from DR..
White during the day of several tele-
grams. which showed that the citizens
of New Orleans had promised thefr
hearty and unrestricted cooperation in
the work TO be undertaken by the Fed
eral Government, and would meet certain
financial requirements imposed by the
marine hospital service as a preliminary
10 assuming the respons. .5ility. Antici-
pating this outcome of the situation, DR..
White already had determined upon ten
tative plans for the work in hand. The
city will be divided into wards and each
ward will be placed in charge of a re-
sponsible and experienced surgeon of the
marine hospital service, who will have
absolute control of the locality. Already
Surgeon General Wyman has given direc-
tions TO a number of Marine Hospital
surgeons to proceed to New Orleans for
assignment to work under DR.. White.
These are all officers who have had ex-
perienee dealing with yellow fever epi-
denies.