Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-08-25

New Orleans, La, Aug. 21.-Full of
hope, the federal and local authorities
and the public in general entered today
upon the fifth week of the campaign
against the fever which is now consid-
cred to be beyond the stage when Sc
rious epidemic is possible.
s.sE Danger Is Over.
I'm my Judgment said Dr. Beverly
Warner, head of the volunteer forces. in
IAN address at the Baptist church, 'ca-
lamity was impending over this city a
few weeks ago. Now the day of the
impending calamity has passed. The de-
crease in the mortality, as shown by the
reports, is unprecedented and the situa-
stlon is rapidly getting under control"
DIR. Warner said the passage of the
calamity was due III a long degree to,
the splendid work of the marine hospital
service. He said that the daily record
given out by the service was true one.
Nothing has been suppressed, and truth
and publicity have proved 20 be of the
greatest benefit. DR.. Warner said that
in the future he would protest with all.
his might against the suppression of any
health news.
Checking the Fever.
While the federal authorities now
nave liz III say Ing IudL inc
fever is being controlled and checked,
they are not ready to fix a date when it
will be stamped out. The life of a steg-
omyia mosquito is perhaps two months,
and as here and there q stray infected
mosquito Is sure to avoid all the pitfalls
laid for its destruction, sporadic cases
will doubtless appear after the disease.
is entirely under control.
In the forty-tve neG, eases in the pre-
ceding twenty-four hours four We're
found in one family and three in an
other. A new case has appeared i'll the
French asylum on st. Ann street. A
number of Norwegians and Swedes have
been included in the lists OF new cases
recently, most of them being sailors.
cases were re-infections in houses in the
old districts. The federal authorities
watch each house in which a case APP
pears twenty-five days after it is cured
or died If no new cases appear in that
time the house is considered nOn-infect-
ed. Arrangements are now being made
to arrange a complete list Of non-infected
houses.
The marine hospital is now consider
ing the matter of establishing q deten-
ton hospital here independent of the
emergency hospital. The idea is to place
in it families whose homes may be ia
fected, sending the patient to the emer-
tention hospital. In that way it is,
thought that houses will be more rapidly
cleared of infection. This is intended
especially to meet the situation in for
eign neighborhoods where the population
does not yield readily to the regulations.
La Fayette and Alexandria are now
free of fever, patients there having re-
covered. No new points in the state out
side Of New Orleans were reported in
fected today.
as Remove Ban on Freight.
DIR. White is expected back today from
Mobile, where he went to consult the
health authorities there in connection
with the matter of the movement of
freight from New Orleans. There is
great satisfaction over the announcement
that Alabama will place no bars against
the shipment of merchandise provided
that the cars which carry it have been
disinfected.
The acknowledge Of Alabama au-.
thorities that freight itself will not carry
infection is expected to have an excellent
effect on the attitude of other states in
their quarantine regulations.
With four deaths during the night,
there was an indication of a slight in
crease in the number of deaths for to-
day, though 10 likelihood that the maxi
mum for day during the present fever
would be reached. There were no de-
velopments of consequence during the
day.
Among the deaths today is one in the
French asylum ON ST. Ann street, where
number of cases have been reported,
and one in the marine hospital in the
upper portion of the city.
Yellow Jack in Missouri.
Keokuk, Ia, Aug. PA case Of yell
low fever is reported from Gregory, Mo,
eleven miles south of Keokuk A Greek
laborer on railroad construction has been
quarantined. his case being pronounced
yellow fever. He came from Natchez
few days ago with a party OF laborers.
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