Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1905 — GOOD FIGHT GOES ON [ARTICLE]

GOOD FIGHT GOES ON

Force* of Science Arrayed Against the Yellow Peril at New Orleans. CASES CONTINUE TO INCREASE Said to Yield to Treatment Easier Than Heretofore—Non-Report-ing Doctors and Druggists Give Trouble. New Orelana, La., Aug. 15.—Partly »s a result of left over cases from Sunday, and partly from the fact that the inspectors were able to put in a full day’s work, there was again a large number of new cases of yellow fever reported, the bulk of them, as before, coming from below Canal street. That section is now very generally Infected, though there are some areas of it whic hliave thus far entirely escaped. The official report to 6 p. m. sliows: New cases, 55; total to date, 1,018: deaths yesterday, 12; total deaths to date, 106; new foci, 8, total foci to date, 210. Serious Epidemic Not Expected. Slow progress is made by the disease iu what is known as the American portion of the city, and with few exceptions the cases there are isolated. The health authorities are still unable to assert whether the high water mark in the matter of daily cases has been reached, and they consider it too early to hazard a guess at the extent of the victory which they expect to win. but with a large proportion of the cases responding to good treatment they do not believe there Is any cbanee that the disease can approach to the proportion of any of the serious epidemics of the past, though the population of New Orleans is almost double what it was in 1878. Trouble with the Doctors. Some infection has existed in scattered quarters where local doctors have resented the activity of inspectors in cases which they have themselves reported. Concerning a statement that druggists have been prescribing for patients in order that families might avoid reporting sickness to the authorities, Dr. White said that he did not consider it within the line of his duty to prosecute druggists who prescribed without a doctor’s certificate, but that he would act towards them as he would towards physicians if he learned that they were purposely concealing cases. 7 How the Fever Was Spread. Twelve cases of yellow fever have been reported near Pointe-a-La Hache in Plaquemine parish. They are understood to be Italians who left New Orleans in the middle of the excitement, following the discovery of the nest of crises in the old French market quarter, several hundred Italians at that time sought refuge in Plaquemine. Dr. Schayot, the health officer of Plaquemine, has isolated the patients, and will repeat all tlie precautions that have been taken here to prevent the spread of the disease. The cases are not in contact with any settlement, and it is not expected that there will be any spread of the fever. Fight Against Yellow Jack. New Orleans, La., Aug. 17.—The campaign against yellow fever has now resolved itself into dry routine and brings little in the way of new developments. Dr. White says the situation is bright. Following is the daily report to 6p. m.: New cases, 66; total to date, 1,146; deaths yesterday, 4; total deaths to date. 176; new foci, 19; total foci. 248; number of cases under treatment, 414.