Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1905 — YELLOW JACK IS SPREADING [ARTICLE]

YELLOW JACK IS SPREADING

One Hundred Cases Found in La Fourche Parish—lncrease at Mississippi City. New Orleans, La., Aug. 18.—Aside from the fact that the ’ systematic work of the federal authorities and the full compliance by the local physicians with Dr. White’s request for the report of every suspicious case again developed an increased total of new cases of yellow' fever, the local situation continues to give satisfaction. The official report to 6 p. m. gives: New cases, 77; total to date, 1,223; deaths yesterday, 4; tofal deaths to date, 180: number of cases under treatment, 427. The most Important news outside of the city came from Lafourche parish, where the parish health officer, Dr. Stark, reports probably a hundred cases of sickness. He diagnosed six as yellow fever and classes the others as either a mild type of yellow fever or dengue. A dispatch from Gulfport says that there are four new cases at Mississippi City, making thirteen now under treatment. One of the patients is in a critical condition.