Show DEATH RATE KEPT AT LOW FIGURES Situation at New Orleans Continues Cases of Yellow Fever Discovered Among Fishermen FishermenS S Along the he Bayous I MEW ORLE ORLEANS AS Au Aug NEW I I is the official report to 6 p um m I New ca eases s 4 45 total to date 1832 1832 I Deaths 7 total New focI 9 to tab lal Under treatment Owing to time the tact fact that the total num number er of foci which have print ej from da day to day is misleadIng and that the number numer of caes cases reported un under Under der treatment is inaccurate on account ot of a d In the formula on which the they woe figured these figured here aftem ill be droned Reports of new cases from the court coun country try are Lake Providence 8 5 Aela Amelia 4 Bayou Boeuf 2 Ardoyne 2 Houma 1 Ken nor 6 5 Hanson City 2 Ninth ward vard of oC oCo neri o erson parish 1 S Rose 3 Pat Patterson Patterson terson 3 Waveland plantation 6 Port Barow Barrow 1 1 Found Cases Time The most important development ot Of the yellow fever Cever situation today was the report of Dr C Milo Brady who had been s sept by time the state board o 0 heath health on on 8 a tour lour of ot of the bayous ayou and lake lakes In Jefferson parish arish where there are m matiy ny settlements of fishermen In constant communiCation wih with New Orleans Dr Brady made the trip with Dr of North Da Dakota Dakota kota completing theIr Investigation they turned up mm cases of yellow fever mostly along J I Bayou Barataria learned that deaths had occurred and found much suffer lug ing After Dr Brady hind had made his report the state board decided to 01 or organize Immediately a relic party part con a physician and two nure nurses A large supply of medicines and pro viston also wIl will be and the state board wi will keep in constant I touch wih with the situation In the efort effort to control the sickness Hopeful Situation The local situation continues to be beof ot of the most hopeful character On Aug 1 is there were to be cases under treatment treatment but since the then there has been a steady diminution until toda today there were reported only onh sick 75 per cent of the tota total o of 1788 eases cases having been discharged as cured or convalescent Dr Guteras wil will be sent to Natchez as soon a as he her r turns returns to this city Saturday and Sunday of this week have been set apart as additional fumigation days Showers continued here throughout the day succeeding succeeding a a heavy heavy rain yeter yester I II daJ days and there was was a gret great modera I tion in temperature The weather fore ca at t Is for shower showers tomor i work has has b en done in the matter of oiling and salting gutters wil will of coure course be by bythe bythe the rin rain but Dr les organization I now sufficiently perfect to Insure that there wi will be prompt g and when clear weather come comes I again I |