Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-26 | Page 1 | Fever Situation is Unchanged

FEVER SITUATION , IS UHCHAMGED If Public Takes Proper Precautions Precau-tions Epidemic Should End in Thirty Days. NETV ORLEANS, Aug. 25. Following is the official report to C p. m. for Friday: Fri-day: New cases, 65; total to dnte, 655. Deaths, 6; total. 232. New foci. 16; total, 37C. Remaining' under treatment, 2S0. Tho figures show an Increase In the number of new cases over yesterday's report and If there Is any particular cause to assign for It, It Is the excessively excessive-ly warm weather of the past few days, which has been most favorable for the development of the Infection. Tho ln-crcaso ln-crcaso Is so slight, however, that it does not in any way affect tho hopeful feeling of those engaged in the campaign. New Orleans has received one case of fever which appears to have come from Memphis. The case was a woman who came here August 16 and was tnken 111 two days later. The case was manifestly not contracted here, owing to the early development of tho disease after her arrival. ar-rival. Following Is a summary of the reports of new cases from tho country: Hanson City, five, Patterson, nine: Morgan Mor-gan City, one; Oak Providence, two; Mississippi Mis-sissippi City, one; Gulf Port, three. To. Resist Travel. Action was taken today at a. meeting of the State Board of Health to enable tho Federal authorities to put a stop to indiscriminate travel between Infected points and New Orleans. Tho resolution adopted Is seneral In character and authorizes au-thorizes any local henlth officers of infected in-fected localities to prohibit the Introduction Introduc-tion into their communities of persons acclimated, unnccllmated, or said to be Immune, when In their Judgment such ln-trcduction ln-trcduction would add to or Increase the prevalence of the disease. Persons known to reside regularly in an infected locality in Louisiana are to be admitted Into their homes when they furnish satisfactory ai"Oof of residence. Situation Unchanged. The yellow fever situation today was regarded as having undergone no change. Dr. White's announcement that If the people will faithfully screen and disinfect disin-fect and obey the regulations which have been made and If all efforts contlnuo as at present to remove cases promptly. It Is posslblo that there will bo an entire cessation of the Infection within tho next thirty days, has spread almost hopeful feeling throughout the community. Dr. J. N. Thomas, in charge of tho quarantine station at tho mouth of the Mississippi river, made a report to tho State Boafd Of Health today. Dr. Thomas said : .... "Fruit trade with Colon should be prohibited. pro-hibited. If It is stopped, yellow fever can bo more easllv prevented from landing on Southern coasts. 'Colon has always been a dangerous polnu"