Show ITALIANS SPREAD THE FEVER men who fled from new orleans are now coming back and spreading infection new orleans aug 24 following la the official report up to 6 p m new cases 44 total to date 1600 deaths 7 total new tod 10 total remaining under treatment the rather mild expression of hopefulness which dr white made a few days ago la made more emphatic by the steady improvement in the figures from day to day and predictions are now freely being made that victory will be accomplished before frost appears surgeon white with the assistance of mayor Bc hrman haa arranged for the establishment of a new emergency hospital and detention corp which will be opened tomorrow macdonough public school on north rampart street has been impressed and will be ready tor occupancy tomorrow another part of the plan to be in effect tomorrow Is a form of quarantine of infected places against other infected places heretofore there bad been no interruption ter of traffic between places that are infected and oa a result many of the panic stricken italians have returned to new orleans and brought new infection with them this will be prevented in the future tha state board of health will meet tomorrow and formulate a plan another nest of infection was found today at a point not tar from patterson in parish ten cases were seen at amelia and dr chassang nac who made the inspection tor the state board says he learns there were fifty cases there in the past two aweeka patterson Patte raon reports ten cases hanson city reports two new cases ten cages are reported from lake providence in east carroll parish and the detate board Is sending three nurses there three new cases developed on elizabeth plantation in iberville good hope plantation in st charles parish reports three now cases port barrow in parish reports two new cases new orleans la aug 24 with the fever here coming steadily under control and apprehension no longer felt of a dangerous epidemic the federal authorities are anxious to put restrictions strict ions against free intercourse between new orleans and infected communities muni ties in louisiana and elsewhere the necessity of tome such action arises especially from the conduct of the italians and other foreign races many of them fled from new orleans to the surrounding parishes when the fever first grew violent here they established nests of infection at various points since then many of them have been drifting back to new orleans settling in new neighborhoods and increasing abe fo here report continued to be encouraging cou raging the death list Is somewhat larger than the day before but H did not reach the maximum set earlier in the month the bounded by st anna Esplan adae rampart ond Decatur the heat of the original infection la again undergoing a thorough course of this will be the third reat ment given A total of thirty six squares containing 1200 houses Is embraced in the district prof robert boyce of the liverpool school of tropical medicine reached here today prof boyce expects to make a careful study of the campaign against the fever and to make a report of his observations ions to his school surgeon von escort reported to dr white today surgeon egdorf has been identified with tho sanitary work on the isthmus where yellow fever has been prevailing for some time and because of his knowledge of tho disease there was ordered to new orleans by the department prof matz who has been given charge of the work of inspecting cisterns gutters etc put gangs of inspectors on duty today each gang consists of three men they were expected to cover every habitable part of the city another case ot fever at terre aux boeuf the parish seat of st bernard was reported today bringing the total to eleven there the citizens committee has been called to meet on monday when the fever situation will be discussed and a full report made of the work of financing the fight chairman jangler is continuing to take subscriptions to the general fund and there Is a dally flow of cash and checks into his office the committee has fixed ad the total fund and the probability la that it will all be subscribed all the money that dr white can use Is at his disposal |