50 YELLOW FEVER PROPHYLAXIS IN NEW ORLEANS 



Inspector's Report. 



Ward No Street No , 



Number of persons living in premises 



How many sick since April i st ? 



What disease? 



What Physician attended? 



Is cistern oiled, and is it properly screened? If oiled, when was it oiled? , 



What is condition of privy vault? 



Has it been oiled, and when? 



Any wells, pits or holes on premises containing water ? 



Any barrels, tubs, flower pots, cans or other receptacles containing water?.. 



Are there any gutters containing stagnant water? 



What is general sanitary condition of premises? Give details, if not good . 



General Remarks and Recommendations. 



(Under this head, if lot is empty, state whether there is any stagnant water 'on it.' 



Name of Inspector ... 

 Date — New Orleans 



Seal "placed on door of room by fumi gator : 

 " If this seal is not broken the room will not require further fumigation.". 



Warning attached to screen door of fatienfs room : 



Warning. 



" This screen door must not be left open a minute for any reason whatever. If this 

 screen door is found broken or propped open or the netting of the doors or windows 

 torn, or cut, it will be sufficient cause to remove the patient to the Emergency 

 Hospital." 



Progress of the Fever. 



Yellow Fever was officially declared on July 22nd, 1905, and on 

 that date it is estimated that there were twenty cases. We have, 

 however, every reason to believe that at that period there were far 

 more cases, and that the disease had already spread over a very con- 

 siderable area of the Italian quarter of the City. Examination of 

 the Chart prepared by Dr. Quitman Kohnke shows that from July 

 22nd to August the 1 2th, on which date 105 cases were notified, the 

 rise was exceedingly steep. It is probable that the estimate of 105 

 cases on the 12th of August, by which time the importance of early 



