54 YELLOW FEVER PROPHYLAXIS IN NEW ORLEANS 



very commonly worn by the younger members of the community. 

 When it is recollected that New Orleans possesses very diverse 

 elements, that there are newspapers in English and in French, that 

 there is a very large Italian population, and that there are 

 corresponding religious differences, it is a very striking fact 

 that literally in a few days there should have been complete unanimity 

 and enthusiasm as regards the plan of campaign. I reproduce some 

 of the headings and other data which appeared in one of the leading 

 daily journals (" The Daily Picayune "). On July 22nd, that is five 

 days after the official announcement of Yellow Fever is made, the 

 following headlines appeared, which sufficiently indicate that the, 

 campaign had started on right lines. 



CLEAN-UP CLUBS FORMING IN EVERY CITY SECTION. 



ALL WITH THE PATRIOTIC PURPOSE OF AIDING AUTHORITIES IN 



CONQUERING DISEASE. 



AND PROVING TO THE WORLD THAT SCIENCE HAS REMOVED 



NECESSITY FOR FEAR. 



EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON THE DANGEROUS MOSQUITO BEING 



EXPOSED AND WELL FOUGHT. 



14TH WARD MAKES WHOLESALE CONTRACT FOR CISTERN SCREENS 



AT A DOLLAR EACH. 



On August the 3rd the newspapers gave great prominence to the 



importance of re-oiling the cisterns owing to the fact that a heavy 



rain-storm had washed the oil out. The following is an example :— 



Oil again and keep on oiling. Until screens are in place and pest exterminated. 

 Volunteer Forces urged to maintain the ground gained. Inspectors will make sure of 

 campaign's etEciency. A noteworthy series of educational mass meetings to be 

 inaugurated to-night. 



Further on again the following occurs : — 



Oil again. Keep a weather eye on the rain barrel. After a second oiling, then 

 screen before another overflow washes away the good effect. Where re-oiling of 

 cisterns did not start yesterday, it will be begun to-day. This was the advice sent out 

 from Dr. Beverley Warner's headquarters of the Citizens' Volunteer Ward Organisa- 

 tions. The day's energy m fact was devoted to re-oiling. At least three-fifths of the 

 cisterns of the whole City had been gotten in good shape when the rain and thunder- 

 storm of Tuesday evening caused an overflow of cisterns and a loss of oil The barrels 

 of liquid that had been dumped into cisterns in all sorts of fashion were flowing over 

 the town in the open gutters. ® 



" The one message that I wish to send out from headquarters to-day," said Dr 

 Warner, is that it is absolutely necessary to oil cisterns again. All of them did not 

 overflow, but two-thirds did, and the oil has been lost. ^Then if we caHet ftem 

 screened before another overflow, we will be all right. Oil again. I hope the Paoe^s 



:'''rt '°'"°"T '"°'^"^"^- '"^ ^"'"^ "'^'^^ wards'where screen ng IZt 



progress the crews were taken off the screening and put to oiling again." 



