1898 — Aug 23-Nov 18, Yellow Fever, LA, especially New Orleans (57); also MS (80) –175
–175 Blanchard tally from State and locality breakouts below.
Summary of 1898 Yellow Fever Deaths by State
Louisiana (93) Aug 23-Oct 22 Especially New Orleans (57)
Mississippi (80) Aug 29-Oct 19 Especially Oxford (39) & Taylor (13)
New York ( 1) Week ending Oct 29 New York City
District of Co. ( 1) Nov 18
Breakout of 1898 Yellow Fever by States and Localities
Florida ( 0)
–0 Key West Aug 16, 3 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports,[1] p. 313.
–0 Pensacola Aug 14, 1 case NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 313.
–0 Tortugas Quarantine Station, Aug 18 case. NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 313.
Georgia ( 0)
–0 South Atlantic Quarantine station, Aug 21 case, on Revenue Cutter Woodbury.[2]
Louisiana (93)
–92 Statewide Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–89 Statewide Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 474-505.
Breakout of Louisiana Yellow Fever Deaths of 1898 by Locality:
— 4 Alexandria Oct 6-16 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 474.
— 1 Amite City Oct 13 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 474.
— 4 Baton Rouge Sep 25-Oct 15 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 475.
— 0 Bowie (case) Oct 6 NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
— 1 Cinclare Oct 15-25 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 477.
— 0 Clinton Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 219.
— 1 Delogny Oct 1 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 478.
— 1 Feliciana (East & West) Oct 17 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 9 Franklin Aug 23 start[3] Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 479.
— 3 Harvey’s Canal To Oct 6 NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
— 2 Houma Sep 23-Oct 5 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 479.
— 0 Iberville Oct 17 case NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Jackson To Oct 15 (15 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Jefferson Parish To Sep 20 (5 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
— 1 Lake Charles Oct 10 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 480.
— 0 Lobdell Oct 12 case report NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
— 2 Lutcher Oct 15 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 481.
–57 New Orleans mid Sep-Oct 22[4] Augustin 1909, 493. N.O. Public Library.[5]
— 1 Plaquemine To Oct 15. NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, 602, 635.
— 0 St. Charles Parish. Oct 17 case NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 1 St. James Parish Oct 2 case report NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
— 7 Wilson Sep 26-Oct 15 Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 505
Mississippi (80) Aug 29-Oct 19
— 0 Bay St. Louis Oct 11, 9 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Canton Oct 10-19, 7 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Clinton Oct 8-15, 40 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Crystal Springs Oct 11-19, 6 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
— 1 Edwards & vic. Oct 7, 24 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Fayette Oct 9, 5 cases NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 6 Harriston Oct 6 and 11 (4 & 2) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
— 3 Hattiesburg Oct 14, 17-18 NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Hermanville To Oct 13 (3 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 6 Jackson To Oct 6 (4), Oct 7, Oct 18. NY Med. Journal, V68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 2 Madison Oct 17, Nov 2-10 NY Med. Journal, V68, MHS Reports, pp. 635, 744.
— 0 Meridian Oct 15-17 (3 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Natchez To Oct 18 (25 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 5 Orwood Aug 29[6] -Oct 6 (4), Oct 10. NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 602.
–39 Oxford To Oct 16 NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 1 Poplarville Oct 17 (24 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 1 Port Gibson Oct 6 NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 603.
— 1 Queen Hill Oct 15 (1 case) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Ridgeland Oct 6-17 (7 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Starkville Oct 6-18 (7 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 603.
–13 Taylor Sep-Oct 12 (108 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 603.
— 0 Tougaloo Oct 16-17 (2 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Waterford To Oct 6 (2 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 603.
— 0 Waterview To Oct 6 (10 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 1 Waveland Oct 10-13 (20 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
— 0 Woodville To Oct 6 (1 case) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 603.
— 1 Yazoo City Oct 19 (17 cases) NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 635.
New York ( 1)
–1 New York City week ending Oct 29 NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, p. 709.[7]
Washington, DC ( 1) Nov 18 NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 824.
Sources
Augustin, George. History of Yellow Fever. New Orleans: Published for the Author by Search & Pfaff Ltd., 1909; General Books reprint, Memphis, TN, 2010. 1909 copy digitized at: http://archive.org/stream/historyofyellowf00auguuoft#page/n4/mode/1up
Carrigan, Jo Ann. The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University, LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses, 1961. Accessed 3-11-2018 at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=gradschool_disstheses
New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division. Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans, 1817-1905. Accessed 3-7-2010 at: http://nutrias.org/facts/feverdeaths.htm
New York Medical Journal (A Weekly Review of Medicine). Volume 68, July-Dec 1898. NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1898. Google preview accessed 5-16-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=B11QAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Russell, Mary Jane Duke. Yellow fever in the Felicianas: the epidemic of 1878 and its effects upon the residents of these rural parishes (Master’s Theses). Louisiana State University, 2005. Accessed 5-16-2018 at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2231&context=gradschool_theses
[1] United States Marine-Hospital Service, Health Reports.
[2] NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 346.
[3] NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 346.
[4] Carrigan writes: “In mid-September of 1898 when the first case was reported in New Orleans, the State Board of Health telegraphed the information to the health boards of neighboring states and to the United States Marine Hospital Service.”
[5] Carrigan, as well, shows 57 deaths, and notes this was out of 118 reported cases.
[6] Aug 29 start. (NY Med. Journal, Vol. 68, MHS Reports, p. 385.)
[7] Cites the Sanitary Bureau of the New York Health Department for weeks ending Oct 29 and Nov 5.