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.