The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-09-18
TO THE PuBLIC.

IS TO THE PuBLIC.
The special committee appointed by
the board Of health, for the purpose Of
adopting such means as in their judgment
may by possibility, arrest the further ex.
tension OF the prevailing epidemic in our
city-Respec,fully request, the officers,
To whom the several churches within the
city have con6ded the direction of their
affairs, will be pleased, without delay to
cause the burial places attached to their
respective churches to be covered thick
ly with lime, or charcoal, or both.
The committee also request the pro-
prietors OF all manufactures in which
filth or impure air may be collected, to
order snchmanufactoiies to be thorough.
ly cIeansed 9Th Icy, lime, or potash.
And the committee most earnestly
call upon their fellow citizens at large.
TO cause ashes, ley, lime, potash or char
coal, to be freely used in their yards.
priyies, end cutters. They also recon-
mend 10 them, after they close their
houses al night, to slake in their kitchens
or cellars a small quantity oil lime. This,
il is believed, will contribute to purii,
the air withib doors.
The committee also beg leave to re
mind their fellow citizens, whose stores
or cellars are situated near the margin OF
the river, that the, o. ght, at this stason
of The year, 10 an,icipa.s The possibly oil,
a heavy STORM, and a consequent ri,ine OF
the tides, which may be attended with
very pernicious effects, il means shall no,
have been previously provided to avert
the consequences. Such citizens a.
have not taken the precaution to meet
such an event, are requested to attend to
it ; OF if they be fearful oil going into the
injected district, ii they will send their
keys, labelled and numbered, To The PIE.
sident OF the board OF health, the neces-
sary measures will be resorled To under
the care OF the assistants OF the board
Ihe committee regret the trouble 10
which the above requests, must subiec,
| many OF their fellow citizens. II will,
, however, The committee hope, he a,
scribed To the solicilude they feel for the
general safety. The fever has greatly
| extended its original limits. The wea
Their, from its extreme heat, is deemed 10
| oe unpropi,ious. During the presen,
| month II has been several degrees hotter
| than it was in September, 1898. Tha,
year the lever continued lis ravages un.
| til thelOth OF Nov. 0n the Nov. ! per>
SONS died OF fever, en- the 90 Z. ON the 4ih
! 7, and on the 5th four. Hitherto no agent
| bu. frost has been known TO destroy vel.
| low fever 1t no other agent can be
! found, we have no alternative but in Ia.
tiently submitting to all the evils and in.
conveniences .hat must Of necessity af-
flict mullitudes OF families driven from
F, their homes. The commiuee are not,
! however, without their hopes. Expe
ricnce has shewn that one of the mos,
awful diseases which ever threatened The
life OF man has yielded TO mild antitlote
The smai poy is not harmless The rea.
son why vaccination Is a preventive, we
are not permitted 10 know. We know
The fact. This knowledge is the result OF
human labor, and il ought 10 teach an ell.
iigh,ened and pious community that they
have 10 RICH, to give themselves up 10
despair.
The committee have adopted upon an
extended scale, some of the methods
CNSLi 10 dTTCSt
the further progress Of the disease
Other means will be used. On their part
nothing shall be emitted. They rely
with confidence upon their fellow ci,i.
Eens 10 second their efforts.
The committee are fully sensible Of
the difficulties they have To encounter
The fever is widely diffused--thc heat of
'''S - - tho oaus thor a.,
ploy are uncertain. The faculty III the
healing art are divided in their opinion.
Your committee, however ask promp,
compliance with their recommendation.
and they trust, under the favor Of Proyi
dence, that they will be enabled to pre-.
vent the disease from reaching the yet
healthy parts of our city.
II. R!kER,
JAMES HALL,
ROBERT MCQUEEN.
NeSo York, IAN Sctf. 1892.