The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-06-24
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ADDRESS
OF the Board of Health Of the City of New York,
. to their Fellow Citizens
The Board of Health beg leave to call
the attention oftheir fellow citizens, to the
means provided by law, for guarding a.
gainst the introduction and spread of in
fictitious and Pestilential diseases in this
city. These means have been amply
tested by the occurrences of the last year,
and although observance of them, is at
tended with much Inconvenience to the
pursuits OF mercantile men il must never.
thejess be admitted, that strict and per-
severing adherence to our system of qua
rantine, under the blessing of Divine Pro-
violence, has not only preserved our citi-
2ens from disease and DEATH and the aw-
tul consequences Of pestilence stalking a
broad, but has established this important
tact that nothing short of an exclusion
from the city of all vessels coming from
unhealthy ports, will preserve to us, the
blessings Of health and the means of en-
Joylng 1t. lis oil the utmost Importance
aiso,that local causes of disease, wherever
they may exist, should be promptly re-
moved. CLEANLINESS, both in the persons
and dwellings of our citizens, is essential
to the preservation of health; and the
Board therefore earnestly call upon them,
as they value This iDestimabe blessing, to
observe and practice requisite SO nee
ccssary, and 1t any thing calculated to con-
'amInate the atmosphere, or offend the
senses, shall exist in their ncighbourhood,
that immediate information may be given
to the proper authorities, in order to its
prompt removal.
The various duties OF the Board OF
Health are arduous and important, but
they will not shrink from the perfor.
nance oil them; and they sincerely hope,
that their fellow citizens will not only sub
mt with cheerFulness 20 the several re-
QuirementG of the law, but that they will
assist with zeal & perseverance in enforc.
ing the observance of its provisions upon
all who shall attempt TO disobey or evade
them.
The several laws and regulations, enac>
ted by the competent authority, for the Sc
curly Of the public health, constitute
code Of external and Internal measures,
we'll calculated to guard against foreign
aud domestic causes of disease, and are
comprised in the following brief summa-
ry.
ist.--Ali vessels from Asia, Africa, and
their Islands, the Mediterranean, Ameri-
ca south of Georgia the West India, Pa
hama, Bermuda, or Western Islands,
from any foreign port with forty or more
passengers, and all vessels on board of
which any person may have died, Or been
sick, while at foreign port, or on her
homeward passage, are subject to quaran-
tine, and the directions Of the Health
Offices, at all times Of the year. Every
maslercr commander Of vessel, offend
ing in The premises, shall be considered
gully ola m;sdemeanour, and on convic-
zion thereof, shall, Tor each offence, be
nned in sum not exceeding two thou
sand dollars, or imprisonment for not
more than twelve months.
2d--hll vessels from the West Indies,
bermuda, A metica south Of Georgia and
north of the equator, and Africa, between
the 5lst of May, and the Isl of October,
arc subject to quarantine four days al
ieast, together with their passengers and
crews, and when permitted to depart,
mustnot come within three hundred yards
OF the ci!y-Thoir cargoes being dis.
charged, and the vessels having been re-
ported clean by the Inspector, the Health
Commissioners may permit them to come
10 a wharf; after which they may not
change their births between the Slst of
May y The Ist Oct. without permission OF
the Health Commissi ncrs, or by orde. of
the Mayor, or board Of Health Every
master, commander, consignee or pas
senger OF any vessel, Or any person be-
longing TO or connected with the same.
offending against the provisions ofthis sec.
lion, IS subject to Gne Of two thousand
dollars, or imprisonment for term not cx
ocediRg twelve months.
ID --AH vessels from the Medilerra-