The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-02
TERMS OF THE CRESCENT.
NEW ORLEA Ms:
wEpNESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1s4o.
Medical Police.

RI, Creseext-ln the closing paragraph of the article
b you did the honor to publish in your paper of the
al nh took the liberty of making particular reference to
s,;n locality which it cannot be doubted added greatly
s c.uy that produced aggravated the pesaence with
sb our endemal city has been severely smitten 1t
w not that did however because there is any scarcity
i am sorry to say itof like of known and &C.
t,ovdeed cause of epidemic Diseases but that might fix
M .suou of the Board upon tangible spot or point
which the work of their noble and ph:lanhropic enter.
nIy might be well commenced. There still other and
sp, more numerous remote of cpl
smi than those already mentioned, though palpa-
M vi n certain their deeteOus effects upon the atmos-
D6sc air. the purity of which life and health
II woud be surprising to ALL yea dscreded by many who
40 moi know the fact if were to tell them thai those
Siuy Mansions. stately residences and family dwellings,
hi ornament city and attract by their splendid arch.
ure and external appearance the admiration of the be-
Ide who it may be- nwardy coves this that mfr
su palacs-if were to tell them that those blocks and
ug lows Of houses and stores combined that those
0ely.ookng and picturesque cOttages-wbe as aabaste
s their refreshing i green a,cea WINDOWS and kenan
ncosed with richly Towering parteres in front, that so
hsnt the eye and fringe the outskirts of orr wide
m aty--were whened sepuchres." that beneath
5n were rotsnness and dead mems bones" that they
d with every breath of air they breathed, pestferous
Hs0n from pools of stagnant water beneath their floors
attaining, often in state of decomposition rats snakes
or and vegetable matter, constituting the remote cond
mdmanded by the virus of cholera or yellow fever for
eH specific eyel0pement-humldity and ef1uvia Were
To tell them that such is their condition. and such their
anger might not be believed and yet doubt
Inthe facts Who has not seen, during the late epidemic
mole families or nearly carried off by the cholera without
aag able to trace its destructive effects to the proper
any certain OF well ascertained source? Still it cannot be
lstoned that both source and cause do exist and the
suit Of oil the aben the experience and observation of
most learned Medical Commissions, sent wherever the
hssse known to be, have settled down upon the
pnion that the above mentioned. and other congenerous
aus, sufficient for the production of cholera
% o lie as an they be wbo
spe such atmosphere without sickness death. Let
hoe who doubt the existence Of such state of things
mine for themselves And Is not necessary In doing So
hat they should trouble themselves or Others by tearing up
he floors Of such dwellinga as have described il will only
1 Or places where the veil has been removed by fire and
they will there find it very nearly as have already stated
And appeal to the intelligence the common sense of he
epetuse epidemic diseases in New Orleans! would ap
peal the Board of Health if it enough and would
si-no power BY which proprietary builders can be com
PEELED 90 to fill up and grade their lots upon which they
sea 20 rapidly building as to drain off into the streets
M surplus water as fast it falls upon them There GER
md that Immediately 1t belongs the Board of Health
gscse IT, and is TO be hoped that they will not be back
nm in doing their duty. They should bear in mind that
Nas approaching the season when usually subject
yellow fever-may have it and cholera both we should
an in our power. II will not do to wait till it they
M upon the cholera did last winter before anything
sy thrown away upon streets and cutters. Now is the
tn- not time enOugh-Or the important work they have
healthy city,
Dwellings, stores, etc. in progress of erection, should
o0ked to- The upon which they stand ought to be
we'll and firmly filled and raised several inches above the
winding level with ballast gravel and well constructed and
manent cutters to convey the water rapidly off from every
the premises Vacant lots should be filed graded and
hched 80 that sagnant water remain upon them I'M
nnlts should be apprzed danger Of crowdng them
de into small and i'll ventilated and badly drained houses
an cir and pure water being essential to life.
There n perhaps no city in the MON where these sana
og mggestons clearly pointed New Orleans
typographical site and climate demand their serious
Iteration. and the adoption of every at all likely to
et prevent the of another epidemic. Let
forget to profit by the past and with unceaslng vigilance
k remove those which experience and observation
ave taught have promoted aggravated the epidemics
With which we have been heretofore sorey afflicted