The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-10-16


same Board, 4 appss4u thaf from January 70 June
inclusive, he Number Of deaths amounted e se3S
o. about reE cent per anuum. Now during
tha SINE period there died ID pgiVnia practice 1895
according p BE- certificates given by ne physi-
tGna, who are ohE according % laws b give
certificates, and ol7 were beEied without such
csFiiffaee; ihsFeioye it s fair infer fhst this
number died without madicas auendancs, o. he
Il phgaiciap's ceftlhease Wo1id have accompanied the
corpsss a. theiF inernent
By The report q the Charity Hospital iof April,
Nay and Jnns, i appears that there were 3}3 a4-
missions, and she deEths from that number Wele
lees than Der cent Now, i i admitted e iacs
that hundreds 0f esiiinia &c are turned i1qu ne
doora Of he Charity Hospital because they are NO.
SICK ea0igh @ Be adittaE INTO that institution, an
now the question asiHsas what shsli Be- done ior
such class Of the poor Your COMMITTEES anapef
eslabiah medical dispensariea for their relief pro-
vide them with medical adviee and medicine and
i The fane auceeaa attends iia diHpenBaIion that al
tends The practscs Of the hospital Y0u will save of
your population not eaa tban 25 per cent Of those
who viii otherwise be consigned % an untimslg
gmVe.
Your Committee are Of opinion thar II ihe records
q The hospiial and private pfaetfanega should ir
alcata for tle next twelve npnih9 deRfee Of heath
u our city equal 70 thar which has ELAPSED, tte
bills Of mortality ia this Municipality will exhibit
for the same period diminunOn Of g per cent,
provided the Council sstahliahes medical dispen-
NAI a. p NlNl aDl aAItall" uNo ullatU uaIauI4
Your Gommiitee ara satisfied that the cities Of
NewOrloans and Lafayette might, bY the main
tenance Of Wail-fegulatsd diapenzarie1 have saved
The lives Of not lee than nix cen hundred pefaons
WHO have died N their midst during the pest year
without medical aid.
Your COMMITTEES might enlarge upon this subject
but as practical men, the members of ihs Councii
are aware that the insalubrty of New Orleans
and its bills Of mortality constantly appealed %
By its enemies, % retaTd emigration 10 IT. BY
A. f.l- IA
New Orleans pr Sc Is healthy IS any city ID tie
country, must be admitted that in other cities Of
the North and East less favored By climate, well
oEEanized medical dispensalies and other chsrila-
bic institntions have done much to alleviate tie
dsiresses Of the INDECENT poor aud lessen their bills
Of mortality. While New Orleans, with unbouBded
philanthropy, unorganized though it Be, suffers her
streets to be oFerrun with beggars and one6ith oi
her deceased population who die, might have been
saved, had hand been extended 10 their relief
Ia view Of the foregoing your committee renonl-
mend that a Medical Dispensarv Be established Ia
this Municipality, The same to Be composed Of six
Physiciaaq, each with salary Of $500 per annum,
ard that 5000 " appropriated 70 provide medi-
einss . bs Dispensed b apothecalies under the
direction Of azid fhyaidians--ths whole 10 be
elected by this 4ancils and subject @ such rulss
or oEdinancss % tniay hereafter establish.
Rss0iDsd, That Eve thousand dollars Be, and is
hereby, appropriated 70 support such q Medical
Il Diapensafy for the INDECENT poor Of this Munici-
paliiy, may hereafter be created b. this Council
RssoiVsa, That special committee Of three Be
appointed to drat rules ordinahees foI the raeu-
lauon and government Of the Medical DispensaF9
Of the Second Municipality, and 70 report the same
70 this Council ior their consiEeration.
g. Boop PERRy,
4, ,. cnORrRtDaEs
OnmotiOn Of Mr.. Brugaiens, it was laid over.
ORDER OF The pay.
The following came up as the order Of the day
Rssoivsd, That the Mayor Be, and he Is hereby,
authorized and requested to purchase from VIM ia
Wright, a certain lot Of ground il the Second
Municipality, in the square bounded by Tohoupi-
touiaa, St. Joseph, Juha and kouehar streets,
messuring twenty-five feet seven inches front On
lchoupitoulas street. hy one hundred and seventy
two feet ten inehss in depth, between parallel lines,
tor the sum ef 1--WE Thousand dollars for tha purDase
q creating thereon an engine house for Mechanics
Fire Company No. 8, on the following terms and
eondin0ns; one thousand dollars cash, and the
balance IN mole Of this Municipality At six months
bearing interest at the rate Of eight per cent per
annum, which the Treasurer and Comptroller are
hereby authorized 10 issue provided the tile 70
said property be first examined and approved by the
Attorney.
MI. Perry offered the following as . substitute,
and it was adopted, the rules being suspended:
Rssoissd That the Committee on Fire Be a.
Feoed o advertise il the official gazette for propo-
sails to sell suitable ot for engine-house il the
AhHu Wai4 ana hne proposals W1ich may 20
made to bo submitted TO this Council At a future
meeting.
The following also came up as the order Of the
day
kesotesd, That the regular night watchmen Of
this Municipality be- and they are hereby, increased
70 the number Of one hundred and fifty men.
Nj. Perry moved that il bs laid over which mo
tion was lost BY the following vote
Ysas-alem. Perry sh0dHdss. stswurt, VonsaEen. and
NaSs-Rio,. Brother. Bsuraiaau Euaaauu Rt,sF, Law
lason, Ranahaws Shields and Sykan-8
A mellon for is adoption was lost BY the FOL
lowing veis
Ysss-hlsgss B.pgnisns. Emerson. Etsa, Lawrsson.
asgs-Al';,Iss. Brother, Rsushaw. Penn. shosHdgs.
MEs Lawrason offered the following resolution,
and i was adopted, after snspendiug the rules:
ReS01Ded That the regular Night Wasehmen oi
this Municipality be- and they are hereby, increased
70 the number Of one hundred and forty men.
The following, which came up as the order ol
the day, was adopted
Rss0bDsd That permission be granted to Shep-
herd Brown, tsstamentary executor Of james Nil
Ter, X, to emancipate the following slaves viz
William, a mulalto, aged about 81 years Pres
ton, mulatto, aged about 35 years and bis wife
Mily, black, aged about 81 years and shat said
slaves be permitted 10 remaip ia the State when
aaia executor shall have given the usual bond and
security subject to the approval Of the Recorder,
and al in accordance with the provisions Of oFd
nance No, S4l2.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following offered BY Mr. Brugniens was
adopted, the rules being suspended
Rssolvsd, That the Surveyor be instructed to
take the necessary steps to have the water intro
dueed into the yard Of Engine House Of Trad Ferry
Fire Company No. IL, by the Commefcial Water
works Company
Nh. shields offered the following, and it wa.
adopted aiteE suspending the rules:
Rsso5psd That the Surveyor Be instructed to ex.
anime into the condition Of the Railing or Fence
On Tivoli Circle and report to the Council at its
next sitting the probable cost Of putting the sams
in repair,
Nj Perry offered the following resolutions, ane
they were adopted after a suspension Of the rules
Rssaiyaa That the Commissary Of the Seventh
J Ward Be directed to finish and report within ter
: davs the Tabular Statement which has been re-
] qnired BY vote Of this Council Of the number o
lots buildings, wells, etc, in The several Wards
BE Z fiszfhef RssolDsd, That the COMMITTEE d
Streets and Landings be requested to open a cor
resp0Rdenee, without delay with the Municpa
authorities Of the COrporatloo Of CaFTollt0n npor
the subject Of the contemplated bridge across ths
canal al CaFrolton Avenue, and 70 ascsrtain from
that Corporation what amount il viii pay for The
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