New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-14

mend there fore that arrangement be made with the
hospital other institution. for the reception Of
the poor insane until y can be removed to jackson.
Al the last session of the Legislature law was passed
abolhng the Board Of Health, and vesting all sanitary
regulations in the Common Council Of the city Nnw
Orleans Under this act it will become the duty Ct your
their object the maintenance and preservation of the
health Of the city Foremost among these my
duty call your attention to the necessity of changing
the quarantine regulations Of the port which under
previous system far from being the
Importance of the demanded. l decidedly oppo-
sed to lettering commerce with unnecessary burden
restrictions but in matter involving grave
siderations of human life. think that the
ton should be exercised and every effort
the introduction Of infectious diseases Into mid
For years past vessels have constantly arrived from
abroad with Of ship fever yphus fever and small
pox on board and the only receptacle for the victims of
oathsoe and dangerous diseases has been the Char
lty Hospital Confined in the same building with up
wards OF thousand other patients the risk Of spreading
contagion is of course measuraby increased. and it IL
within the experience of every that valuable
lives nave been sacrificed in this city by the careless and
inconsderate Introduction Of affected with these
dse1ses To guard against such wanon trifing witt the
health of the inhabitants, would strongly recommend
the establishment of quarantine hospital at dis
tance below the city say at the English Turn where pa
tient suffering with contagious diseases might landed
and receive proper medical and attention At the
time vessels might be there thoroughly ceansed and
fumigated before coming up to town and every preca
tonary adopted to prevent the introduction Of
2 infectious maladies into the city
In the creation of Board of Health. would ad-
wise honorable body to cothe the board with ample
power and authority to enforce the ordinances and
laons concerning the health of the city. Without that
r useless.
Whilst this subject it affords much qualification
to state that the health Of the city during the past year
has shown evident and unmistakabe signs of improve
ent On referring to the morary statistics of the last
three years it will be perceived that for the year ending
the 3lst December 1S49 the mortality in the city OF
NewOrlrans proper 1852 in 1850 it 1919 whilst
in 1881 the number Of deaths including the city Of La
fyette, only 1916 The per centage Of mortality in
the Fourth District assuming its population at l50o0
world be therefore 9sa equal to 755 which deducted
from the last named figure. would to show that the
number of deaths within the limits of the old city in 1851
only 6520 against 1919 in 1850 and 1852 in 1915
equal to dminuton Of 1888 per cent. the former
and of "a per cent the mortality Of the first
! toned year
Whilst this gratifying result is in part attributable to
the absence of that desoating scourge which visited
city in 1S49 cannot resist the conclusion
it has attained by the judicous opening Of
streets in the of the city thus giving
the purifying breezes from the lake The last few years
have witnessed the reclamng of hundreds of squares
ground from what was formerly impenerable swamp
every foot of land thus wrested from the wilderness
tends to destroy those masmatic influences which in past
times operated SO injuriousy the health of the city
Five years have elapsed since the yellow fever pre-
vailed as epidemic and the time is not it be
at hand already when the existence of that disease
will be known only in the recollection of the older nhabi
The prevalence of that fell destroyer has been in
contestaby of the greatest drawbacks to the pros
perty of Neworleans and the impression removed
that its visits need no longer be feared may confidently
look forward to rapid increase in permanent popua
ton and to corresponding augmentation in wealth
y character and standing as a community.
In view of the beneficial results likely to flow from
: the adoption of the system above alluded to- would
strenuouy upon your honorable body the proprey
encouraging the opening Of streets in the Of the
city well the opening of the lake The
. necessary steps for projecting from the
tnaton Of Orleans street have already been taken in the
= First District Court and would recommend that in due
course OF time be adopted for the opening OF
similar avenues from other parts of the city In
deavors to develop the future greatness of
must accustom ourselves to look to the Of the city
possessing in eminent degree those elements Of pros
perity which by judicious care and encouragement will
tend to advance in powerful degree the interests Of the
~ whole community The natural increase Of NewOreans
lies moreover in that direction for it evidently the in
tenon of the founders of the city that its extent should
be limited only by the waters of Lake PODtchartran We
u have front along the river extending to nearly
miles the whole Of which built up aud tenanted
II by euterprsing commercial population forest o
II shipping interpersed by fleets of steamboats, line
wharves mpartng to the levee of busy life which
other commercial mart in the world boast of We
scarcely therefore undertake any material extension
- in that quarter and if seek to add to BY
inviting population to settle down in our midst it be
" hooves before remarked TO do everything in
to improve that portion of the city which is dcs
tined ultimately 10 become the abode of large thrvin
a and industrious community Every consideration there
fore of health and interest demands that this vitality i'm
portan should not be lest sight Of by your hon
~. orabe body.
Y beg call your attention to the necessity of pro
" vling suitable for keeping the archives record
IT, and old books of the city well t" the propriety
~ APPOINTING a guardian to take care Of the same Th
keeper the archives has under his til
Spanish records and documents of the Old Cabdo iron
s 1869 1903 the records the City Council from 1903
1886 the records of the Police Jury from 1910 to 1876
and those of the General and First Municipality Council
1896 to 1852 These together with the records of til
n Second and Third Municipality Councils and of the lat
city of Lafayette should all be kept in apartment
that in necessity they might be accessible withou
~ a moments delay. Many Of these old documents am
records Of great value and should be carefully pre-
m served, and therefore recommend this matter to you
m ~ early consideration.
y The efficient lighting of the city subject which merit
d. the attention of your honorable body conducting as
m in essential degree not only the convenienc,
IS but also to the safety of theinhabants Many populo
nj nj fuse a meager and insufficient light and are kept
;s moreover at great expense. For this recon
us mend that be made for the gradual excr
istO, ~ ri well /.
~ into the Third and Fourth Districts that the resident
of those localities may in this share in the advar
possessed by the favored portions of the city
m The fire department is body of which the citizens
Neworlcans justly feel proud Ever since its first orgar
ization in 1886 the various companies have We'd wit
; each other in their devotion to the public welfare
av unlike in other large cities, whore the fremen have
their rotous and disordery conduct too frequently give
just for complaint our department deserved
n prides itself the dignicd and becoming conduct
M every of its members. No unworthy Jealousy is a
lowed to impair the efficacy of this admirable corps
@ chickering's and dissensons among rival companies
e supposed point of preference privilege alike
known Indeed. there is class of our fellow -czel
which deservedy enjoys the respect and contden
If of the public than the members of the fire deparnen
The former they have earned by their invariably
@ orderly department and to the latter they rich
Of entitled the of their abors in tt
OH of humanity. and of the public good at large
n earnestly trust that the department in whose wear
M in common with every citizen take avcly interest
yer continue to maintain untarnshed that bright repuatt
s which it has hitherto enjoyed, that in times past
, usefulness may be marred by the introduction
in that unfrendy spirit which has tended in so powerful
degree bring the departments of other cities into dsr
.v ra pute 1 the occasion appropriate to
49, mend specially the fire department to the fostering
- and protection of the Common Council.
@ At the late session of the Legislature act pass
@ entitled An act to change and regulate the expenses
t criminal prosecutions throughout the State' approx
IN, March 18th 1t provides that all the ncurr
ad in the different parishes by the attendance of physician
h and for maintenance and clothing Of individuals co
@ dcmned for the commission of any crime misdemean
@ cognzable by the district courts of this State shall
do paid by the respective parishes in which the often
10 charged may have been committed. 1t furthermore
that the fees salaries and expenses to be paid by
~; local authorities shall be fixed by said authorities.
@ that pending any charge the fees salaries and expen
@ shall remain fixed by law and be paid by the lo
VOC authorities.
Another law passed at the last session concerni
M which provides that the fees of this
mi be fixed by the parochial authorities and in NewOrlcs
ass by the Common Council This matter. well the
ntv above cited will claim your attention in due time.
tbe Another important act passed at the last session
@ that providing for book plans of all the property wi
M in the limits of the city of NewOreans for the purpose
I assisting the Board of Assessors and the Tax Collectors
the discharge of their duties. This act will have the eff
of bringing under assessment every piece of property in
city. and the State has appropriated the of $1,000
nov wards covering onchalf of the expense OF the book
of other half to be borne by the city OF NewOrleans
az 1t is necessary also to observe in connection with
and framing of the police ordinances that the Legislature
passed act amending the previous law to prevent
ally persons of color from entering the State 1t provides
ladp much of the law refers Imprisonment may
.ets amended to allow such persons of color viz
heft stewards mariners to remain board while in p
upon rhe due execution of bond before the Mayor