The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-30
TEE PUBLIC aEALTH.
Excitement in Brooklyn About tho Yellow
Fever.
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The Yellow Fever In Brooklyn.
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The Yellow Fever I'm Brooklyn.
| TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
The disregard OF the public health by the Health OHcss
Of New York only equaed by that Of the Health On
Ger Of BROOKLYN while the sim pie acquiescence or both
the New York and Brooklyn Boards Health in the 70
specuui representatives and recommendations theae
funconares, supported by public favor, shows them 70
be the dupes OF interested or incapable parties.
The Health Officer OF New York, unsatisned with the
disease and death at Fort Hamilton and Bay Ridge re-
ports that ships which have been infected forty days have
been, without breaking bulk thoroughly ventilated IA
nsated and disnft ctod and therefore are 1T TO land
their Of rags hides and sugar In hs the Board
0, Health acqucsces and the Brooklyn Health Officers
suggest to the doctors thu proprety OF calling yellow
yer, produced by this means, malignant bilious fever
malignant rement or something else than what ID,
for Tear Of frightening somebody into leaving the city
rather than be poisoned unawares
Does not every Of intelligence know that
an infected and fhp, ned dark damp and hot
grows worse and worse unl the infection is destroyed
by ifeezinR cold or excessive heat-such be ap
Piled TO ships hold ~ under bsttened matches
speedy and eieotual way Of destroying infection
Cages are lauded in the houses under Brook.
yn heights, there TO wreak then exhaatons
the people of Fort hamilton Such is now the case and
seve al nnocort vicms have been sacrificed There
has rot single Of yellow fever Brooklyn
but what clearly traceaole these causes and confined
within amoft contiguous limits to them. The health on
u, yesterday
sin Livingston from Joraemon street" Was it not joa
az have said that persons had been
sick with yellow fever from No 10 Joralemon street.
the store houses which receiving sugar and
hides from ships which been detained Quarantine
oa account Of their int I'd state and since died in Liv
irgson street, The Packer Institute containing several
hundred children aud young ladies' many OF them from
remote aces, on Joraemon street, far enough on =
be danger these houses but how are he
relatives who will be much disturbed by these vague
reports to know thsY
1t lie high time that every one cor sidered himseN
"a m n
investigation Of the best way Of preserving public health
Brooklyn Board Of Health.
sriT 20, ls5o.-Present, Mayor Hall and AdonAn
Backhouse, Shaw, Oakley and Walsh.
The minutes of the previous meeting read and
approved.
DR.. Lapham, of New York, who had been cited ap-
pear before the Board for reporting TO the Health
officer the of Mrs Ross, who died at No. Josais-
street. OF yellow fever, appeared and stated Int he
was not aware Of there being ordinance requiring
such report and that when character of
the maady he had called upon ihe Mayor, but was
able to ipo him
On motion Of Alderman BAcKHorsE, the apology Wa
HEALTH OFFICERS REPORT.
Saturday the following csses Of deaths
by Yellow fever have been reported TO this oee viz One
from Joraie street under treatments four cases IN Fur
moved TO the County Hospital.
As there have been mapgrehensions or missaeme9t, =
leave that would prefer having aaesoss
NJ. WENDELL Health omcer.
THE INJECTED
Health Warden wEsT submit cd report In which he
stated that nc bad two Of yellow fever shany
in Furman street. the Of Cranberry street (nr
McGrath one OF the sick has since died. and the osher
John Kelly, has been sent TO the County Hosptal) He
boarding house, No 40 FuInan street. Spencer and
caushter very III, at No. Is Cottage He also 70
o,ted ha, The foreman Of Deans mustard factory, No
VVnQn stF of fhx nxlA
oil factory, No 81 Furman street had died Of the disease
contracted in Mrs. Kearney's tavern There nothing
N ei.her factory 10 produce disease All ths osh0
In reference 70 Rutherord's dstcry, corner OF Jo-
ralsn on and Furmsn Streets there nothing In hi
| fIom the swill
roborsed the Health warden's statement in every per-
tcuar.
LANDING oF HIDES
Alderman BENNETT, with Messrs. Fisher How and
Dayton, appeared and complained that there was much
IN The Tira ward in consequence Of report
ten stated that On last thursday week he had hmseN
seen green biees lightered rom vessel lying In hs
stream, 10 somewhere r the neighborhood OF Thornes
WHAT The Mayor stated that authority had bosn
granted By the Roard 10 land and ,tow hides and should
70 DC .De oese that THIS had been DONE the par-
No oher business Of consequence transacted and
the Board adjourned
New York Commissioners Of Health.
CASE OF YELLOW FEVER PROM NEW HAVEN.
Al meeting of the Commissioners Of Health IL
morning, Dr. Rockwell reported that he had visited .
man at Bellevue Hospital who has the yellow fever, and
who came from New Haven The Doc,or said that The
man was ship carpenter, and had been employed
pairing vcsses coming from the West Indies and thsa
probably may have been on vessel (which had rode
out her quarantine
Tie Doctor said that the man had been sent 10 the Ns
Hospital and with exception of this case he he'd ma
met yellow fever in the city Tor very many days. He
luther said TIA, tho senoss OF the season would seem "a
he N he IN NJ aho
dtmc. Yet In his opinion, the time for 'looscncas bod
not yet arrived thai the Board ought s, TO DO strict,
thai DO Infection BIO allowed 10 coma 10 tho city,
DR.. MnIxR, Health Commissioner, coucurrsd with IN.
Rock WE'LL and thought that until made iu appear.
spce, would not answer essentially TO relax on hs
Quarantine discipline
President BARRIER said that he disposed 10 be sam
ally in regard 10 those which have raj fsver on board
during the passage that the history Of yellow fever
and 1 S me- o would nS
az much ~ In July and August
Fort Hamilton Relief sociesy's Report sSr
the Last Forty-eight Hours.
Dr. RorHB states Margaret Fender 10 have died u
O'Clock, at tho housc OF Mrs. Chandler White.
All Others previously reported dong we'll and out a
darger.eseep,lns Thomas vcLopncll and Frank.
INV CAsEs-Mrs. fully and Catherine Coyie.
- FRANCS i. BERrFR, Secretary.
For HAsnroS, sept -, 1s66-eh A. NJ
MrsicAI MArrus-The "E,oIle du Yord, was rvss
for the last time but al the Academy Of Music lass
night VIII be repeated TO night FOR the benenl OF Ma
re,zck, when the house will be closed for indeanito
period. There viii De great rush TO night
strskosch Parodi Paul Julien, nberni and Bernardo
have been giving concerts in Philadelphia, washngsc1
and Baltimore, with great Next week they 20
10 Boston, and return the following week 70 give Co.,
cert In this city.
Mr.. Ullman, the well known nrTrNor, arrived yss-
tcrday In the Baltic. Thalbcrg, vivicr, and Madame
Apgri, (contralso,) are daily expected.