New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-07
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
MEETING OF TIE BOARD OF HEALTH
QUARANTINE CONVENTION.

Pursuant to call made by the Mayor, the Board
OF Health convened yesterday 10 the Council
yer. In the absence Of The Mayor President Clancy
of the Board Of Aldermen presided. The following
| Communication wns read:
The Deceesify ard importance Of an entire revson
&C nc lawt of Qnsraune in this country has long been
| f.lt and acbDo~ledstd. Among the great commercial
ha0Is of Europe, he ps'sm'int signhc aoce of the
ruhect having arrested the attention OF their leading
| men a C0nft,eace lS0n't0ir. held at Paris 10
lsjl-2 wrtre the whole question WA ably drcussed,
rev.ions suggested that intended to form the
| basis Of uniform sDo improved system of external
heslih laws. Sir &c thst period the question OF their
| tr'iie hbr0gaton, especially ia England, hs been
| Lear edly AID mnufey investigated
"No or who bes made himself at all familiar With
the exiting eysems Of aggregation. as set fh 10 the
tors pItvsil throughout the United S'at-s. or has
eitbe, Directly cdirecty been made the unfortunate
victim Of their hearing ntefdctions, but must sd-
nit that. in many Of their leading features cencyI
oppressvepees kand Inconsistency far outweigh the
beDefts which wellofdsec code ofregulations would
confer upon every community.
Nor is the exclusion of uniformity in the laws Of
State over those Of another less Objectionable element
The enforcement Of indscrminste quarantine in one
State is calculated to operse with serious embsrass-
mept upon another recognizing and acting under pln
cples vi variance with the former and 1t is Ia vain re
can expect any change 10 the policy of quarantine
restrictions at present adopted and enforced by tbs
different stsbosrd cities for the purpose of establish
ing uniformity of laws, unless by simultaneous
movement Of the several Municipal Corporations or
Boarcs of Health iIdorsed by legislative attachments
"ID IN, itsIy 81 we'll as 10 a commercial a'pect,
cha, gets alike desirable and politically demanded in
The Fundamental principles upon which all our quaran
tine lows are ba,ed. As regards the former they have
b, q means kept pace With the rapid strides recently
observed in the scieuce Of public hygiene. And With
Iespect TO the later, they are sDgular'y burdensome
10y 81, egpg the wheels OF foreign trade whenever
end VIII rever enforced.
"The commercial the Political and the social inter-
G r. Of the na'ion cry aloud for rem ldng OF t1ese
eatt al health laws while the voice Of huma Iity ~
be- heard pleading for the adoption of measure; less
ofitDeive to the dictates of benovOleDce
NO State or seabOard city is entirely satisfied With
s existing quarantine laws, owing IN part to tie gre st
olvercity OF sentiment aud uninforued preladces
org those especially who are the custodiabs OF these
laws. Frequent and loud, also, are the complaints
ur.t by others equally interested Of their onerous
unequal character mischlevous where they enouio
be harmless and oisadvaotoseous where they should
be protective.
ing code of laws uniform under all similar crcuu-
| stances If possible would offer the evest ioter
'ruptiops to sn active commerce, and at the sans
time guard that commerce so that It may not become
chanIe tor the il troo uct0n OF any agent w1n might
affect the health life of those dwelling in the SEA-
porte, the Board of Health Of Philadelphia 10 Octo
Der, 1856, appointed commi,tee to corfesp md
with the Boards of Health of New YorS
bortop, Baltimore and New. Orleans, on the
| Wopriety of calling a c0nventtn of delegates
| from thevsrious Boards OF Health in tue ma
rtme cites OF the United Sfasc~ tor the purpose OF
"a conference in relation to the eat ,blshnelt Of
| 'vised al d uniform ryetem of qraIsntioe laws
"Receivpg the Rear concurrence of the bodies thus
sddrt ssed 10 the proposed measure and believing the
tine has fully arrived when the prophety Of such 8
| deibeIsve sseembly will receive universal approbs
ton, we hereby sseune the responsibility of c,hing a
| Quarantine Convention, and would invite delegates
| not only from the Boards Of Health. but also the
Boards Of Trade and from two regular Medical Sooie
ties (ss may be approved by the Boards OF Health Of
thoss cities where there shall exist more tban two
gsnzsons) in each OF the ees-board cities Of these
United States. Should Board of Trade or Board Of
Health be- organized in any Of the cities addressed,
| The authorities will make tuch appoint ments in lieu
thereof in their judgment may be proper uader the
| circumstances SAID Convention to assemble in the
City Of Philadelphia on Wednesday, the 18th Of May
| pro1imo. The number Of delegates 10 be at the
pleasure of the Board Society making the appoint
| ment. CIVILIAN BoNsALL President.
JOSEPH r. CoAD, Secretary"
The following gentlemen constitute the Committee
| in Phisde phia: Wilson Jewell, NJ. D.; Joseph K.
| Cosd N. D.; William Bonssl William Gallag her,
| NJ. ID.
| After some little discussion on the subject it WAS
sgteo that Committee Of Eight be, appointed by the
| Chair. The Board then adjourned.