The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-02

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thorities thereof and consequence beyond the con-
troll of private citizens; therefore, be it
Resolved As the of this Convention, that the
sponsbity for all diseases and deaths in cities
oy defective sewerage imperfect drainage, rests upon
the corporate authorities and be earnestly recommend
ea to the civic authorities to invesage, and to pro
VIDE prompt remedies for the evils arising from these
causes.
. Resolutions were also adopted instruct
ing the President and Secretar
70 submit the reports external and internal
ny GENE 10 the Smithsonian Institution, or to Con
eress, with view to their general dissemination
"sso 70 prepare an address, urging the Importance
vi VI sanitary laws and regulations, and recommend
ing State sanitary committees and sanitary survavs
OF every State in the Union
committee OF hive was ordered to report at the
next convention specific quarantine regulations for
yellow fever, cholera, typhus fever and small
p6X.
The report on Internal Hygiene was taken up,
when the draft of an act for establishing general
and local Boards of Health, and for other sanitary
purposes, recommended as model for the
legislatures of the several States. 1t suggests a
general Board of Health, composed of five persons
three of whom shall be physicians, and proposes
to establish local boards of health empowered TO
enforce all the regulations they deem necessary
for promoting the sanitary condition of towns and
cities, subject to the constitution and laws of the
state and authority of the General Board.
The draft of an ordinance for promoting the
health of towns, consisting of sixty-one sections,
was discussed and adopted.
Committees were appointed to report to the next
convention on the following SUBJECTS:
l. Food, its qualities and condition in large cities
and large towns, and the facilities requisite for sup
plying the same, together with plans and suggestions
Tor the proper arrangement for butcheries markets
and db6dtoires.
2 Civic cleanliness, with plans for the disposition
of oal, refuse streetceanings and night-soil of c
ties.
3. The legal restrictions for the control of the
sale of poisonous and dangerous drugs.
4. Architectural improvements with reference
to personal and public hygeine
FOURTH DAY.
The attendance this morning was not yery ful
After the reading of the minutes
On motion of General Mather, committee was
ordered, to report at tie next convention on the
sub ject of dispensares in cities
Mayor Lincoln, of Boston, moved that the next
annual meeting of this Convention be held in Bos-
ton. The motion was unanimously adopted.
The Thursday previous to the 18th of June, 1860.
was liked as the time of holding the Convention
n Executive Committee ofnine was appointed to
make arrangements for the next meeting of the
convention.
DR.. Harris moved the appointment of a commit
tee OF three to report upon the nature and sources
OF malaria, which subject to state or national
control. Dr. Darby, of Alabama, was appointed
chairman Of the committee
The various committees ordered by convention
were then announced.
., DIR. Darby made some interesting remarks on
the subjects of malaria.
the thanks of this convention were presented TO
DR.. John II. Griscom, for the able manner in
which be discharged the duties of president of the
convention.
Thanks also voted to the secretary and
ylee-presldents, the press the Common Council, &c.
The President made parting speech congratu-
latlng the Convention on its labors and especially
upon the Gone bold stroke' by which they had
settled the vexed question of the personal commu-
draft of a sanitary code for cities was also val
liable achievement. These two things demon
Strated the Importance of such conventions
But their labors for the public good ought not to
nnd hnrn how rIohf Dloho
sanitary reforms There were at least twelve dis
eases OF local origin against which the communities
might be guarded more or less, while there were
only four specially restricted by Quarantine He
gave statistics of mortality from various diseases
to show the superior Importance of internal sanitary
hygiene.
The public must receive enlightenment from the
medical profession, and that was the proper field
for their philanthropic labors. Fifty years ago the
mortality of New York was in 4615 now it is one
in y. This showed that should plague visit our
city 1t would find US ready to receive and cherish
it. In conclusion he counseed the formation of
local Sanitary Associations throughout the coun-
try.
The Convention then adjourned sine die
On Friday evening the Common Council of New
York entertained the delegates at the Metropolitan
Hotel Dinner was served at seven o'clock; Mavor
Tieman presided At his right and left were seated
Mayors Lincoln, of Boston,; Clickener, of Hoboken
Mayo, of Richmond; Rodman, of Providence; Peter
Cooper, Doctors GriscOm, Kemp. Miller, Stevens
La Roche, and other distinguished gentlemen
The Lelands equalled their former efforts as cater
ers on this occasion. The music was furnished by
DOdworth's Band. After eating came drinking;
and the toasts, which were all printed with the
names of the persons to respond to them distin-
guished for honor the public questions discussed by
the Sanitary Convention, the States of the Union
the municipal authorities of New York, Medical
Science the cities of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Bos-
ton, Providence, Norfolk, Newark and Wilmington,
Mobile and Memphis, Canada the District of CO.
lumbia, concluding usual with woman, Mayors
Tieman, Mayo, Lincoln and Rodman, Doctors Ste
vens, w Wood, Kemp and others, responded The
party had pleasant evening" and well nigh ami
hilated the formerly received opinion that yellow
fever is contagious.
The sixth regular toast was:
"Baltimore-The Youthful Giant oft South
AS ready to follow in the lead of science as to TAX.
her place in the ranks of enterprsiug and prosper
cities.''
To this DR.. Kemp responded, referring to the
growth OF his native city, and the part she and the
State of Maryland played in the Revolution-and
acknowledging the compliment paid to Baltimore
in the toast which called her the youthful giant of
the South. DR.. Potter, of Baltimore, was the first
man who announced that yellow fever was not
contagious from person to person-an opinion which
the Convention had adopted that day. He referred
amid much applause, to the fact that when yellow
fever was decimatng Norfolk, Baltimore freely and
iearlessly opened her doors to the victims.