New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-11-07
NUMBER 73.


health officers mad done their duty; but in refer q
ence to the emptying of liquid refuse from brewe-
ries, distAeres and reineres into the gutters they
recommended that the health officer of the First
District be directed to enforce his notification and
order of the Sd nit. DR.. Kennedy had called on !
hja repeatedly to complain Of the condition Of the
cutters as exceedingly disgusting and noxiOus, I
The report waB accepted.
DR. Austin then offered a resolution directing the
health officer of the First District to require the
distilleTs refinerg and brewers to cart away all
their Offensive liquid refuse now allowed to flow
into the cutters, end, in cases OF non-com-
pliance, to close the premises and business.
DR.. Foster seconded the resolution, and 1t was
carried unanimously.
Mr.. Creeyy offered q resolution declaring the
city free from epidemic disease. He stated that
he had asce7taned that if such resolution were
passed, it would be officially conveyed to the
authorities in Cuba, who would then raise the
quarantine there.
| DR.. Austin seconded the resolution and it was
| carried unanimously.
Tne president called the attention of the board
to the TACT that at previous meeting an extern
sion of time to last evening had been granted to
the committee on the subiectof the hotels empty
ing their water-closets into the CUTTERS No re- /
| port had been presented: but he suggested that I
the board ought to take some action on matter |
of such great importance.
| Mr. McCoard remarked that the board had or
dered the closing of distilleres and other places
from which offensive matter is discharged into the
CUTTERS if they did not in future refrain from do
ing so, and he could not see why the same action
should not be taken with regard to the hotels
The cutters in the neighborhoOd of these places
were extremely offensive.
A brief discussion ensued, in which the pro-
pIiety of granting the hotels further time, and the
practcability of the water-COsets of these places
being empted in a similar manner to that in which
private waterclosets are, until better means could
be devised and carried into effect was considered
at its close,
Dr.. Austin offered a resolution requiring the
health officers 10 proceed to the enforcement OF
the ordinance against the hotels, as wei! as against
all other places.
The reports of Drs Burns, Tebaut and Hulse,
. health officers respectively OF the First, Second
and Fourth Districts were laid before the board
the secretary explaining that Dr. Lewis, health
= officer of the Third District, had been unWel and
u u that this was doubtless the cause of no report
g having been received from him, as he had always
| been very prompt.in this respect.
On motion Of DR.. Austin, DR.. Lewis was eX-
Cused.
i The following reports were then read:
n OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICER, FIRST DISTRICT,
: New Orleans, October 30, 1866
" To the President and Members of the
GfeiEitn.ett-My report OF this week need be but
IT little more than an echo of that of lis immediate
predecessor. The emptying of the water closets
Of the hotels into the cutters has continued, and
the effects have been il anything more offensive
i and n0Xious than ever / have testimony that in
one case they caused lady to faint and | have
rf abundant evidence of their generally intolerable
n and inexcusable character. ! await the action of
the board to endeayor to prevent this being con
Ne tinued.
: A very careful watching Oh Ils DFeWPFles Tt
Is neres and dstlleries in my district has not lee
to the detection Of any commission Of sanitary
d. nuisance by them. In view of this, and Of an ex
al pected report from the committee of health upoi
40 the memorial of dlstllers in reference to my orde
ck of the Sd inst, have not proceeded to entorc
M the latter, although fully prepared to do SO when
NJ ever the board shall so order.
he | regret that / can report no improvement whai
ever in the cleansing of cutters and streets in Gel
M tain parts of my district, particularly the uppe
ys and rear portions. | have not seen single ma
in at work upon them in any part of my district 1o
or the past week to go no further back,
of The markets find to be kept in fair condition
m In Poydras market, as heretofore, there is not
sufficient supply of water. One consequence {
os this is that the fish stalls which specially need
rhe abundant supply of fresh water to keep thei
o sweet, are only indifferently washed with wate
taken from the cutters. In this market, as also
,ad St. Maryis market, observe signs of commence
vas ment at repairing and renovation.
,ty On the subject of the introduction OF hides,
al have continued TO act as heretofore, and wthon
a believe, at all obstructng legitimate business,
MD raversing the provisions of the health ordinanc
rod RespeCtfuy JAMES BURNS, NJ. D.,
tha Health Officer, First District N. o
inG New ORLEANS Nov. 6, 1865.
his To the President and Members of Health
lin, Conference.-The foregoing report being as a
the pcable for the week Just closed, as for the pl
re- vous one, do not deem it necessary to add an
ally thing thereto. Respectfully,
fo, Health Officer, First Districts \. Q
bird HEALTH OFFICE, SECOND DIsTRICT
the New Orleans, Nov. 6, 1866.
the To the Members Board of eah
GeBHeme1l-The policing OF my district Is tol
of ably good. Two men were fined for throw
yes. dead ducks, decayed vegetables and apples on
hich eyee or wharf, opposite the vegetable wing OF
inis- French market.
ON The sale of some four hundred decayed Gran!
lion, was nterdcted in the same locality. A numl
that of standing permits have been granted to deal
uiry in hides and to steamboat captains, permitting
be hides to enter my district.
ltion A number of reported nuisances in Exchan
lble Alley have been successfully attended to. Al
den dstiIleries in my district have been ciosea ny
Custom House department, until such t'ue us VI
the can comply with some new regulation. A ms
Il for arrested some time since for vending dlseasel me
solu- in the beef market, (French) was dsmssed al
q severe reprmand on the part OF the recoru
the think this was too enient action t0a the chaf
per- was clearly proven
nem- One thousand decayed ducks ana thlTGy
their SQUIRRELS had to be removed from the fren
both market a few days since. Many of these dat
and squirrels had been put on Ice ZOE preserVatE
d of the above was the result.
have three cases of yellow fever and tT9
shell Asiatc cholera in my own practice
arDe Resnectfuy o. H. TEBAULT, NJ. D.,
Health Oftcau Second Distfic
Is in HEALTH OFFICE, FOURTH DISTRICT,
luse- New Orleans, Nov. 9th, 1866.
for To the Hon President Board Hsah City CT New
mass. '9fa1 Genuene1,-There having been no regl
,s for meeting OF this board last A0Asuay, | nave
1ffee- honor to report to your honDrable body as
lows respecting the sanitary condition of my
the trict, which has received very thorough lnsl
ton in all its different depautments, ,same of W
north seem to me to require no very extended c
ne st. ments.
niant Many of the streets ana lots are in a very
condition, and str enuous efforts haze been
il half to correct the same. | have not seen my sp
,mber officer for the last forty y-eight hours, bnt
raced morning found note i'll my o6ice reporting
sick. | shall call on the lieutenant of nOiic
assed supply his place. if aforesaid atfieer is hkel
CIai- be delayed in the discharge Of his dntes BY i'll
reefs AS regards the streets, have repeatedly no
ceme- and corrected gross Qareless42ss by builders
architects who obstrnct with their materials
ng the sidewalks and guttfCs.
l0pted The supply of water is exceedingly scarce
wholly Inadequate to wasA away GEh habit
tied in accuulalaiiug in many places mech faster
10 nnd San promptly be removed by the street col
siOntrs and contractors.
roofs The grading some streets is also very d
lalt5 ia i've, causing syagnana acGUrulations WhiC
really dli&att to be 4cmoged in some inst
YES or and moreover, sanitaray injurious. The 5
OF per has been represented in. a Communication
city surgeyor--but as get, without result or
sissppi IN lny Inspections Flbout the levee | OBJ
III tow great corelessGess hy those whose proyn
es pro- to repair the leyef!s, in obstrueting the
uri4h ha1E tiyDf,1 l,l,n