Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-13

CuorrRA-Tbe coumittee Of the Council on
,.l,3, health. consisting Of Judge Crump and
i,assrs\ Lee and Griffin, met last evening at the
Ci,r. Hail There were also present the members VI
~, ard Of Health. to wit Doctors Hancock Ca
.r.s Watson, also Messrs. Scott, GlazeorooN anu
C.,,ohsa,5 Doctor Brock Mr. Gill; City hng'-
A.. W; ',f.ofPolce and Mr.. Vincent Barga'
~. n H., ,oek, on the part of the Board oil
,I..,.. - supplementary report to that oil
-, on. I,1,.,1, published in this paperl IL Is
-, c,iio,rs II asks that the City In
,;,aar he directed 70 emp 'Oy sufficient number oil
., ir.r.oss them 70 fifty, and sufficient
r,h.r Of l,borsrs 70 attend 'hesi' and three per-
sons to act as managers, and the hn"l' ~ O'
under control Of the Board OF iI'''"
eighteen carts he assigned to JeL erS'" :" "''
fifteen to Madison. and seventeen carts l" ''O"
ward. and laborers in the same proportl'u' VIZ"
privilege that the Board may assign Temporarily '''
whole force 10 anv one Ward if deemed necessary
Second that the police force be appointed inspectors
Of the houses and lots in the city and receive iu
stuctons from the Board. Third that the Doa''
n, ,rtbor;zed 10 notify the citizens that when the
c,rt. are engaged in lany district they will De al
owed 70 place ashes and garbage in the streets 10
10 removed by the city carts, and depoS''eu at
"a 70 10 selected bv the Board. Fourth that
-, ,ittee from Tthe Council be appointed 10 De
s,,ls5 the Sanitary Committee, with powers 10 AZ,
Co. tho Council in all matters which may he referred
- ,l,.r, by the Board and which may require I'M
MEDIATE and promp: action.
NJ r. ncoek, in presenting the above said tna'
a.. d., had hoped they would have conference
II :, pmittee from the Medical Faculty on the
-. evening. but those gentlemen except
-. ,vera oot present-the Others We're absent De-
carse Of professional engagements Inc uO''OF '"eH
o,-rl.ined his views at some length
nr Bolton expressed his neurreHce "a tne ''@.
~, ~, .nco,e.ytious Of the Board Of Health tie
go, ,bs matter had been fully discussed by the mem
~, og the Medical Academy, and, in reply 10 a
ouestion from Judge CrumP, said the Academy
xoul5 he happy to cooperate in any plan that may
ba adonted. He said that a. regards Keeping on
the cholera. they might build wall as hsn
"a the clouds around the city, and eStso-
lisb the strictest military Gordon, and yet
i vopla come. The thing 70 be done was to have
the neople in such state Of health as to be able
40 resist It AZ far as possible. He drew attention to
che condition of the suburbs and said one Of the
most important things to be done there was TO nave
course TO surface drainage, so as 10 remove Tor IN
n nee the stagnant water near Camp Lee and near
sta ,s Hill. which could be easily done The DOC
Unit :, can't m IA sbow that. if the human system
tor IN 0forder from aEy disease, it would be pro-
be out ,tslv more likely to he attacked by cholera
portion the 6rst importance to correct all the
was m which the plague may radiate, as rom
PoinU III reply to sIuestiOn rom Judge crump a
locus thought Of river quarantine he replied
70 "ns' nc - lion had also been discussed by the
tnA' ,ua' ". that they regarded a quarantine OF
, oom GsSs i1 en-, the city BY way Of the FLYER
money spent in quar-. ntne would be perfectly p use
less, and could be much more pOPe.' - -
y other ways. Win h regard to the ehOlef'
~ ,ord the vessel at HA lifaz, he believed that al
On hoard might be brOugh on shore and il Toul
not spread. He believed, II 'Oush that the eholsr
looming slowly across thu Atlantic, and that tn