The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-25


fully and clearly subsanate the made by the
>anitary Committee Of the Board OF Health at recent
mecting. These entered on the death books
at INard's Island as AsatIc cholera
Dr. STONE from the committee appointed at the last
meeting on the adoption OF Dr. Parkers series OF resolu
tons ntiuced that occasion in relation tho
moval OF tie cellar population Of the district the pre-.
venton Of tho overcowdng OF tenement houses and the
publication of sanitary circular to the people and other
lera, presented report which was read and debated
section by section.
lengthy debate took place on the subject Of inviting
the assistance Of the homeopathic physicians TO aid the
Board in case Of visitation from the cholera
DR.. PARKER was not prsudiced towards any class OF
the medical profession but did not think there was any
merit whatever in the homeopathic treatment He was
thoroughly educated on that subject and knew such to
be the case
The PRESIDENT thought il unfair for the Board to
clude that school OF the medical profession when they
had no medical member in the Board to defend IT,
Commissioner BERGEN favored the extension OF the in
vltalon to cooperate with them to all medical societies
Of Kings county.
The following is the report as adopted
At meeting Of the Sanitary Committee held April g.
1866 which present Mr. Schultz and Mr. Acton
Resolved l. That our engineer confer a. once with Mr.
Craven Of the croton Board, Mr. Lane the
yn Water Works. for the purpose of cleaning the sewers
An police station houses shall be places medical
That the Commissioners OF Charities Correction
cellar population Of their being removed and tina.
WITH wit thew Of Ro be s
se.gen and DR. Crane be the eomwtise for Brooklyn
ehu 1850 Acton anu SchuA LOT new iork:
That hygenic advice be given to the public by publish
ing and distributing circulars TO the manner Of guarding
ss
%I1ss
ans a h 10 which s tender h CO.
with us In the contemplated measures Of relief TO those
G. That DR. Stephen Smith be appointed under the drec
S a Dr. be- ia charge
OF the hospital at the battery; that Dr. Smith organize
Committee for approval who shall be called to at
l. That the ocer respectfully required make
the patients in the floating hospitals.
The report OF Drs Harris Dalton the condition
OF affairs on the cholera ship Virginia was then read
which is published elsewhere
DR. STONE considered that fault existed somewhere in
the work Of transferring the sick from the Virginia to
the hospital ship He did not approve OF the manner In
which the patients were lowered over the stern Of the
vessel as he considered II both tedious and inhu-
man, and for that he moved that the report
be referred to the Quarantine Commissioners for their
consideration Which motion rr Swinburne seconded.
DR. SwINnuRSE then said that he fully understood the
personal malice which prompted the faultfndng with
the management OF that matter The fact Is, there
no legal boarding station and there is none that when
the vessel to the station she Immediately
boarded and ordered to the lower bay to which place she
repaired and that everything that lay In his power
Health Ocer had been done in the matter for the preser
walton Of the public heath-which was paramount with
him ali other considerations At Halifax sixty persons
escaped from the England No such occurrence had
ever taken place during his years experience from this
quarantine The idea OF charging him with inhumanty
because the sick had TO be lowered In the de
scrbed in the report OF the committee ridiculous and
an absariy Tugs could not be got to come alongside
an infected vessel TO carry Off the sick II must be done
by small boats and the easiest manner possible to lower
the patent was pursued
DIR. STONE did not like such language ridiculous.
Some one was certainly to blame. Those people requlr
ing TO be removed lay threequarters OF hour under
the sun on the deck of the vessel There the nhu
manity Had tug been employed they could have
been quickly removed.
Mr. scnuLrz said the facilities Of the Quarantine
very imperfect and they had not really the proper means
for transferring the sick felt their "A
board OF health to supply this deficiency; but the GEN.
sure was not upon the Health 0icer, but upon the sys
TEN. He would suggest that they purchase boat Of
about fifty tons for that purpose
DIR. swIS8unSs said that until last weck tho Commis
sioneTs Of Quarantine without funds. Last year
they spent $40 0C0 for which they reimbursed
by the Legislature for six eight months and nothing
bad been left undone by them, as far as power and
means went 10 faithfully and humaney discharge their
duty. He had spent his time and money at Albany in
doing all that possible toward ameliorstng the con-
dton OF sick passengers and expressed himself very
warmly the animus which could prompt such feelings
as tho report would seem to imply as 70 their want of
humanity.
Dr. Stone said that he never Intended to hold Dr.
Swnburne responsible but he did hold the Commits.
oners to account for not having proper recepaces and
arrangements for the removal OF the sick They should
havea tagboat for that purpose.
The PRECEDENT thought the hospital provisions entirely
ptai vessels He did not approve Of those people who
are well remaining on the vessel surrounded by
all the narrowing scenes and recollection: Of tho
epidemic on board He had caused the sale Of the
barracks at Fort Lee, which provided with
accommodations for two thousand people, TO be
postponed by General Van Welt and had applied 10 the
general for their transfer TO the Board OF
Health for hospital purposes which request would no
doubt he complied with These barracks he proposed 10
transfer 10 tho Commissioners. With such place pas
sengers could be made more comfortable than on board
ship a they could be removed to some appropriate place
III Tie lower bay.
After farther debate the subject, the report
was finally Ordered VI 4lG
An anonymous letter Wa received and referred to the
superintendent calling attention 10 the tact that the
which formed OF the England NJ
quarantine might possibly be infected as to be dan
gerous 10 health IL allowed 10 be discharged
An offer was received from Mr. Halliday rendering the
OF OF the houses Of industry the Five Points
for hospital, which was accepted.
The resignation Of Col Bcrtram, as Complaint CLERK
was received and accepted and Mr. Bosworih was APP
pointed to MI the vacancy created
Dr. PARgER stated that young man. residing nj Rock
land lake who had eaten fresh pork and drank ice
water the same meal, was taken sud- My ~ and bad
all the symptoms Of cholera The people should he very
careful as their die, at this season
ship Fever ia Mi1lta msburg.
Tho pr.vaience Of shin fever in Will amsburg, which