New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-26
HOARD OF HEALTH.

The board met last evening at the usual
hour. Present, the president, DR.. Smith,
Messrs. Creevy, MCCcard, and Pennington,
and DR.. Dirmeyer, secretary.
communication was received from DR..
NJ. A. Southworth surgeon at quarantine,
asking instructions from the board concern
ing the detention of vessels at quarantine,
the doctor deciding that he considers the
ten days detention required to commence
from the time the vessel crossed the bar
The board instructed the doctor to use his
own discretion in the matter.
The president reported that two cases Of
disease had been brought to his notice
since the last meeting. The first of these
was case Of yellow fever reported by DIR.
Brickell, in which the patient recovered.
The medical director had called his atten-
tlon to a case of yellow fever occurring ON
Julia street, which the president had been
unable to find. DR.. Folwell, however had
reported it case where boy had died of
black vomit. He had five weeks before ar
rived from New York, and had visited no
infected port on the trip.
The president called attention to the Or
Ginance imposing fine of 500 on any ply
sician who fails to report any case OF yellow
| fever occurring under his notice.
resolution was adopted ordering the
| publication of notice to masters OF vessels
| that all vessels coming in with clean bill
of health from ports of departure can pro-
coed to the city after ten days from the date
of sailing. Those without clean bill OF
health must be detained ten days at quaran-
tine.
A communication was received from DR..
Burns. health officer for the first district,
reporting upon the condition OF the hrst
district lookup, into which he was IN
structed to examine at the last meeting OF
the board. The doctor reports the lookup
as "ofTensive almostSbeyOnd description,
| and dangerous to an extent which make 1t
| only most remarkable if not wonderful how
| disease should not have originated IN 1t ana
spread from it in the most destructive
forms. The floors are sunk and rotten; the
| walls are softened with the damp, noxious
yapors. and the odors which emanate from
the cells are indescribably sickening. In
short. | have met with no nuisance to COM
pare with it,
The report was referred to the mayor,
with request that such action be taken by
him, or through the common council, as
will lead to the abatement of the nuisance.
A proposition to close tallow factories in
the fourth district, as preiudiclal to good
health, was referred to the committee ON
health.
A communication was received from DR..
E. L. Lewis, health officer of the third dis
trict complaining of the gross neglect of the
contractor in his district in not removing
kitchen offal often till three o'clock in the
afternoon, when the health ordinance re-
quires that this labor shall be done by Six
: o'clock in the morning. Also, that he had
ordered the contractor to remove the body
of a dead dog, which the contractor had re-
fused to do until the dead animal had be
come putrid and offensive. The matter was
referred to the mayor and the street com
missioner.
DR.. Tebault, health officer of the second
district, reported that the officers of the
: street commissioner and police departments
were working in harmony with him In
maintaining the health of the district. He
asked the advice of the board on the sub
iect of the importation of green hides.
Dr. Burns, health officer of the first dis
trict, reported a case of selling of putrld
| meat, where he had caused the arrest OF thu
; culprit, and sent him before the recorder
! for trial