Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-16

and the halls, SHOWS, rains, d~rizzles
and mists Of winter, with their
GOODNESS and gloom, r passed, or
passing rapidly away. The dor.
mant vegetation springs forth, the
animal and vegetable accumula-
tions that have encountered the
earth for months must now under
20 a change beneath the chemical
action Of the suns all powerful
rays. The bosom Of Mother Earth
will open its innumerable pores to
give vent to the long concentrated
gases and VapOrs, and the air will
soon be deeply i%mpregnated with
these many miasmata lGdened with
the seeds Of p~estilence and death.
Vigilance, in the matter Of SANTA
ry regulations, is as important for
health as Washington deemed ii to
be for the preservation OF liberty
1t les well known fact that our
sister city Of New Orleans was re-
markedly free from epidemics dur
ing the Federal occupation. DoIb;-
less, it was in a great measure
owing to the wholesome fear that
the strangers felt Of Yellow Jack
and which prompted thorough and
energetic action in the early inau-
guration aud execution Of sanitary
regulations.
We have a band Of brothers full.
filling the functions of city officials
who are en- mdSSe strangers TO the
soil aud not to the manor born,
and We hope if these birds Of prey,
who are s. ~contentedly feasting
upon the carcass Of our PROSTATE
city, do nothing else TO do them
credit that they will at least estab.
lish and carry out a thorough sys'
TEN OF sanalion. Perhaps over
whelming considerations OF sell
will cause them to do this /; we hope
so.
The health and prosperity Of oul
city, and the very lives of our citi
zens are, in a great measure, de
pendent upon the city's action il
this matter. Ii is our belief tina
the epidemics which have been sue
terrors and desOlators in the past ca
be avoided BY proper preventive'
AT least we think the great mortal
ity which has sometimes been tn
result of these y~lsitations can be re
duced r. u comparatively trihinl
amsLnt. Now is the very time Il
Oegin this necessary work. Now /
the very time to have bitches du
and ponds drained, and holes file
aud water courses opened, and fit.
and garbage and ~pestilence breed
ing matter of all kinds removed, s.
that when the hot suns of May
June and July are upon us, the.
will not cause reeking steams q
putridity to 60 abroad into tn
lungs Of men to make them victim
for cholera or yellow fever, OF othe
of the seasons diseases.
And in this connection we woul
suggest that Il change be made i
the old system Of health regult
|, tions. Heretofore we have had
. Board Of Health that had Il nam
without power. They were simpl
, one end Of a line of circumlocutioI
/ They reported to Tom and TOT
; tod Dick, and he consulted IIarr!
and the suggestions which wer,
perhaps, excellent when made, b.
came useless, almost IL not entire
l ly, by the time action was HI
: In the matter, The duties of
Board of Health are such as n
( Quire prompt action aud Their
I fore we suggest-with oil deGe
= ence TO the Councils superior wi
dom-thai two or three persons |
I appointed with pIenary powers
/ but, OF course, they will be amen
bic for their action 10 the city al
to the people, Ii the right men a
It appointed-old cit'zens Out your
, mem who have been born and raj
y ed here, aud, therefore, who tho
o oughly know the necessities OF Il
k case-their actions will be rig
e and will be endorsed by the poop
q to almost any extent.
Il We mus, guard our city from 4
epidemics, and it can be done.
le What will our off ,als do!
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