New-York tribune., 1870-10-10
At private meeting OF the Board OF HeaIth
on Saturday the following report received:

| PROPOSITION TO RAE THE BAHHACh5 On
| GOVERNORS ISLAND.
At a private meeting of the Board of Health
on Saturday the following report was received:
BUREAU or SANITARY ESsPEcTIoS, HgaLEH DKPARTsRST
No, 3ol MoIT ST NEW -Y9EK, Oct 8, 1870
GENTLESES Special Comntlee Ye~ Fev in compliance
that Asortan what additional mea1s any
, , m irsi sn y az end s special % Ho ali @ cr9@
and condil0Bs relating thereto.
Oct a which dS1s ali suffering Q1ar-
Anie a.. - m y o. = ~ 49, & 80 Cranifftee 80
soldiers }osriere sPGn vanoSs ats rs 81 me f a your @ t & 40
S5 s 70 u i % 90 it 10 fsTsI rspe and a. p.aupce gspSoD.
the lives Of os remaining upon ~ therefore We respectfully rec9-
island ~, protect the health nd hves those sill
remaining hson il respectfully recOmmei led that the folosng
ssolvsd Thai in The opinion Of Board Medical Director Of
Immediately ~ c-n entire evseateq Of Soyeor Island Of all
U neoeEs for The ReeSF Of ~ M te1soS Tss.,e. e ,
teIt tncs upon the sd that mhnye become nse
S me % G SSOtn tn.59 % ibe sous sae ny o down sSd bs
oess under than filed up % vel With adjacent
That Governors snd vned garrison for trosrs and
under gqant1e restrictions ,n in tue asmn' q nis Board
aat viii not be endangered BY rs oocuGa Of ssd ;sad
J. NJ. CAKOcHAs Health Oaeet
G CECCAIasI, CHARM al ssntary Committee
The resolution was passed, and Cen Mcdowell COM
nlandng the Department Of the East, and DIR. Cuyler,
have been requested to carry it ont Gen Mcdowell de-
aies the truth OF the statements OF the Commit
te and says that unless he receives sOrer from Wash
gon directing him to comply With the request of the
Board Of Healh he shall refuses tn do He character
zes absurd the request that the garrison and she
buildings be removed The Committee declare that from
the lst inst to the date their report thee had
four news cases Of yehOw feve, daily. This Gen. Nc
Dowell deniss He says there have been 40 eases
the 9th inst and that frOsts hav arrived Dr.
Cuyler assures him that the disease will disappear This
cities.
There ase now in garrison on overnorn Island about
800 officers and soldiers, and considerable number of
and children all OF chem comic table Quarters
Gen. Mcdowell wishes the COmmttee>or the Board OF
Health ~ Nll MN what he shall DO wl1 these people
after removing them from the island De Garnet send
disease to the garrison, whom they nay thus relieve.
He wend not place the garrison on vessel and send them
TO because sat would only aggrayate the charac
ter o. the disease and be almost tC cause its
further spread among those who ighs otherwise escape
The COMMITTEES ask him 10 tear down a nuTber Of Gov
ernment buildings aud destroy Other prOgerty Were
the disease spread throughout thus city be wishes to
OF every hOase In which case had occurred whether
they would rather try what virtue there might be in
spread over the entire island. According their rea-
soning il would then b. 10 tear down Castle
When the Committee first came to Gen. Mcdowell
sept % and represented to him the condition Of affairs
/ deme spreading 70 New York and Brooklyn, and the
and OF removing the sick TO West Bank Hospital he
cheerfuly complied with their request although n ooea
| Icing the receiving and distributing depot for
| all the recruits enlisted anywhere IN this
| vicinity. The recruits dispatched 70 Davids
Island, the sick removed TO the West Bank Hospital,
ana the island placed under strict quarantine, which
has been maintained in the most rigid manner Several
0ceIs aud their wives have asked TO be allowed 20
he cy Ioi various reasons, but have invariably been
fused 1he Rev Morgan Dix asked 10 be allowed 10 visit
The sand aud oiciate in his clerical capacity but
told that he did so he would be compelled 10 remain
there. Dr. Cuyler and the medical officers ON Governors
Island say that the grounds and houses are as clean as il
is possible to make them This is due 70 Gen Neil the
commandment who has personally supervised the work
Isolated AZ u Is trom either NewYOrk or Brooklyn DIT
Cuyer and the medical officers attached IN the %
believe that there - no danger that the disease ~ he
communicated 10 these cities late season of the
year. .-s.
| uita Gen Mcdowell received the assurances ~ nps
IarOchan and Harris that the patients should he ten
dery treated and should receive the accommoda
tons iu every respect II they had remained ON he
| Island They had choice In the matter; were com.
PEELED to go wherever Gen. mcdowell directed He
accompany them to the Quarantine hospital
Tins detailed complain that there are 10 stoves in the
hospital aud that IN consequence OF tue cad "hh dsou