New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-16


the people.
dispatch from Berlin says the cholera is Increasing
in kGnissberg but cases have yet appeared IN Danze
From IN. LondOn Tine. Of Avp4
On board three of the from Cr0nstadt to Hun
there have been fatal cases OF cholera pt tne neah
the deathrae for the fortnight ending on Aug beng
., Of ne aSs s
prompt action with view to prevent any importation OF
the dreadful maady The chairman frst
heard that cholera had occurred board Hull steamer
the BurgOs July 2s He at once conferred Win the
Mayor and the boards law clerk. and the same day.
before the arrival OF the Order In Council relating
TO cholera he appointed temporarily medical officer to
board ship arriving from Cronstadt and put the
Sanitary Inspector In notion ordering the preparation Oh
the Cholera Hospital wooden building erected whenthe
town was threatened with the cholera In 1866. At
chairmans action was approved. and the following
among other resolutions garfield THAT the Local Board
Of every ship arriving within this district from place
infected with the cholera having on board any person
affected with the cholera the body OF any person dead
with the cholera, must anchor at place in the Hun
roads at distance OF not less than $50 yards eastward OF
the1Iumber training Southampton In order that all
persons on board such ship may be examined and cert
He'd IA required by the order" The Committee next ap
pointed medical practitioner Mr. j. f. Holden, 10 visit
each ship arriving from infected port resolution
also TO circulate among shpmasers copies OF
clerk write the Admiralty, asking for the loan Of an
old vessel to be fitted up and used as hospital ship
veyor beempowered take all necessary steps to place
the public ana private sewers and bitches within the
Boards district in thoroughly sanitary condition.
Other resolutions Of Ike nature were also adopted
THE NETWORK HEALTH OFFICERS RIDICULING
THE IDEA OF CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. -
I The members of the Board Of Health and
the Sanitary inspectors do not consider that is
any danger from cholera this partly because OF
the sowness Of the movements OF the epidemic In Eu-
rope It's apparent lack OF vitality, and partly be-
cause OF the lateness of the DIR. Norris City
Sanitary Inspector, not at all disturbed by the
newspaper to is approach and says that no
especial efforts making to prepare for It's
the sanitary that are made use OF when
cholera expected constantly needed " keep OH
typhus yellow fever, and ship fever.
DIR. stephen Smith that throughout May and June
extraordinary efforts made to purify aud dinfect
the worst Streets aud especially the tenemenhouseS
Sixty inspectors constantly employed and all dis
coyeIable Duisances abatod- Sinks especially
cleared out with unusual thoroughness. The many
nusan reported by the Sanitary Inspectors existing
streets ascrbed to the neglect OF proper street
cleaning and paving. Since the great May and June
housekeeping, the Board of Health has confined its
efforts chiefly to the worst tenementhouses which need
continual watching aud cleaning.
The members OF the Health Department generally
TO think that there Is little probability OF
cholera visitation here that the matter is scarcely worth
discussing. DIR. Smith says that he does not consider
cholera a matter OF American interest yet,
than usually is, has been lurking about Europe
for