New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-04
BOARD or HEALTHs

! Of Health occurred last evening.
Present-Drs. White. Newman and Drew.
and Mes.-s Bur well and Woodward.
DR.. Finney was absent in consequence u
attending the sick a, Shreveport.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
Mr.. Woodward offered the following:
hesoired. Tha: the president OF the board
be authorized to notify the Governor that,
in Che opinion of tho board. the quarantine
restriction at Mississippi Quarantine Station
NAV be removed on the fifteenth instant,
and those from Rgolets station on the fifth
instant, and ;e4ues: him to withdraw his
proclamation.
Dr. Drew seconded and heartily iniorsed
the resolution. .
DR.. White stated that even if the quaran-
tine we're raised no vessel would be allowed
to come up if she had had any case OF
yellow fever on board during the voyage.
He though. i. perfectly safe to raise the
quarantine.
Colonel Burwell said he was very glad TO
hear scientific men express this opinion and
the proprietv Of no longer excluding com.
merce from New Orleans.
In answer to an inquiry from DIR. New
man. DR.. White stated the quarantine sta
ton would be maintained at Brashear a:
present to prevent any vessel having any
disease from passing. Vessels apparently
clean were allowed to pass.
The resolution was adopted.
Reports from sanitary inspectors for the
month OF September were read.
DR.. Drew, Of the First District. Gays the
supplyin: OF sanitary officers with spanners
and giving them the exercise Of their dis
cretion in the use Of water has facilitated
the work Of cleanliness. No plug is open
more than ten minutes and only one at
time. Yellow fever is rapidly abanng.
Smallpox has disappeared. This has been
caused by the use of disnfectants. The
nu;sances on the river front, on city prop
erty, were aga.n referred to. 1t is inpossi-
ble 20 abate them If the corporation can not
be treated as private person. Inspections
made, 1898. premises disn fected, A.; cases
Of yellow fever, 81.
DR.. Clark. of the Second District, repor:
ed that seven case. of yellow fever had oc-
-
smallpox are noted Inspections made. SSl:
premises disinfected, 80: sumgated, !: small
pox, I: yellow fever.
Or. Newman. of the Third District. re-
porte thirteen cases of yellow fever during
the month OF September. Eleven cases
were transferred from other infected dis
tricts. A di,igent use of carbolic acid has
had favorable effect Inspections made.
go; premises Iisinfected. IL; cases Of small
pox, 5: yellow fever. l3.
DR.. Perry, OF the Fourth District. says
there il no epidemic except a few eases OF
yellow fever in hi. district. The disease
has been kept closely confined in the orig
inal locality. Out Of forty-eight cases, th!r-
ty-eight were in The original infected part
Of the Fourth District, between Chippewa
street and the river. The use OF carboiIc
acid destroys all disease germs that It
touches. The street. around the infected
district have been .prinklei with carbolic
acid: 20s iineal blocks have been sprinkled
by ninety barrels of acid; $50 yards and
lots, in twenty three squares, have been
treated the same way, and twentv-nlne
houses fumigated; premises dsinfected,
49,; cases of yellow fever, iorty-eight;
deaths, sixty-eight; small pcx. none.
There was no report FROM the Fifth Dis
trict.
DR.. Kellogg, of the Sixth District. reports
only single death from yellow fever from
September 81. A thorough di.intection has
been kept up, with apparen: success. Pa
Clark il noticed a. having entirely
neglected to obey the orders of the board.
Inspections made, 36l: case. of yellow fever,
thirty three.
Drs. Drew and Clark submitted list OF
places requiring action by the board as
nuisances. They were ordered to be abated.
There have been only eight deaths from
yellow fever thus far this week.
Several communications were read on
subjects of minor Importance.
There being no further business, the board
then adjourned.
Importnut 10 Sailors.