New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-14
fss,ius the Water Supply Of Towns and Cities" He

mineral deposits or refuse from the drains Impurities
in the pond waters In solution They are few and
not greatly Objectionable Rivers generally turbid
owing to the suspended impurities which they contain
The for drinking sometimes contain special I'm
purity. At schenectady and Boston. 1t was shown at
one tune that the water there drained the cemeteries
water Is healthier for having its proportion OF lime
am wa,er aver eoopsh mineral
matter TO make 1t Objectionable The organic impurl
ties IN water such Us animals aud plants, are Dy no
means Objectionable. On the contrary plants reohy
purify the wafer Parasitic worms have been nitro
duoed into the body by their presence IN drinking war
uut u IL very rare ana the rreseuee St ILL., ,c ,na
impurities Is seldom objectionable. Toe organic mas
ler which is danSGrous 10 %'t tpbd Sr have been
developed by tue presence OF these impurities IA WaI
overnight In the lead pipes in NewYork contains lilo Of
gram lead to the gallon 1t seems to he wen esiap
ton, and the drainage OF great city can be received
within ordinary river without destruction
extracts FROM report made in 1869 upon
the " Relation Of the Thames water to the attacks
cholera London" showing that there cOuld DC no
important bearing between them and that me drainage
of million people easily DESTROYED ey the ,1,po
this cty every day contains 22l tons Qf mineral matter
To poison the Croon water for one day IL N09 REQUIRE
81 tons of srrychnne and there Is not probably ION
OF strychnine in the world IL would take 4 lons o
arsenic 10 serve the same purpose 30 u may oe seGn
war were ridiculous. Tue flow Of water Is not uniform
from the Croon River through al seasons OF the year
py III the dams laid Out were all completed We would
have two supply at the present rate OF s use IN
the city New York IS probably abnndantly sup
Piled imam any the world. and the water Is
the very cIesIest and purest
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Dr. Judson. one of the inspectors of the Board OF
Health presented during the afternoon session tabu
lated statement showing the of cholera In the
South West during the summer, and the mortality at
tending visitation each point Dr. Elisha Harris
spoke OF the reports from several boards OF health ana
sanitary authorities in connection with translated
copy Of Prof Max Pettenkofer's official report on
- nd on
referred to the Executive Committee to take action
respecting publication.
DR.. Quinn Health officer OF Cincinnati. read paper
respecting the work OF the Board in that city IL had
been asserted he sad that cholera broke out there on
NAV "a last and IA ged for days. and that the Board of
Health endcavOred TO suppress and Keep private any
of the existence OF tho disease Dr. nm caleu
that the appearance of the disease in that city was
on June "A, ana that the mortality previous TO That une
taking into consideration the increase OF population ana
the smallpox epidemic Of 1872 was only IrupOrtonae
with that OF previous years. Before June a. although
the cholera not unexpected other disease gave
premOniton OF It's approach THIS the doctor demon,
stratedy statistics showing the mortality In Cincinnati
for the past three years, for May and June No.,
AT this point dispatch received from the Presi
dent OF the Philadelphia Board OF Health on behalf or
the municipal authorities there hNltlns inc SScIy 70
stated that The society had already voted 10 hod
its next session in that city.
PRESERVING HEALTH BY POLITICAL POWER
Dorman B. Eaton was next introduced. and lie said
that in the programme he announced to speak on
the Scope OF Semtary Legislation" but should connne
himself In the few verbal remarks he had 70 make, TO
1.-The Manner of Exercising Political Power toward
the Preservation OF Public Health" In condemnation
different and conflicting laws respecting health
Jurisdiction, ne said there did not seem To be any par
ticular method running through thcm, and there was
the most diverse arrangement Tor the accomplishment
OF the object Tor which the laws were intended
First: Board of Health might he made use OF for the
collection OF facts respecting disease. DEATH and IN
lection, which large way affects the health OF ndi-
yiduals.
Secondly: A Board OF Health might be made use Of FOR
the dissemination of correct IDEAS among the people by
aggregation OF facts ana drawing of nerences from
. Anew years ago all the towns in themmcdtte vicin
ty Of NewNork we're in the same Sanitary District Out
the instruction Of political barbarsm IN 1870 discovered
these connections and CONSIGNED Brookyn 10 tue
deathly embrace OF the old laws or 1871 Snee thei
however, the erl had been Temeded TO certain extent
In CONCLUSION, Mr.. Eaton declared that Board OF
Health Ought TO he made np-1rst, 1t wanted a. lew
politicians as possible for these never dld anytmng or
else they did too much. or did the wrong thing
S al eH Of S'f legal know Sno%ed S? next Of
having knowledge Of business ana lastly
men because it had to do with every mans business,
and the requirement essential lest 1t deal unwisey
board than an able judge wellnsructed lawyer for
they must do business according 70 law, and the lawyer
board does what valid The physician is needed that
the wisest results OF medical study be well applied,
and this great profession displays the greatest amount
OF zeal in that department which cares for the health
and checks The progress OF disease Lstya Board Of
Health should have a continuity of term 30 that they
could enter on systematic work. 1t should have
classified term Of four or SIX years and be JudicaiB
politics OF party majority.
APOLOGY FROM DR.. cox.
AT the conclusion Of Mr. Eatons address, Dr. Christie
pher c. Cox OF Washington made personal explana-
ton respecting the exception taken by him at the
morning TO action Of the Executive Committee,
apnlOgized for his violation OF parliamentary de
coruln yielding the floor when pronounced out OF
order by the Chair Dr. Jones OF Evansville, Indiana,
and Or. stockton HouGh Of Philadelphia spoke in brief
upon subject of cholera, &C., after which the Assoei
slion adjourned until evening.
THE EVENING SESSION
The meeting at Association Hall in the
evening was attended by audience OF about 200 per
sons q great proportion being ladies. The Hon. Dornan
B. Eaton presided and opened the evenings proceed
iDgs by saying:
You doubtless know THAT this Association which has
been midst seeking TO instruct how TO live and
TO ourselves good health proposes tonight TO
vast audiences, but the public Journals have insured
congratulate you on having here tonight gentlemen
well able TO instruct and interest you.
PRESIDENT WHITES ADDRESS.
President A. d. white Of Cornell University, being in
troduced said: have responded 20 the invitation of
the gentlemen who have this Conference in charge to
address you because wished to make point in re-
gard to a great ana manly study convinced that
those coming after us. and standing upon higher plane
of progress look down into this age look down
into the past will be more surprised 1T what We arc not
doing than at what we have done. Ours is, as we all
know Republic based on knovledge; yet among all its
colleges and schools there iSnot one Institution for in
structiou in political science. At tho outbreak
Of the Rebellion, not one professor was in
structDg on the subject Of American history.
Strange this may seem. yet stranger still is our neg
iect OF that class Of studies known social science the
remedy for paupersm and OF crime the OF the poor
the insane, and the curing of the sick On sub
ject is legislation blind this In all the egis-
lative and executive branches of the there is
sometimes and PROBABLY now, not person who
makes sanitary science study. II has been matter
Of extreme difficulty 10 get the simplest basis OF
physiological science in schools Provision should
be made in common schools for course OF nsruc.