New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-02
Board Of Health.

tieseEt-Dce. Drew, flEGev. NeWH au.
Sm. The and White, and Messrs. Bailey,
Walton and Woodward
I'll. reports Of tie laritary inspectors
Were read.
Or. E. 5. Drew. Of the F;zs: District. fin
shed the house inspection July ~ Only
.hr.e cases CT smallpox occurred in the
district. Tie premises have teen thor.
ougLly G;..ntecied. No yellow fever or
cholera. Mrs. Jane Bag. refuses 20 obey
the board Or the order Of court. Bat:ure
lot. Delta street. between the depots Of the
New Orleans. Mobile and Texas railroad
and New Orleans. jackson and Grea.
Northern railroad. is reported as . cess
pool III consequence CT the square occupied
by the latter company completely blocking
the drainage. Inspections IL ade LIS; cases
Of smallpox three.
Or. Clark, of the Second District. reports
five cases Of smallpox and several cases Of
choieraic disease Of comparative unimport-
| ance. He :hauks the city Administrators
for assistance rendered. The battu,e in
front OF the French Market is reported as
nuisance, it having been made receptacle
for refuse from the market. A wharf is
! recommended for this locality. Inspections
made .069 No yellow fever. A list of
! twenty places was submitted a. requiring
| the action of the board.
DR.. Newman submitted report OF the
| conIitio Of the Third District. The in-
| calc cuiabe benefits Of opening the water
| plugs is commented on. Hose pipes are
needed TO food the opposite sides Of the
street. The city can not te healthy unless
water flows through the drains two or three
hours in the twenty four. The rate of MOP
| tality has decreased. Smallpox is entirely
under sabjection. Only one case Of cholera
morbus occurred during the month. In
iantle diseases are decreasing. Inspections
245o Smallpox cases ten.
DR.. Perry, of the Fourth District, says he
has had no choleIac diseases. One case OF
small pox. Inspections made, l775.
Mr.. Chester reports the Fifth Dist rict in
good condition. especially the Slaughter
house.
Dr. Kellogg, Of the Sixth Dstr :c.. in
| spected 80 premises, !-7 rooms. He spe-
! cially reports The abomiuable condition of
P. Clarke's dairy. He had, at the time of
| inspection. N LOT Of l50 by sixty fee:
twenty y-eigh: COWS and two sheep, and i've
persons living in two rooms: at the tim he
| was short nine cove. they being in 1.-The
pound. The whole lot is simply muck. one
and half feet deep. and as his cows have
| trampled down every drain IN the neighbOr-
hood, the filthy water, saturated with the
debris from the cattle. !ies On the surface
or drains OF into the next lot above. in the
centre Of which is a pond Elled with this
dirty drainage.
The board resolved to take legal steps 70
| sbate such an abominable nuisance.
Or. Kellogg also reported the COW yard
Of Francois Michel as nuisance.
DR.. Newman specially reported on the
unusual mortality Of the Third Dictrict, that
when the winds blow in a northwesterlv d.
rection. sweeping across the lake and ada
cent swamp. invariably congestive. mala-
rious and pernieious fevers abound with in
creased violence. In tho rear O; this dis
| tAiCS u f!otCS.IOu ACSCC las uCCu Ou AAts ~
prevent overflow from the lake. ORA lining
of the lands adjacent has been utterly neg.
lected. The alternate growth and decom'
position OF large quantities Of vegetable
matter generates malaria as its legitimate
offspring. He advises that the le7ee be cut
at proper intervals.
DR.. Finney. appointed TO visit the quar-
aI:ine station. made a very interesting re
pert. The station is seventy miles below
the city. II has an area Of five acres by
four. surrounded by protection .evee foul
fee: high. which sometimes is not sufficient
Dr. Howe proposes to raise the levee foo
and half and Iii. draining bitches withou
expense TO the board. The buildings are :
boathouse with signal station: buiidin:
used for quarters: two story building
used as a smallpox hospital. in very bat
condition; the ph ysicien's residence, need
ing repairs and whtewash.ng; and the
yellow fever hospital. which is falling Il
pieces for want of repair.
DR.. Finney suggested that DR.. Howe b
authorized to purchase 2000 feet Of lumber
and that lime. cement and hair be sent t.
him. 50 that he could go to work and f,
things up without costing the board cen
for labor. and the board adopted the sug
gest:on. together with resolution looking
70 Supplying the patients With neeessar.
| household utensils.
Mr.. Chester. was granted leave Of absence
for one month.
DR.. Drew reported ten cases requiring &C
ton by the board.
d.. Newman also reported number O
premises as nuisances.
The board then adjourned.