New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-06
BOARD OF HEALTH.

| DI' -. L. w hilC, tuC pICrluCHt, III lLO ShNii
Present-Drs. White, Newman and
Drew and Messrs. Bailey, Burwell and
Woodward.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and adopted.
The reports of the sanitary inspectors OF
the various districts were read.
| DR.. E. S. Drew, of the First District, re
ports that with a view of checking the
spread of smallpox he had adopted the
same means that were SO etfectual in cases
| Of yellow fever. Houses where there was
| any infection were fumigated weekly. He
| believed, if proper means were taken, the
disease could be rooted out. There were
| no cases of yellow fever or cholera. Three
hundred and forty nine inspections were
made, l9 nuisances reported, premises
fumigated, and there were cases Of small
pox.
DR.. Drew also submitted a special report
of nuisances requiring abatement. The
usual action was taken.
DR.. J. S. Clark, of the Second District
submitted the following: Cases of small
poA were reported from many distant
| points, showing the infection to be difused.
Prompt and general vaccination is recon-
mended. Twelve hundred and eight in
| spectiOns were made, nineteen nuisances
| require abatement forty premises were dis
| infected and twentyseven fumigated. There
| were three cases of yellow fever and twen-
| ty four of smallpex.
nr Il IT NawmaD ot che Third nisfriot
! reported that malarial, congestive and yel-
low fever have almost entirely disap-
peared. Smallpox continues to spread.
All cases have been sent to the hospital.
The report speaks of the difficulty of deal
ing with cases of babes at the breast 1t is
not human to send them to the hospital and
impracticable to establish quarantine.
Other parties claim access to their friends.
Domestics mingle in the family and spread
the disease. A proper and comfortable
hospital is recommended. OF yellow fever
It is said that cleaning and disinfecting the
batture did much to arrest it. Only one
case of cholera was reported to him, which
DR.. Newman doubts being even sporadic
cholera. The patient was a temper
ate man. No stagnant water was near
his dwelling, which was elevated two
feet and was in good sanitary con-
ging well for two weeks; was attacked
November l9, with cramps in the stomach
and died on the twenty-tirst. The work Of
the sanitary police has been very ardnOus.
80 inspections were made: > premises dis
infected "A fumugated. There were 43
Drs. Deveron and Lewis are vaccinating
all persons gratis in this district.
DR.. A. w. Perry, of the Fourth District,
reported that yellow fever, which has ex-
listed to limited extent, has entirely dis
appeared. No cases of smallpox. III in
spections were made. ) premises disinfected,
) fumigated, and there were cases OF vel
low fever.
There was no report from the Fifth Dis
trlct for the month of November.
II. II. Bancroft, sanitary officer of the
Fifth District, reported the work done from
January to December L. 1873. as follows:
52Sl inspections made, 2211 reinspectons,
2s6 nuisances, ll3 premises disinfected. 81
fumigated, 81 cases OF smallpox and 81 Of
yellow fever
DR.. George Kellogg, of the Sixth District,
reported smallpox to have developed in
two places. and all cases removed to the
hospital 300 inspections were made and
premises disinfected. There were six cases
of smallpox.
DR.. White stated that smallpox was
alarminglv ON the increase. In the month
of November there We're l02 cases, in cen
trast with only 9 cases in November, 1872;
II cases have occurred during the first three
days of December, and % cases in the first
five days. This indicates "A certainty of $50
cases during the present month, and at this
rate of increase the epidemic would become
terrible. From month to month, since last
spring, the City Council has been appealed
to with no gesponse. DR., White subse
quently suggested that report be made to
Governor Kellogg in time for his annual
sho wing the necessity for action
by the Legislature. 1t was estimated that
there were 800, coo people in Louisiana who
were not vaccinated. a State board OF
health, with local boards in every parish,
needed there. The epidemic would surely
spread all over the State. The board ex
pressed its approval and requested the
president to carry out his ideas.
Or. Newman submitted the following spe-
cial report:
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR, THIRD DISTRICT,
New Orleans, December ), 1873
20 the President and Members of the Board of
Eealth:
GENTLEMEN-Not doubling that you have
read the very serious allegations preferred
against me in the Roundabout" column of |
the Times Of December A, resp ectfully |
state that would have answered the com |
but | was well aware that | |
was responsible to no court outside of |
your honorable body.
| will state the facts in relation to my I
visit to the De Soto School. After SO do
ng you may censure me II you will,
condemn me if you must | shall not offer
as an excuse my youthtulness, by way of ]
Dalliation, nor my ignorance as mantle to
,over up an error. But in the event that
you should find my action ustifable, after
taking into consideration that | was acting
Inder instructions from the president. | !
would pray your honorable body to give
NE public SXoneratlOn.
On the first day of December, 1873, =
visited the De Soto School, located in the /
Third District, but previous tony visit, on
November 25, had notified Mrs. Pit !
Kin, the principal of that school. that
would be there on December |, to require
If all pupils certificates of vaccination, and
o offer free of charge, vaccination to all
pupils not previously vaccinated,
entered De Soto School, taking with me
young Christian minister, of irreprOacha-
character who kindly volunteered to act as
ny secretary. Also, had accompanying
ne Officer Schatt q sanitary nOliceman. |