The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-24
THE HOL Err A.
Preparations by the Board Of Health to Head or
the Expected visitor-The Work Of Defence
and What It Is-A Warning to Railroad
Companies, Hotel Keepers and House.
holders Generally-What the Chol-
era Experts Have To Say
About the City's Danger.

very great uneasness, yet 1t may not be generally
known that during the past few days the most ex-
tensye preparations have been made to give the
unwelcome guest such o reception that will forbid
q heightened stay in our midst. The Board claim
that there is no ground as yet, for anything like
panic and that it will be high time to issue ofcal
bulletins OF general character to the work that
is doing to protect the public from the ravages Of
the dread destroyer when all their
DEFENCEs AGAINST THE COMMON FOE
shall have been completed. They, 1t is true, say
they recognize the fact that the city is in danger
Of the disease, inasmuch as it will come do what
they may to prevent it; but they at the same time
claim that they intend to be SO prepared at the
proper hour that its coming will not be the cause
for any general trepidation.
1t was the idea Of few OF the health officials
last week that all the railroads should be
quarantined at once-that 49, that even before
any case Of cholera had declared it's presence In
our midst every train arriving from the West
should be compelled to stop outside the city limits
until the inspectors OF the Board made thorough
examination OF the passengers, in order that no
idea did not find general favor, and a different
plan, seemingly good one, has been decided upon.
Circulars have been sent to all
THE RAILROAD COMPANIES
and to all the poorer class OF hotels and boarding
houses with positive instructions as to what they
must 40 10 RudTu HkutilSC LHc IIVdblOH Vi the uS-
ease. Special directions have been given as 20 DIS
injecting and cleansing the privies and water
closets OF these places ~ the ready means OF de-
stroying any germs OF the disease which may be
deposited there by persons from infected dis
tricts. either passing through the city or dur
s ePy now %
admitted that the germs OF cholera poison exist In
the discharges from persons having what is known
as the ''premOnitory diarrhHa'-a diarrhGa gene
rally painless in its character and so mild as not to
excite the alarm OF the patient or the suspicion Of
his friends Under the circumstances :. he , now re.
to the Board-namely, that 1t Ia OF the utmost i'm
portance that early attention be given to such
cases. the discharges be Immediately disinfected
and.
THE PATIENTS PROPERLY ISOLATED.
The disinfectant which, IN consequence OF this
advice, they making use OF, is ten pounds sui
phate OF iron, 1--WE gallons OF water and half pint
Of common carbolic acid. Inspector Jones yester-
missioner had with him, remarked that a circular
for general circulation was now being prepared,
s Mn WHICH Snd ss iasy N DAY or
warning to the community to be on their guard
against the cholera, and at the same time give
might be able to head OF the disease. The mode OF
disiniection already referred to. he says, If ap.
THE SINKS AND WATER CLOSETS
OF private houses, II made general, would not only
cleanse the house drains, but through them the
tion Of their poisonous gases. It may be- wen
mapped out the entire city into small
OF pessors detained r. each ds
with power to make a complete survey ofevery
neighborhood. No house win be allowed to escape
the notice of this door-to-door visitation commit
tee as the law gives the INSPECTORS fun authority
to examine, on showing their credentials from the
Board, every house, and to order whatever disin-
fect0ns they see fit to purity 1t.
ALL FOUL CELLARS
and badly kept prvicS and yards will then be over
hauled. In fact, this kind OF good work has been
going on for the past week, and ie, so say the
in as quiet manner as possible so as to give the
least possible alarm. No action whatever has been
to close 81 up as they claim there
no danger to be apprehended from them, but the
rendering factories have been given lease OF lie
to the 18th OF next month, when they viii have to
CLOSE UP THEIR BUSINESS
or be closed by the police. The inspectors state,
however that the greatest danger III the the, cholera
and that Its first ravages may naturally be ex-
pected in the Sums. They contend that everything
streets In condition that will not invite disease,
and that the good work Will be prosecuted night
and day till every block it the city is robbed OF Its
AZ pertinent to this cholera question the follow
ing extract from ex-Sanitary Superintendent Har-
abiding to the escape Of the East from the disease
In 1867 when in the West the disease was properly
treated. he SAYS
Whether cholera the United States shall spread cast
to be seen. That II travels eastward with the same
Who know the history Of It's
vns wh and Ssh tie s: FAIL SSSw
wen that Just as far As the SICK could travel
For example :@xt time when cholera was killing
mi %ss
m re
s aSsr' Py .hoss sshsa s ss Ss snd
sick with cholera on reaching the, asylum,
The nsttution and destroyed nearly hundred lives
H%S p sS n.a @ AND s 9s
westward from Fort Gibson and Fort Leavenworth are
wss the n on ne
ss s. a DG. sr re.Ss in Northern Colorado
Th 81 tine for aPy1s y At
sst mainly in cleansing dsinecton and the perfect san
i,ary care q every person and place whoeye
re s ns s "details
upon S stamped s''' and
DR.. Moreau Morris, another ex-Sanitary Super
intendent whose authority on the cholera ques-
ton 10 gives the following advice In re-
laton to the treatment OF the disease and the pre-
ventive measures to be taken against 1t. He
says
the DG!sonog, germs Of the frs. case tAsr
c s 1Ser s
tile fabrics neglected privics water closets whether in
private houses tenement houses; but the special
snG such & ss
lines OF railroads. eamboas steamships sailing vessels
and at hotels and boarding houses and wherever sran
ais LIKELY e rssSrt " % pain
suspicion, especially occurring with traveller or
stranger. .
House drains sewer connections unysntilated, damp
decomposition, from whatever source animal or vege
able, should DO most carefully and thoroughly looked
after, for in decomposition turks the source from
whence many poisons TO the human system take
their origin. and this one of cholera most espe-
ciay. Hence every person should watch ana guard his
surroundings with increased vigilance, particularly
at time when contagious or Infectious disease threat
But, preaching often seems TO avail but little,
would suggest few practical rules in detail tor
These the results Of extended experience in the
cholera.
OF the first Importance Is care Of
Era-Personal Health--Temperance In eating and
drinking. regular hours for Sleep frequent bathing n
rivers EAST and North good. plain substantial food
avoiding too much water drinking iced when
heated. II o person has any tendency to bowel CON-
plant flannel band should be constantly worn around
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