National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-17
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
A SANITARY INSPECTION TOR.

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The Board Of Health Of the District Of Column
hlA 10 Justly entitled to the praise and gratitude
NJ citizens for the labors the board Ia perform
Ing, the care II Ia exercising. and for the watch.
fuiness and vigilance controlling its entire force
In reporting aud abatlng nulsances, and In In
Producing preventive measures against the
Initiation and spread Of disease. With the
board II IL a standard motto that Tau ounce OF
preventive Ia worth pound Of cure" and IL IL
not going out Of our way TO state that the ply
alelans on the board belong to that progressive
aud expanding class which everywhere chArac.
tcriles the true healer and the true reformer.
The course Of the REPuBLicIS has been and ls
now TO hold the of,cers Of the Board Of Health
10 rigid account In the exercise OF their powers
and duties, and up 70 this time It has been pc
cullAr pleasure TO sustain, second and commend
whatever they have done. More than that. Inc
board has not made m important VISIT 70 Ihe
scenes OF its chief labors, nor has II undertaken
aIsIrARY INSPECTION TorR
through the alleys, Sums aud eesspools OF the
city unless accompanied by yigilant and com.
peient reporter Of this journal. Therefore Of
whatever we speak we have perEonal knowledge.
II was the privilege OF thts Journal TO present,
last Saturday morning, TO its readers the re-
,ns nnanl III Ieaith on sanitary pTecautIons
and the preservation of the public health.
since the edition OF the number containing the
address ,Taa nan ite,I more than three hundred
anpiirations have been made AT this ONCE for .
copy Of II. Amer speaking OF the reason as
n,ost thurough puTincalI0n Of the entire Dtsirict
aud after making proper, but not alarming refer
cnce 10 the presencs ~ the real, bynd Gds
AIArrc cnoLERi
in the southern states, nc MAKES the following
nainIs,
l. me necessity Of annie auarantIne laws 20
nrnterI from Inc innress 81 disease Nv water as
well a. by land,
y Inc necessity Of means of Thoroughly dI.ln-
fecting impure aileys. CUTTERS, upturned aud Of.
fcnsiyr soII, stagnant water and cesspools
a Tine ,lisinfs,Iion and speedy removal Of Qlr-
haze and night soil
Thsse are Inc simple Arguments, or rather
texts for aTgumenta which are set ont at length
and IN detail,
with Inc poar,i Of Health the most perplexlng
problem Of poIuIion mas been that oi the
IsoTyESsIyE nENoyAL or NIGHT. son,
The SwesI.scrn,ed sIatement mat there are
upwards Of twenty tnousand priyies whose focal
mater, being removed al nirht, mas filled ths at
m0sphsre with noxious eriuyia almost a. dead
suppress this nuisance, this distributor At mid
night ali over the CITY, OF a deadly poison, has
be,n me apecla study Of the efficient and faith
ful health officcr Of the board, Or. u. ". Bliss.
the noHers Of inc boarl for the suppression
and regulation of infectious diseases, aud their
power over ALLEYS, cutters, prlviea and cess
pools Is so imperfecIIy understood that In this
connection we publish the following extract
fTOm me statutes Of The District Of Columbia:
ASAcT Tor the prevention Of diseases in the Dis
trict OF Columbia. Approved June 10, 1871.
ne n Tssolpsd bV fhs Lsiia attire Assembly Of "a,
MARI, AZ Cei,,ms,a INA, h shsli be Inc duty OF
Inc board Of Health Of the Dlstrict Of COLUMBIA
whenever in their Judgment the said District Is
threatened with, or affected by, any formidable
epideInlc Infectious, or CONTAGIOUS disease, TO
issue, or cause to be issued, such orders, Tegla-
tons, and instructions as may, In their judg-