New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-11
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PLAGIR


ruy APPROACH oP cHOLER, FROM THE SOUTH wa,
MISREPRESENTATION REGULATIONS TO BE ma
IDLY ENFORCED.
Tho Board of Health have already unae,
consideration plans for preserving the health Of ths e,
during the approaching weather SANITARY slt-,
ntendent Day thinks that small pox AMI ch03rt are IA,
main diseases 20 guard against. The large t'Bemsst
population aud the constant influx Of Immigrant. fr,
the various foreign ports are perls against vsca TIA
Board Of Health required % be- constantly the.
guard smallpox : always in tho tenement di-'re,s
Unremittng watchfulness, however. snfse- tol ,epu
from becoming epidemic. During is7l there w..
more than w deaths from ths disease alone. An err.
vacolnating corps, composed OF ~ Assistant Ham
Inspectors. formed, aud more than DJOO) peroas
we're yaccinated. By thu. means the disease Wa IA
good part stamped oa although cases have appeared
every week. During April the disease made RAPID
progress In the Italian quarter. comprising Milberry
Baxter Park aud the other streets IN the vicinity
the Five Points. and 10 Crosby-st The mean. taken n
vlccinate such OF the Italians could he In
duced to undergo the operation were described
I'm THE TRIBUNE OF Monday. II IA deemed
desirable by superintendent Day that a. NAM
as possible OF the remaining Italians shall 10
yacclnsed Since the general vaccination " l379 he,
have been large number Of children tenemsut
house districts, notably the sikh seventh, Ls1th
Tenth, Eleventh. Thirteenth, Fourteenth, seven esnh
Eighteenth, Nineteenth anu lWcAieth "d.hf "
among the Italians and uDyaccinated children. born
since 1872 that the largest number Of cases OF mappr
occurred At tho last meeting ~ the Board OF Heath
the Sanitary Committee and Sanitary Superintendent
were directed prepare plan for the organization os
vaccinang corps aud the details OF the work II u 70
perform and to submit 1t to the Board for approval
Cholera is also 20 be guarded against IL .tll rage,a
Vienna and some OF the seaports II Ia not from
this quarter however, that its approach Is feared rns
quarantine regulations strict and well enforced
that there is small OF cholera obtaining much Of
a foothold in the city by immigration. II IL from the
south west that t' coming 10 be guarded against and
prevented II possible. Memphis Natchez, and other
cities aud towns along the Mississippi suffered extremely
from this pestilence last summer II only BY the
utmost exerons on the part OF the Board OF Health d
Cincinnati that Is was prevented from becoming ept
denc there. At time there were as many az 20 nov
Dr. Day thinks that the germs Of cholera SIN
cities and should it break early In the summer and
prove much Of scoIrge "a n did year ago II would
he likely TO travel eastward and reach TINS city. lie
does not anticipate recurrence OF the terrible seems
1852 and later vs.auOns for the reason that the des
IL better known by physicians, and II takoD bold on IN
time, almost always yields 70 proper tmelies las
Boards OF Health i'm this and other cities also better
organized. and consequently better able 10 cope via
the disease. Nevertheless. he believes .ha' ~
tary precautions in advance. TIE p5oyisllns
OF the sanitary code will be rgdly enforced Frequent
inspections OF the tenement-hOuses are MADE ny 10
Health Inspectors aud IN the more densep p2plited
districts their scrutiny is proportOnatey tlsd ana
severe The streets not as Clean as tneY might
made There should be frequent hushlAg OF the gder
Nh Crofon and when necessary dlslniectants should
be usod. The Board OF Health Is vested "lil extra
ordinary powers There was no occasion ior alarm, on
tine Bonrd and the woru gorce under IL were alive 70
the uecet having the city IN rs good c1ll0a ~
possible in view OF the warm weather.