Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-13

are situated some sixty or seventy huts, or
shanties, most of them constructed in the
rudest manner; many of them down on the
ground, with low ceilings and roofs. In these
rude tenements dense crowds of human
beings live, together with
HOGS, DOGS, CATS, COWS, HORSES, AND
CHICKENS,
all ia happy mess. During high water por-
tions Of this Hollow are flooded. Just north
of this Hollow lis the navyyard $50 caIled), in
side OF which, there is another shallow, filthy,
pond, with huts on its banks. On the eastside
there is high wall, and the old rope walk,
partly removed, with stagnant water standing
all the yea besides old eisterns. On the north
side there is saw mill, with great quantities
OF sawduSt and bark decaying; between this
mill and the iatl, there Is another group Of
huts like the Hollow, filed with Inhabitants.
Over the bayou there are q number OF saw
mills, with their decaying debris. About the
mouth of Wolf there are other shanties and
fatbOats, inhabited by fishermen and other
HepttridTlS, together with the Happy-Hollow,
it is all exposed to the malaria evolved from
the delta, formed by the Mississippi and Wolf,
and the bayou and their banks, where there IS
more humidity than any where else on this
bluff. The recent construction OF the railroad
and water-works, may have been factors in
demic to some extent. The plan would be 10
DRAIN THESE PONDS AND REMOVE ALL
FILTH;
remove from this region all the inhabitants
and buildings as soon as possible, so that the
winter rains may thoroughly wash out and
clean the surfaces. II the city does not own
the ground, buy or lease 1t and erect factories
OF some kind, or shops, so that labor may be
carried on there in the daytime, by lodging
elsewhere, with impunity. If this cannot be
done and these hutS have to remain, let them
be occupied by colored people only, if there is
no other alternative. Let the city do this, to-
gether with other sanitary measures, such as
refers to back yards, cellars, alleys, water
closets, with proper quarantine regulations,
AID due vigilance; then, and not till then, ep-
idemics need not be looked for or anticipated.
Leave Happy Hollow as 1t is, and there is no
safety for Memphis in the future.
THIS HOLLOW.
contains all the requisite elements and condi-
tions for the sporadic or endemic evolution OF
yellow-fever, any season, with favorable
atmospheric constitution, atmospheric
meteoration, under the present condition OF
things. If any changes are to be made, now
is the time 10 commence, as there is no time
for delays VIII the authorities remain
pine, and let this epidemic hot-bed remain in
Stdtu quo? This appears to me to be the lead
ing question in the whole category of sanitary
slaughterhouses and dairies in and near the
city are subjects worthy of consideration, in
a hygienic point of view. Let the authorities
neglect the necessary measures too long, and
let the plague strike us again, in the next two
or three years, Memphis, then. drops behind,
and takes her place among the epidemic
cities, such as Panama, Vera Cruz, New Or
leans, Nstchez, Mobile, Charleston, Savannah,
CadiZ, Gibraltar, Barcelona, and among other
places, and, like them, remain a commercial
point only.
lie temps present est 0ros dc z uernier.
:. p. CUTLER, MD.