New Orleans Republican., 1875-10-02
Board of Health.

Board of Health was held last evening.
| Present--Dr. G. B. White, president; DR..
Gaudet DR. LeMonnier, and Messrs. Heath
and Woodward
The reading of the minutes was dispensed
with.
| On application Of the agents the steamer
Charles w. Lord was allowed to ascend
the river after being tumigated, in the dis
erection of the quarantine physician.
The reports Of the sanitary inspectors for
the month of September were read.
DR.. S. s. Herrick, of the First District,
says yellow fever in Pascagoula and his
district has required constant effort to pre-.
vent general prevalence. The disease has
not extended beyond the area disin!ected
He visited Bay ST. Louis, and says six ca ses
occurred, all but one in one house, the
from smallpox. Inspections l36, disinfec-
tions 260 famigated IL, yellow fever IL,
vessels tumigated -, baggage Al.
DIR. j. I. Newman, of the Second District,
reports: From the second to the thirtieth
1 there were seventeen cases of yellow fever.
|
the at0mizer. There has not been a second
case in a house or square disinfected, with
one exception, when the case was trans-
ported. This square had not been disin-
fected accurding to orders. An extended
and careful analysis follows leading to the
opinion the cases had common origin at
the foei Nos l25 and IN St. Ann street, in
the square where disinfection was not per-
feet No cases of small pox have occurred
| Typhoid, malarial and congeetve feyers ap-
pear more malignant than usual, and DR..
Newman considers many cases of yellow
fever as types of malarial poisoning. Scar
latina is quite prevalent. Great opposition
was made to disinteotion, and the doctor
| thanks Captain Lawler for generous assist
| ance. Inspections made 173, distinctions
426, funigatious 36, including three schoon-
ers; squares disiutected 81, cases of yellow
fever IL.
DR.. Gustave Devrnn, of the Third Dis.
trict, says the increase of maa7ial fever re-
quires the continuance of drainage, and
the city must improve it. There was only
one case Of yellow fever and, since dsin-
fection, no new case has. occurred. A spe-
cial report of Individual case S and diagram
is inclosed. Inspections 297, distinctions
IL Zone block, fumgation l, cases of small.
pox l. yellow fever /.
DR.. Joseph Holt, of the Fourth District,
reports yellow fever making its appearance
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d;s;rfoot.a +, .haoo
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| Adm;n;s,ra,,r pnrl,. 1,,,,oa4;. Or ~.
| infaotion, A tor unor ,,,r,;aa.;a, a
| casas of sma,Ino1 rai,on ,auasIs
Dr. csorrs pr,,t of .ho p;e.. n:.
saws he bas nothing to renort hn+ ;n+ar'
terence with ;nsn.ot;,n h, ra;, .na .,.
how of oom,1.;nts Io,; o,,. -
| ;nfacti,rs f,,iaa+iors ~ o.ao, ~ IL.
farsr mr. em.1,,o
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s.rs H.. hoo,h 49,. ~ .n. m,
nrem;ses of ,bs on,v p ,se of on ali. nov ,rara
tboro,,,,n a;s;ufoo,oa M Ss.:.e r.
cavatino Com,apv has dana o ,roat dao, 90
,,od uort ond tho s.,oo.. -. -
condition J,sneot;ors 81, a;s;n,ao,;.,.o
fpmigaton case of smal,.nox ,aI,ou
fever1
Dr 81 uonrr Of ~. Son,h n;,..;o.
ronor,s GOOD h..,.,, H.. 49, sSa:-a,
what sho,ld b. aos;rea H., oa.
~ po.lN ''u " o'r'n,oo'
'ion he oauseo 'ue ciothlng 10 DO burned.
Many communications were read, the
majority containing iuouiries in reear5 to
\,
yoiio" iofei' i''n "aFor l. D. Tarher, OF
Brow nsviile, the Board Of Health at Wash.
ipgton. the limited St.tas oonsnl Of y,oo+.,
n c.',.,., "
~. 'ou'n"or'h' ETC.
Dr. Devron communicated the facts re-
garding the VALPARAISO. The crew had been
=: ""1 ''en
uar hatohas h.a 80. -
.au NV neeh opeheu ~hen she
lald at the wharf. When they were opened
the mate was taken sick and the vessel
fpmiuated e,c
~,
Charies curtis mas been commissioned on
the sanitary police and other officers con
t;nued in the s4rv;os
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