New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-12

medical associations, as to insure at least
an attempt to collect these extremely desir.
able statistics, and whether this associa-
ton, both as body and through the voice
of its individual members, should not urge
the commencement, at least, of this under
taking. As this labor must be performed
by physicians, the question arises what in
ducements can be offered them to under
take such labor. which, to produce valuable
results, must extend over series of years.
From voluntary effort on the part of
physicians only commencement can be
hoped for, but this may be sufficient to
| prove 10 our legislators and to the people
the value and the necessity of such work
And If this be accomplished it can not be
doubted that physicians will be recognized
| as servants of the government, and that
| the necessary steps will be taken to in
proper qualifications on their part, and to
distinguish in some way the educated and
| scientific physician from the ignorant pre-
tender, and this would be considered sutf.
Gent compensation by the great majority
| of the profession.
| DIR. Billings, after concluding his ad-
dress, read the report of the committee to
which the schedules had been intrusted,
and then read the list of schedules and the
names OF the members of the committee.
| A, location, population and climate b.
topography and geology; G, water supply;
ID, drainage and sewerage; Z, streets and
| PupAiO sAOubu-- EdDildIlUue, gas anu
lighting; II, garbage and excreta: |, mar.
| kets; n, sIaughterhOuses and abattoirs; l.,
manufactures and trades; NJ, public school
buildings; n. hospitals and public chart
| ties; ., police and prisons; p, fire estab-
ilshment, alarms. engines etc; @, GENE
teries and burial; L, public health laws.
regulations. officials, municipal S, registra-
ton and statistics of disease; T, quarantine.
Inc committee was composed as follows:
Dr. John 5. Billings, chairman, Washing.
ton, District OF Columb a; DR.. II. H. Baker.
Lansing, Michigan; DR.. A. N. Bell, New
York; DIR. Francis H. Brown, Boston. Mas
sachusetts; DR.. S, C. Busey. Washington,
District Of Columbia DR.. William Clenden.
min, Cincinnati, Ohio; DR.. Jerome Cochran,
Mobile, Alabama: DR.. Josiah Curtis, Wash.
ington, District OF Columbia: Dr. n. S. Da.
Wis, Chicago, Illinois; Hon. John Eaton. Jr,
commissioner of education, Washington
District of Columbia; DR.. b. Z. Fryer, sur
geon United States army: DR.. Elisha Har-
ris, New York: DR.. E. L. Howard, Balti.
more, Maryland; DR.. Ezra NJ. Hunt, Me
tuchen, New Jersey; Dr. Thomas NJ Logan,
Sacramento, California; DR.. +. Peyre Por-
cher, Charleston. South Carolina; Dr.. +. w.
Reilly, surgeon United States Marine Hos.
pital service; DR.. John H. Rauch, Chicago,
Illinois; Or. Edward Shipper, medical In
spector. United States navy: DIR. Edwin NJ,
Snow, Providence, Rhode Island; DR.. j. A.
Stewart, Baltimore. Mary land; DR.. Stenhen
Smith, New York; General E. L. yiele. New
York; DR.. c. B. White New Orleans, Loui.
siana.
At the conclusion of the reading, which
at intervals was greeted with very hearty
applause, DR.. G, Bersey. of Washington,
rose and offered a resolution that Con gress
should be memorialized to take steps to
carry the plan into execution, aud to ap-
point supervising surgeon from the United
States army to take charge of the survey.
The motion was seconded by the secretary
OF the association, DR.. Elisha Harris, who,
on doing so, paid some warm and well mer-
tied compliments to the report, which. he
stated was model of excellence in the
acuteness and comprehensiveness of the
questions in the various schedules. He
added that he had gone over the whole of
them with extreme care and was satisfied
that they could not be altered in any single
instance without detriment. Dr. Harris.
horne. the vice president, also complimented
DR.: Billings on the value of the work he
had performed. and passed a glowing
eulogum upon the aid given to science by
the United States army, the coast survey,
the navy and other prominent services.
The resolution was then passed.