New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-04
Board of Health.

.Monnier, and Messrs Burwell Bayley and
\ Heath.
On the announcement by DR.. White of
| the death of DR.. Shakespeare Allen, com-
| plimentary resolutions eulogstic of his uni
| formly pleasant relations to the board h.,
| devotion to his duteD as health officer
contribution to reports and articles in the
| press upon hygiene and preventive medi
cine were passed.
The reports of the sanitary inspectors for
August were read.
DR.. S. S, Herrick, of the First District,
| says malarial fever has been leas than usual.
Two cases of yellow fever arc noted, be
cause the patients were taken to the Touro
Infrmary. Inspections, 1885; fumigations,
20; fumigatiens of baggage at the Mobile
depot. 81; cases OF small pox, II; yellow
| fever, g.
| DE-. j. I. Newman, of tie Second District,
reports tha streets in better condition than
usual, thanks TO the Department of In
| provoments. Congestive, malar;al and in.
termittent fevers are on the incleaee, the
unhygienic condition of the cutters having
much to do with it. The first case of yellow
fever was Henry Green, u Pole aged fifteen
years, at No. IA Rampant street. lie had
been hero fifteen months, was a peddler,
attacked by the disease August s, and DR..
| Newman infers he tocli it at the Old
Basin from a vessel from Pascagoula.
Rigid disinfection has been the rule in the
neighborhood ever since, and only four
| n mr. n q
in the region of eleven squares. An excel.
lent map accompanies this portion of the
/ report. Smallpox has almost entirely dis
appeared. The sanitary condition of the
French Market has improved, Great praise
is given to the cleanliness, most serupulous
in every instance, of the private markets.
Inspections col; disinfections 375: vaults
AIS; furnigaticns, including one schooner, 8;
cases of smallpox 3; yellow fever 4.
Or. Gustavus Devron, OF the Third Dis.
trict, says fifteen deaths have occurred
from lnalarial fever, against ffty-eight
cases in August. 1874. The improvement
is due to the rains that have washed out
the CUTTERS cooled tho air and covered the
swamp with water. Moro drainage is in.
sisted On. Oae case Of yellow fever oc-
CURED, the patiep having been sick six
weeks with dysehtery, and the physician
first attending knowing nothing OF yellow
fever. The only evidence Of the disease
being the certificate, DR.. Devron doubts if
the case was really yellow fever. Iuspec-
tions 379, distinctions IS, fumigations 5,
cases of smallpox 81 yellow fever l.
DR.. Joseph Holt, Of the Fourth District.
reports good health, some scarlet fever of
mild type and nine cases Of smallpox, be-
cahse the month has been remarkably cool.
More use of water plugs is wanted No
yellow fever. Inspections 327, small pox
on hand 3, deaths 9.
DR., +. A Bayley, OF the Sixth District.
reports the health excellent; one solitary
case of smallpox having recovered. In
spections 43i, distinctions Q, fumigattons |,
| smallpox |.
The deaths during August were Az
More than the usual number of nr;sances
were reported, the special attention of the
attorney of the board, Charles s, Rice,
Esq being directed to few of them.
The usual number of communications
were read and noted.
| Administrator Burke states the Second
District cutters will be improved and Su-
perintendent Houston will give particular
attention to the matter.
| DR.. T. j. Scales, health officer of Mobile,
says the city is healthy, having had no
death from any fever for two weeks.
| DIR. Newman, inspector of the Second
District found man Matching eggs with
fertilizers that we're disagreeable to the
neighbochood. DIR. lie Monnier and he
concluded it was q violation of sanitary
laws and the eggery was given twenty.four
hours to complete it's existence. The mat
ter came before the board with the follow
ing earnest appeal from Governor Hahn:
New ORLEANS, September 3, 1875.
Or. White, President of the Board of Health:
What has got into the head of your sani-
tary inpector of the Second District
Please listen to the statement which will
be made to you by Mr.. Leonard, tho bearer.
and then decide for yourself what course
should be pursued relative to his case.
ls the expanding mind of a man of science
benetitIng mankind to be destroyed by one
Of your sanitary inspectors4
Are the medical teachings Of Luzenburg
and McFarlane, which declared stable
dung preventive of yellow fever. to be
ignored By one of your subordinates9
These are questions submitted to you in
Mr.. Leonard's case, and knowing your love
of science and your spirit of Justice, l only
ask you to hear his case and then decide
according to what may seem just
Yours, ETC.. in haste,
MICHAEL HAHN.
1t was with some regret that the record
was made up by sustaining DR.. Newman,
and hereafter no more loads of manure will
be used to hatch eggs in heated rooms in
houses in densely populated streets in the
Second District.
discussion took place on the question of
disuse Of disinfectants for two weeks, as
an experiment. DR.. Smythe declared he
did not believe in them. DR.. Gaudet be-
lieved, In one case at least, they had caused
death. Mr.. Bayley believed they did good,
and Mr.. Heath said he would vote to abol
ish them when it was shown disease existed
in spite of them. Mr.. Bayley objected to a
vote, Mr.. Burwell having gone away, not
expecting the question would come up.
The board insisted on a vote. and the
question was carried, Messrs. Bayley and
!, Heath voting no.
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