The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-06
BOARD OF HEALTH.
MpH. aM0PpHN ESTIMATES THAT ONLY
ONE DEATH OCCURS m TEN
CASES or TINE FEVER.

III The Board of Health assembled last evening.
Present DR.. Chopin. In tho chair, and Drs.
fancy Taylor and Schlumbrocht and Messrs.
Hardee and N tt; q quorum.
MIR. Mott offered resolution providing for
u the payment of $50 each to the regular sanitary
officers out OF the sanitary fund arguing thatthe
abolition OF the quarantine stations justified IT.,
for there would now be a reduction of expenses
amounting to $1,000 month.
DR.. Chopin argued against making any in
vidioug distinctions Some Of the newly de-
tailed men were better than the old ones,
besides the financial condition of the board
made IL impractcable to disburse $3.50.
The resolution was adopted.
The chair remarked. however. that the pass
age Of the resolution did not provide the
money, and that there were other obligations
chat woud have to DO paid first. owing to their
Mr.. Mott replied that 1t was, his opinion that
MAJOR Mo Had Ge repo ernE e he
efficiency f turpentine ns disinfectant.
desnl,2ry c0nyersastioha nov occurred re-
cases Of I Yer according to law.
DIR; Chopin said that he was preparing q
number OF cases against physicians for violat-
Nj. Matt was not in favor q suing all at this
serve az d test case when decided. ~
DIR. Chopin replied that the. matter had
agan Dr. s1 u having n inc 6 bee 9G pen
dered against DR., Loeber. During the CONVEX
satlon Dr. Chopin took occasion to say that If
all the reports were In they would show NOR
tality OF
ONLY ONE IN TEN CASES.
Several physioians who had certified to deaths
by yellow Tower had never reported single case
III, previously. whilst others who used TO report
Melew cases had g ased doing SO.
Fs Tine board adjourned.
REPORTS OF SANITARY INSPECTORS.
Roports from the sanitary INSPECTORS of the
Second. Third. Fifth and Sixth Districts were
RECEIVED, q which the following are extracts;
n 5fta
reports. an preparing observations relative
e al cases Of yellow fever treated by me during
smbody them in special report at the end Of
testimony TO the very efioient manner In W whieh
hs d 49, ms dFSnfs Ssa aaY ony
most. capasiy but additional Old was also pro-
cured BY pressing into reqnisttion the harbor
district anu ke. ping them In most satisfactory
condition. Had Cleanliness been an all powerful
the rayae"s OF The ecourge,
Dr. Bezou, inspector Of the Third District.
s arap pns m nj nG0T IL h
immediat"ly, used were carbolic acid and sui
phurous acid. but this plan has so far proved of
no avail, cases recurring In the same. premises
where fumigation and disinfeotion have been
esat carefully practtGed: Eifty-four cases reported
Orleans; y foreigners. Five eases recovered
pr. John II. Magruder, Of the Fifth District
lAlgiersl, reports that up to the middle OF Au-
aust 18Th no case of yellow fever had been reported.
AMONG chren, they have Oa form RI s Of fever
Iers from 1t in some few points. This fever lasts
from twenty four hours TO eeven. and some
trict is IN as good sanitary condition as can be
expected, and is BY far healthier than any part
DR.. Il. A. ,Bayley, sanitary inspector of the
cases Of yellow fever In his district during Au-
gust there Were
ONLY ELEVEN DEATHS.
During the greater part Of the month carbolic
a a was used energeically and persistently.
SULPHUR was brought into requsition when
boAc a.id was received, disinfection was made
premises disin ected he clothing either burned
room while the ,,uphur. was burning. and then |
subjected to boiling, The section Of the district
IN the vicinity Ct the corner Of General Tay
fever seemed to have started first In the district
was the only II fected portion of any import
sive invasion of neighboring houses was con
2cerned during the month of August. and was
wards The @, tire determination Of the fever
germs by tn" uHe OF caIbolio acid and sulphur
failed N # signally. The over occurred most
ddfi strct. H. INC remaining '0f'0nS Oh the
The somewhat prevailing opinion existing
concerning the probable connection between
the more or loss unoleanly dairies and the ma
near hem is without any doubt founded upon
fallacy. a. these diaries are no worse than the
R d o fb the
more likely the only true cause of what is
No reports from tho other districts.
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