The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-26
BOARD OF HEALTH.
THE YELLOW FEVER DISCUSSED =
MEANS TO BE TAKEN TO CHECK
ITS COURSE.
The Beard EndOrses the Course of the
Mayer I'm Regard 60 the Ice
MnmRnnIY.


Present-Drs. Austin and Jones, and Messrs.
Mott and Hardee
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and adopted.
The president read communication from q
Mr.. Robert A. Grinnen asking for information
about the
YELLOW FEVER.
In which he stated that any facts retained would
be criminal. and that the public depended on
the board for all the facts in the case, and ex-
pected to receive them.
The communication was received,
DANGER FROM FRUIT VESSELS.
The President read a letter which he stated
he intended to send to the quarantine physi-
clans informing them OF the fact that fruit yes
sells trading between here and the gulf Islands
end other ports south OF mere ls frequently go to
disinfected places, clear from them and then re-
turn here with clean bin Of health. As these
vessels are liable to bring the germs OF disease
here, the quarantine physicians are warned to
be careful In their inspection Of them. -
Or, ChQppin stated That the schooner Wilhel-
out certificate of health from the physician in
charge and that he had ordered her back.
After some discussion. e9mI1mlttee q three;
Hardee, was appointed to investigate the mat
ter. ,, ,,,,,
munication to DR.. Pratt, asking him to set aside
one ward In the Charity Hospital for yellow
fever patients, to which he had received the fol-
CHARITY HOSPITAL,
New Orleans, July %, 1873.
DR.. Chopin:
Dear Sir-We have anticipated your sugges-
ton and set apart ward on the third floor.
We now have three cases Of the fever In the
hospital. two males and one female. The
woman was admitted to-day from No, 104
Tchouptoulas street.
am yours. very respectfully,
NIL Eba,, r,od m Observation-Disclosures
from John W. Woodland. Surgeon General
United States Marine Hospital Service in which
he there haye been eJghtt tht Of yehoT
proved fatal. At Havana, for the week ending
| July g. there were ninety three deaths from yell
| low fever, In MHtanzas the fever Is on the in.
crease, and ut Key West, he states, there are
| only Eve cases of them fatal. The letter also
states that the bulk of the sickness is among
The president stated that he had received @
telegram from the mayor of Pensacola, as fol-
| lows:
Samuel Chopin, NJ. D.:
The PcdvLne reports fourteen cases Of vel:
low fever. Is the report true2 Your report oil
INC '"'l''' A''' W. ii. ovERTING, Mayor.
| To which the following answer was returned:
| W. M. Overtng. Mayor Of Pensacola:
Twenty-three cases Of yellow fever all told
Thirteen deaths, ten eonvaescent Not spread
! ing Hope to control 1t by disinfeetiQn:
| Dr. Jones here arose and addressed the board
on the subject of the cleanliness necessary to be
observed throughout the city. He said that the
streets we're In Il filthy condition, the cutters
being covered with green slime.
| He said that few days age he had occasion
to visit the neighhorhood OF Hagan and Galvez
| canals. and found them mass of slime and
filth Of every character, He then sugggest 5s
| If this is not done he would ask that the board
be relieved of all responsibility In the matter.
Dol. Hardee then offered the following Eeso-
RESOLVED. That the City Council of New. Or
leans is hereby respectfully directed to legfsla-
tive act No SO. of the regular session of 1873
and that said Council be requested to take such
steps as will eause the convict labor In the Par
Ish fFiBUn to it utilized. ns therein provided
} for assistance in cleaning the streets and gut.
ters whenever required.
1t was also reso we'd that ne a t Of the
providing financially and otherwise. for, the
flushing OF the cutters of the city eoDiouslY By
TO the fIrst of October of each year. and that Il
is the sense of this board that an improvement
of this nature will contribute very materially e
the health and cleanliness OF the city, especially
: at this time. when unusual sickness is apt t.
, prevail and moreover that immediate st ps b
taken to flush with water from the river. thu
! drainage canals on Camp and MeIpoment
streets Carried.
! Drs. Jones and Austin and Col. Hardee wert
. | appointed committee to attend to the matter.
Col. Hardee stated that the committee aD.
pointed to Investigate the drain pipe leading
from the st. Charles Hotel to the river reported
, ready for use for some time, they preferred Il
/ Report accepted and the time of the committee
Col. Hardee offered the following resolution:
ResOlUed That the president Of this board re
quest the Mayor and City Council for additional
police aid, for the purpose Of assisting the san
ftary inspectors in tracing the origin Of thu
fever, now in our midst Adopted.
Rses Db That the suggestion of the Mayor 0
the city. submitted to the president of thi
board. in relation to the
IMPORTATION OF ICE
from abroad, to be furnished cheaply to citi
zens In the ice famine now existing. be tndorse'
by this board as tending to alleviate 5uHor1nl
and to contribute to the general health OF tn
pg In this connection, Dr. Chopin stated tina
the Mayor had teegraphed to the mayors o
several cities In relation to the price of ice.
| DR. Austin asked TO be informed In regard tc
the cases Of sickness which were brought here
by the steamship
EMILY B. soUDER.
said to be yellow fever. He said he would lik
ali the facts to be made public in relation to tn
matter which were II possession OF the d 9oarc
these cases and the present fever, wa
definite, and circular which 1t was intende
vet indefinite. He said. from reading the c1rcu
lar and hearing statements on the street, p
concluded the matter was to De dropped: ana 2
wanted to be definitely informed Wnethef-th
case had been settled or not.
DR.. Chopin informed him that the case We
still under Investigation. The circular spoke
of was then read as follows:
THE CIRCULAR.
Tn regard to the existence of yellow fever
e New Orleans the Board of Health authorizes tt
following statement: Since the twelfth instal
ia there have occurred twenty three cases pr
- sumed to be yellow fever; including sever
8, about which doubts might be entertained, ar
% all considered suspicious so far as informattc
or these sixteen have been near the interse
ton of Constance and Terpsichore streets; Il
n remainder at several different points varyiI
IN from one-half to one and half miles from tn
focus OF infection. "a :,
by ytstigation, Thus far we do not succeed
or tracing it to the shipping in port or to al
- foreign source. There is no discovered come
81. ton between these cases and the two developt
nd on the Emily B. Souder. soon after her arriv
al here two months ago. The shipping in port
thus far quite free Of the fever, with the exec
ton above stated. Very respectfully,
ut s-sH1 SAIL. chopin NJ D President
es. DIR. Austin then asked to have read the stat
ment Of Mrs. Elizabeth J. Marshall, the color
Ia nurse, who attended Mr.: CLARK, the purser
IT, the Sender, in his last Illness. She said tn
- she lived at No. SIS Claiborne street; that on ii
OF morning of the twenty first of May at o'clo
c5 M TIorz came TO the house in a carriage