The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-09

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our Board Of Control, and even delegation
from your city, ,to-Wit;: Coils D. B, Robinson
most qeuen espeeuy @ re reor you Tor the REASONS then
given by us. Yours most respectfully, I ,,e
s. s. SCALES.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Col. Hardee:
Reso!ued. That In order to more freely define
the orders and wishes Of this board In relation
to the the city t5, for ygienic
brought into requisition SO that all of the gut
ters, drains and canals should be .copoiously
9d 5 T e aeT scn 2m s6o9d 9 be Fs p FyS no
should shot be continued night and day. for week
thereby be purified, and the full! benefit of flow
ing water as disinfectant be thorougy tested.
Unanimously adopted.
By DR.. Austin:
Whereas, 1t has been the usual custom for the
New Orleans city contractors n;t to dump garbage
plaess With he same @ ther .6y endadgering the
esh Resoed Dt 5hS rha fay t6e Hs Boa >, Health recon-
mend to the City Council tlat aII garbage, filth,
old rags, etc. shall be taken to certain convent
ent places and !! burned after saturation with
| coal oil ; and be 1t further
Resolued That the city be requested to make
arrangements with contractors to carry into
effect this resolution, and further, to compel
city contractors to carry out rigdly oil contracts
pertaining to cleaning the streets and be it fur
ther
Resozeed That the City Council be requested
to have the fresh burnt lime (sent here by J. G.
Clarke. vice president of the St. Louis and Chi
beds at Tivoli Circle. IN front of the river and
all other places filled with garbage and In gut
ters where filth exists,
Adopted
By DR.. Taney-
Resozped. That the experience of the board SO
~ In a II pfe rhn upi1 c{pfa pf
and the beneficial results obtained therefrom
fully justides the continuation of its use, and
the president of the board is therefore author
lied and directed to call upon the city author
tiles for such quantities as he may deem
necessary for further disinfecting purposes.
Adopted.
REPORTS OF Committees.
DR., Taney chairman of the committee on ir-
r1gation, reported that the surplus water from
the Waterworks is inadequate to supply suffi-
Client water for flooding the canals and cutters.
Other means Of supply had to be found, and
even the working of stationary engines at cot
ton presses, combined with what could be OBJ
tanned from hydrants. was considered INSULT
cient to afford the volume of water necessary.
Mr.. Hollingsworth offered to loan the board q
powerful machine, capable Of throwing 100000
gallons of water per hour across the levee into
the streets. The committee called ON the Mayor
and Administrator Of Improvements to induce
the authorities TO call on Mr. Hollngsworth
and arrange for O. trial Of the machine. But
this was not done.
SPECIAL REPo
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR. FOURTH DISTRICT
New Orleans, Aug. s. 1873. !
have the honor to make the following spe-
eial report concerning the sanitary condition Of
the Fourth District. At no time during the past
ten years has this district been In such an abso-
and presen summer Pushng the the eS powsrg o
the Board Of Health to the utmost limit of It's
authority. the orders for. cleaning premises
been issued in a number far exceeding any
previous year. This timely, step has Fortunately
relieved the condition, which otherwise would
mense in proportions to be remedied in this
emergency. The negligence which has pecu,
ary charaGterized tf the whole system of street
neglect in the removal Of garbage, the dumping
Of garbage by hundreds of cart loads into popu-
most horrible outrage ever perpetrated upon
this people,) the bad state of some OF the
markets n1 6s espe.Glally a . the Magazine market
tending to c can streets and cutters by gang
of men employed in throwing their contents
putrefy and presently to be washed back again
by a passing shower; all of these causes have
been combined to prepare the community for
fragrant disobedience of oil sanitary laws In the
appearance and rapid spread of some malig-
nant contagion, meyer as there existed in more
perfect accommodations. OF all the conditions
essential to the prevalence of f. raging cpl
demic was this unendurable flthiness Of the
district.
Yellow fever made its appearance in two foei
on thel nty-fourth OFF uly. Two areas embrace
ing four squares in each case were mined lately
the present date there have occurred twenty
eight eases, and in each instance this method Of
dsinfecting sin H the four adjacent squares has been
These areas have been almost invariably dense-
ly packed with population, and in but sim
gle instance has there occurred case of yellow
fever outside the premises originally infected.
While in years prior to dtsinfection the pesti-
lence has marched steadily from house to house
tricG with the systematic spread of a conflagra-
ton. it is now isolated to the original prem
iseS above stated.
The general condition of these areas before
disinfectfOn was awful: the air redolent with
the fumes of putrefaction, emanating from
prives and cutters; but the entire changing of
this condition after disinfection fully accounts.
in my opinion. for the checking Of the pesti-
lence as a legitimate result.
| am assured by several of our abIest Observ-
ers that the disease has become greatly modi-
fed ID, in point of malignancy.
The people obeying the admonitions Of the
the cleansing and disinfectng of their own
premises. tad ere rendering Great assistance
zens need the utmost encouragement in the
great work they have so generally commenced
for the first time In the history Of p our city,
L,
Sanitary Inspector Fourth District
The report of DR.. Holt was. on motion re-
ceived
After the reading and acceptance of the re-
port. DR.. Chopin called the attention of the
board to the following letters received by him:
New ORLEANS, ST. Louis AND CHICAGO r. R.,
New Orleans August 8, 1873 {
Sam,l Chopin. M. D.. President Board of
Health:
Dear SRI have been instructed by j. G.
Clarke vice Dresident,general manager through
E. s. Charles. treasurer. to deliver your board
charges. as fast as it arrives. This lime comes
from the line Of the Illinois Central Railroad.
which company also has agreed to trans port
same free to Cairo, delivering to us there.
Mr.. Clarke also instructs me to transport free
any dsinfectants the city may want, and have
same hauled by passenger train, In case it be
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