The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-05-09
SANITARY,
Measures That are Being 70,
en TO Prevent EpIdem,.

The combined sanitary ms,.
that are being inaugurated by na,ion.I
State, municipal and private es..,.
excites the greatest interest in ~
minds of the people. The N.so,.I
Board OF Health, the American NJ;
cal Associations, the. Sanitary Camel
tor the Mississippi Valley, the con,
biued membership of which cmr,cs
the best medical talent of the ,orld
are, each, now in session at Alan,
Georgia. The chief immediate ,o;,,
is to adopt a uniform sanitary svs.
tenn through the States, and
co Operate quarantine, to pevent
the recurrence of yellow fever orehol
era epidemics. The Federal G,vern.
msnt, as also the State and city Gov.
ernmeuts, stand ready to help when
the Doctors can agree.
At the meeting of the Snitary
Council at Memphis, Gen. Busy, of
New Orleans, made an intestine
speech, showing that the pepIe of
New Orleans are making tt most
earnest preparations to put thr.aairy
in good sanitary condition for q m.
mer. He said that they uee Apd
the feeling of the people of thss9Sey
with reference to the dangf Nrom
New Orleans, and that they ar, deter.
mined that if quarantine and leanli-
ness will exclude the yellow feer they
cannot be charged with ne!eet of
these precautions. He conclued his
statement thus:
1.-THE enforcement of rigid qusantine
regulations against large part IF the
trade of New Orleans imposes aheavy
loss on the people engaged in commerce
in our city. The fruit trade aoe Was
estimated at one hundred thOusah dol
lars for last week. In view of wat we
are doing, hope inland towns antcities
will not quarantine against us unil il is
absolutely necessary for their ow pro-
lection, as we are doing all that;an be
done to preserve the health of re eitv.
fever district adopt measures sirrlar to
those have shown you we have haugu-
rated. know from e1periene that
country towns are liable to becOue unfit
TO live in from the neglect on thepart Of
those in authority. l rememberIn in
stance during the war, when | assumed
command at Fort Smith. | foum four
thousand soldiers campeJ near III town
with the dead carcIss-s of twenty-five or
thirty animals within easy smelling dis
lance, aud the town in r most filthy con-
dition. Much can be done by united eff
fort here in this city and ELSEWHERE to
remove the condition necessary toihe re-
ceptiOn and spread Of yellow fger |
am aware that New Orleans has ben sus-
pected Of not always telling the truth
about the existence Of yellow fver. |
want TO say here, whatever mw have
been the facts in the past, there hall be
no deception in the future. The Bard of
Health will make truthful report, and
the association 1 represent authorizes me
to assure you and the public that truth
full reports will be made at ali tines b.
that Association. The question is me ia
yolving the lives of the people, md it
shall not be said that we SUPPRESSED the
truth in order 10 save our,trsie ut tie risk
of spreading disease TO neigh boring titles
1 have lived in New Orleans thirteen
years and am not asclimated. | have
been in New Orleans several times when
there have been cases of yellow feser in
the city. but confined TO q lira''ef Sssyzrj1i
The disease not being epidemioy FELT
that there was no danger of taking it.
DR. Chopin had stated that shout spor-
adic cases appear during the sumuer they
" i'll be isolated and excluded fra CON
tact with people who might sprAd the
disease. It is to be hoped that Sc may
pass through the summer without re-
currence Of the terrible scenes wfich are
fresh in the minds of all. We can b much
to prevent them
That is reassuring sta:emes, and
Dr.. Rande. of the Illinois Bard of
Health, who was recently at Ms Orr
leans corroboraied it. An under
standing aud co operation between the
various Boards of Health will be half
the victory over pestilenee.