The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-07
TIE HEALTH OF THE CITY.

Monday morning we denounced, with som,
severity, the sensational dispatches whict
had been sent to the Northern papers from
this city relative to the yellow fever Since
then, papers from Chicago, Galveston anc
| other cities have been received here contain.
ing dispatches Of a still more sensational and
exaggerated character. Indeed. it looks very
much as Ii a systematicl plan had been de-
vised to ruin the business of New Orleans anc
a corps OF telegraphic correspondents organ.
| lied to push the enterprise with great vigilance
and an utter disregard of truth. We have
never seen 80 malevolent D spirit displayed as
| that which seems to animate the papers
| which are engaged In this scandalous bust
| ness. 1t Is impossible to tell whether the real
| or chief purpose is to defame the Board of
Hath and overwhelm Its president with pop
ular condemnation, or to injure the good
name and commerce Of the city. Both objects
are being vigilantly pursued, and each is
made to serve the other.
The country Is told that there are large
number OF yellow fever cases In town. and
that the Board Of Health, by systematic
lying, Is concealing their existence; that the
president of the board, and its members gene
rally, are objects Of public detestation and
distrust, and that their lives are not safe, and
much more of the same import.
This ignorant and criminal war of defama-
ton upon the Board Of HEALTH and the false
statement that there Is yellow fever here and
that the board Is concealing the fact, has
raised up against us a number OF guarantees
which are seriously damaging our summer
rad A how H., ,1,,n
day that until the interior guarantees were
established, and before the reckless dis
patches and stories OF the existence of yellow
fever were published, they were doing All ex-
cellent summer business. But now business
is little, II any, better than 1t was last year
during the epidemic This is what the war
on the Board of Health, aided by unscrupu-
lous sensational newspapers and their COR
respondents have done for New Orleans.
1t Is time that our leading citizens were
taking some steps to prevent the systematic
and repeated defamation of the city by news
paper correspondents. Interests involving
millions are made the plaything Of correspon-
dents who earn a few dollars by telegraphing
which print it for the purpose of selling few
SAGLb CDplc5
Every case Of yellow fever that has oc-
Cured in New Orleans, this summer, has
been reported by the Board Of Health, and
made public through the newspapers OF the
city. There has not been more than ten or
twelve cases OF the fever during the whole
season. There are no new cases. occurring.
The few cases have shown no tendency to
spread; there Is and has been, no panic here
and no unusual exodus No approximations
are entertained OF an epidemic, and business
Is going on as usual, interrupted only by the
absurd guarantees which have been insti-
tuted against us. This is the true situation,
without exaggeration or concealmnnt.
The sensational publications which have
bean made are false and criminal, and we
repeat that our citizens should take some
steps to stop systematic defamation of the
city and the attacks upon its interests.