The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-07
THE FEVER COMMITTEE.
SOMETHING MORE ABOUT TIME LATE
EP1DEMIC, AND ABOUT TINE
sCOUmGE.

EP1DEM1C, AND ABOUT TINE
sCOURGE.
The yellow fever committee reassembied a
moon yesterday. All the members present.
DIR. A. q. holt
was first placed on the stand. and read the fol
Flowing. as an addition 60 the evidence previous
Ely given before the committee.
10 the Chairman and Members Of the yellow
Fever Commission.
.Gentiepen On the evening OF the thirty frs,
ullifnu fecetve1 your summons to appear gnl,
q few moments before the time apppinted
stated that being called upon. unexpectedly. 4
nc o iscns y n WV
Fourth pistrict by yellow fever. whiah were
fully recorded In connection, with their occur.
| renee. nor the time. indeed cit concentrate mi
| mind upon the Important questions likely ID DC
asked. IN order to form reply which might
fairly represent opinions the result Of observa
/ beg the privilege Of being permitted to pre-.
sent the following replies 70 eertan questions
brevlty, will offer my rs.lies alone, inasuaueh
IA hy their nature they Will Suggestive inquiries
|. believe that yellow fever IL due 10 specI.
| lc poison. the existence OF which IL known only
~ manifested In man. Intangible, unreeog-
pizabls- imponnderable to any Of the senses. we
have no positive knowledge OF the essential
nature OF the poison. Every effort to prevent
| Its appearance or to limit It's spread must
therefore, Do purely experimental.
a. This virus. III not indigenous, was imported
at afl early period In the history Of New Orleans.
| aud IL ever preeent with us. requiring only h
% iii 81 which o aso e Ss
| known.
.. THAT the climate OF New Orleans is sum.
yellow fever without Importation. and that New
Orleans is allied TO the cities pf Havana and
vers Cruz n the power Of, developing the
poison Mt certain eeRsuns which power depends
upon the fact that these cities ARE within the
ticn!ar contaeion. Why u 4 not developed at
conditions is unknowp because we are not ae-
quainted with oil Of the essential factors Of It's
/. ~ prevail ~ an epidemic there. must exist
certain favorable conditions. Such states or
conditions OF fitness prevailing. the early Inn
The magnitude of which will b. determined by
the number Of persons unaeeimRted.
.. The .epeciac virus of yellow fever. whether
germ At all requires. among fecors IL lie devel.
opment. certain geographical area Of the
earth. long .eontlnged high Temperature aud
the congregation In dense community Of q large
g. That 1t q not the simple fact pi peop lv-
ths last factor, but the Violation Ok the hygisnie
law likely 70. result from such Inaesing Of hui
manly and the aceumulaIion n their aIth.
through fomites. M In the garments OF the sick,
as well ~ in the recogni5ed methods along the
highways OF comn,erce BY chips and other car
mission OF yellow fever. II is almost impossible
to determine the boundary line In some In
stances between Infection. strictly speaking.
9. Quarantine established with such regions
an to assure absolute non intercourse with In
s own eoscg wo s1' q
stand in the way evasion. that In, running the
blockade, performance at one time com
fini,ea states nnv ~ n Ana NV ast.hlishW ,sr
that ships once infected, and after that subjected
To repeated clenptngs. and even changing the
fever regions. have developed the disease even
on the high sees. Without having touched q
tropical port. n the history OF New. Orleans
ton agalptt yellow fever. We can only hope IL
may be discovered In its thoroughness.
y. The greatest good which may be reasonably |
he early introduction Of the specific s poison.
!naamuch as long continued heat IL required |
for its spontaneous manifestation. the disease |
warm season. when cold weather win soon over.
!ake II and preyent Its epidemic prevalence |
That the specific poison. however, which has |
bly, been imported 10 BY no means proven. In |
regard to some Of them there IL abundant evil |
aenoe to the contrary.
10. Another great benefit which may be Dc,
that. unless New Orleans shows d determined |
effort 70 furnish guarantee 10 oil inland and |
be y he
poison. the whole country will be ready upon |
The elightest provucatiou or idle rumors. to es-
abllsh shotgun quarantine against New Or
/, II. While we cannot trace O direct conserva-
I've relation between the filth OF a city. town
n ship and the irst appearance Of the disease.
Y Invariably develop Itself primarily asso-
IN certain cities formerly devas-
ated hy the pestiience The scourge has ceased
with n fnnrnvn1 ma npptf. i
lion.
10. And finally. hold with assurance the be-
b o New f. o tSa
shall perfect the sanitary condition Of onr city.
This can only be done In accordance with a sys.
AIRY engineering. and In absolute obedience to
I'll the laws relating to the public health. SAM
AIRY negligence IN India Is punished with |
Europe, the British Islands and the Northern
United States with tyLhus, typhoid. diphberia
and scarlatina In their malienant and epideaic
and semi-tropical Americas. with yellow fever
For the abuses OF sanitary law these are
among the prices paid by the human race. ac-
DIR. =. D. ARMSTRONG,
worn. testified as follows: have practiced IN
lretna. We had the first case OF yellow fever
about month and half after II was declared
here was uninterrupted communicate n. Veg
stable women and others crossed over and
not one case n their families. The flrss case
was on the fourth or September. / was
1ot In Qretna. in 1870 l fist came there !.
n 1876. I will say that for six weeks /
PREVIOUS the wind was blowing Ia the direction
y New Orleans: from US and to that attribute
,ur exemption. Previous to the outbrenk
here was an eduil oxial storm. There wsr q |
tx or seven cases on the monitor Canonic,,so
md some have thought this had sometsir ~ 20
10 with the outbreak. 'k "
DIR. ]. DICKSON BRUINS
vas next sworn and testified In az .h..o,,a - |
ollows: Has been practicing In II ;s citx Sinaa
$685., about twelve years, and ,as been nrac.
een epfdemcs In New Tbs i S Snum. las
brunswick, Charleston, ard u thia nitv Saw
he epidemics of 1854 aud a ia .h,s eiey oe saw
Charleston during theVp i'o'' "nu VI i'0i ~
ama W he has as s aass ity last summer is the
thar r,acas EuiSs In previous years ana at
he prominence p VT mics exhibit differences in
\ ~ VIM, inifest. according to the spe
~ ~ h predominated but they were
4 1, Ie same. There has been much
rss e Ell |, Charleston to how the disease
Nor,as e. .itroduced: some claimed 1t was I'm
,.diea Ad some OF the other school that 1t was