The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-13
4 LETTER FROM DIR. chopin.
OFFfGE BOARD or HEALTH.
State Homhe. State Of Louisiana.
New OrIenns, December II. 1879.

Htata- Home State Of Louisiana.
New Orlenns, December Il. 1879
70 tho Editor Of tho Democrat:
ask n little space In your columns to notice
m editorial article which appeared IN your
iseue OF the sixth instant under Tho caption 81
"A Popular Board Of Hohlth' which docs In
juetice ~ our Board If Health.
For your information ! will state tint The
Board nf Health is composed nf roFpnctahio
citizens tritiing 10 giyp iht II timo to public
duties all deeply Interested IN the health and
prosperity ~ our city. lreH cpmefEdtf with Hll
known laws ri aHltt},tiuu, and hnva no I'M
practicable "erand. q expansive" opiniona
don IL '"s'''s - "N" Y - ''
Tho Board If Honth simply do iro 70 10
their duty II you niean by gtand imurhr-
ticable. expansive" theories. tho ohr'"a' ~
forts which have boon m"ds II ,noa fn% ' aa
eeiaed by the honorable city nlmln1a
traton and the mombers If N" Auxiliary Sum
tary Association. to properly drnin our city. 10
Hush our CUTTERS md ar"tnnge ranna 7" Ra
rid of our garbage aud humhn "xrr",n ~ IN"
ment approved manner. to preVent mo miro
duetion Of y foreign poail nee from abroad,
aRd thus endoavor ID reduce our aEonr Rivn nrnf
tally by removing The cpusea ~ rrertniabic dis
eases then the Board Of lienlth blend gully 10
The charge of en'ertaintng grand, 'nNpan
Give" but prdcficdble theofit q ~ sanitation for
the proteeion of Tho city Of New Orleans,
BY rendering cur city healthy. II would hn
come the permanent abode Instead " tho more
winter quarters Of lta ciireus. and millions ~
dollars. now expended In travel nhTaHd WOtl1
be saved the city Changes would ~ gradually
effected, and very soon wo ehonld hnve Intro
duced oil tho modes 81 rerrention adaptod to
the summer Reaann and orr city would become
a place OF reaoft III summer. tnstoni III tho
habitation OF pastIienfa,
Now who IL 20 blind 10 every RnnRo III human
lty ~ To compare the trivial Inconvenience ~
sulting from the delay or RuRpenaion OF trHdo
with Infected ulaetn TO tho dnsoating otns-
tropha the great public calamity. of npi
demio OF yellow iovei2 Who IA ther" that will
confess himself tho advocate Of ayRtem TINT
values ~ 80 insignificant price the lives of our
citlzanR2
There oan be no medto9lfVIn tho orgnni7n-
ton ~ quarantine. Al do"a not interpoRonn
plsurn'ouadbls hdlrta- lftw"en tho h"nlthY
places and tho Infection II IL W0tRd HdH usrfcss
You state in your article. Mr. Editor. ilat y
Board of Healtn" should ~ popular You
know ne wei! as DO that bonrd - henl' de-
faffHned 10 do liz duty In andnavorI f. pro
serva the health ~ 4 pools nnt vt nnoutnmnd
to. nor Instructed In ~" awa'f aanttnti9n ean
never he uopuinr. aud m0to universal sup-
port" should moi ba IT. onlU ann
In Wow ~ the pr"buIv innrnasnl financial
ADVERTISEMENTS Of tho Baatd of lIenlh. yau
advise Il t. adopt limo IF policy aiaptoi t.
please the rub IL mind III order ~ win cOntri
buttons for its support thlE would imply That
the Board" ahonld he governed hy tho popular
will. rather than ny rhoir own Judgment and II
would follow that u knowledge of sanitation
would 10 entirely supal iiions on tho pRrt ~ tfs
members Moreover, ~ the ity HnhorloH
and tho Legislature arc RtrN ~ ha affected Ivy
similar financial cmharraRementR tho Rnme
rule viii apply % th"m also, md 'hny Rh"ull
obtain such aums of money. M tho organic
law fOrhid4 tn III 10 rHiao by taxation.
But now tho question nrfRaa How ~ TN pnp- |
ular sentiment 10 30 iiarovaroi Tho natural |
answer OF . newapHper man would bn look |
Tor If nxrreaaian n thn daily pap"rR.' A.
unapimItY Ia not 10 hs expected III mattora or
health. one mus be governed bv tho apparent |
expression on the principles Of taking tho vato
Qt maaa moetnE. In tho nNwApnuara tho
diseontohed purity II sure To make Tho grontaRt |
cutlery, no matter whether II hHpE, M to hN In |
the majority ar not whin II II quite ~ ilkaly 10
be In the minority. TITS therefore. nocospary o
take one of two eourgea- In aiming q planao / ho
public, after HurronAarlng tho oSnrnian of ona's
own judgment eithor follow The popular
olamor. with the sure consequence ~ shifting
policy as adiacpntautai faction rasoR its voice
or leave tho decision between two opposing
lines OF policy 10 ho decided by pitching u coin
or some other equivalent method.
Having thus pursued the logic of vatr scif
constituted advaor to its Legitimate ronetiainn
/ am willing TO leave the m ttar to tho reflection
OF tho readers Of your valuable journal
Very respectfully. your oh't aerv't
SAMUEL CHOPIN
Pres dont board OF Health