The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-05
BOARD OF HEALTH.
What Was Done at the Meeting
Last Night.
Not q New Case Of Fever and the
City Unusually Healthy for
the Season.

Il COmnHQlCdL4Uu IIUh III IL b5CI6IuEt
OF the National Board. requesting the State
Board to furnish the National Board with
weekly reports Of their operations. including
copies Of orders issued by them, and of reports
made to them BY their quarantine and sanitary
inspectors with reference to the occurrence OF
cases Of yellow fever. and to measures adopted
for isolattng such cases.
he requested that all orders that might be Is
sued to inspectors and officials paid by the Ma
uonal Board be forwarded to that board.
Received. and the secretary instructed to COM
ply with the requests.
DR.. Austin referred to the good work which
was being done In the Fourth District. where
the Board of Health is now vigorously engaged
<iisinfecting and inspecting. He said there had
never been any such good work Of the kind
done before. 55
Mr.. Marks offered the following resolution.
which was adopted:
Res0lped. That the attention of the Admins
traitor Of improvements be called BY the Presi-
dent to the fact that the sanitary corps has been
compelled to employ the CARTS ar rb i91
has accum uiaten In portions OF the Fourth Dis
frict In the last three or four days.
Mr.. Hutchinson offered the following. which
was adopted:
RESOLVED. That the president be authorized
al the National Board. to the possibility of pas
Gengere and baggage reaching this city from
Havana or other infected ports, via hey West:
TAMPA Bay and Cedar Keys, with the view OF
exercising such precautionary measures, by
placing the proper officers at Cedar Keys and
Tampa Bay OF snEn ree othe1 anana H. ~ n
PRODUCTION of contagious or infectious disease
by the route named.
Mr. Booth offered resqlut h tna an,.l me
pressed their approval OF the board. and Dledg.
lac the board to continue in It's good work OF
protecting the lives OF the people;
The preservation OF the pubic health was the
supreme law OF the board
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
there had been no case OF fever reported to the
board Thursday, and that there were now only
two cases Of yellow fever "a tne city, ana Lney
the twenty ninth Of August. he said the health
81 the city was remarkably better than ever be-
furths M that lie had not Intended to recommend
sapolio soap for purposes OF cleansing premi-
Sses that had been injected or were, filthy. but
soap called glubo" manufactured by MI. kel-
The following reports Of sanitary inspectors
were read and received:
SECOND DIsTRIoT-DR. WATKINS. @.
The health OF. the district, Is excellent, In
yindication of the efficacy of isolation disin-
lection and kindred measures to prevent the
spread OF declared yellow lever. the doctor e.
cites the following experience II two cases ex-
Zone death from yellow fever occurred at Nc
los Bourbon street. The case had been brought
oy e ds se9 as o
This premises were thoroughly disinfected. the
room where the child died was fumigated by
bea Clothes b IS Used were burned and ali precau-
Hons. now used to prevent ths spread ofthe dis
ease BY complete ISOLATION
On the twentieth OF August DR.. White report
ed yellow fever In the person of Rufus K. He
man q native of Ohio, aged twenty nine years.
He resided at 2ss Dumaln: street. H. had been
p 5 o nE ne s aa y AuRas sa and
sss sSss into the infected
was taken Sick Oh the twelfth instant. the case
terminated n recovery and md the premises were
thoroughly disinfected me room oe9caped by
used by him was disintected. and no spread OF
the disease has occurred.
Inspections and reinspecaons this month,
THIRD DIsrRICT-DR. BEzoU.
The sanitary census of the Third District
was given, the, facts Of which have previously
Dr.. Bezou refers to the DANGEROUS and un-
healthy condition Of the building Of which
Messrs. Laftte \ Duflho. are agent. aud
the executive department should imme-
diately give the preliminary notice for the sup
preston Of the complaint under section 10 of
ordinance No 1922. winch covers the case The
The health OF the district remains good, no
yellow or other dangerous fevers existing.
FOURTH DIsTRIcT-DR. BAILEY.
SANITARY OFFICE. FOURTH DISTRICT
September 4, 1879. !
8. $, Hergiek. NJ. D.. Sanitary Director. Board q
Sir-It is my pleasure to make the following
report of work done In this district during Sep
tember In the different sections under the psr-
Section 1-Dr. Bezou-S4 Drivies disinfected.
IA foul vaults. low lots, defective priyy,
Section DIR. Watkins-s foul privy vaults. 8
detective vaults, 4 drainage cutters require con-
StructinE anew: ID inspections, loaus Of gar
bage removed. cross street cutters In iilthy con
Section s-Dr. Bayley- is foul vaults. 5 defec-
tive drainage cutters. 10 low lots. houses with
out drainage; lao inspections. 2 loads OF gar
bage removed. full squares thoroughly In
spected.
house with water underneath. loads of gar
bage removed. 2 premises without drainage
80 ~ foe Z, Drives
Section 5-Dr. Magruder-l0 foul vaults.
foul alley. filthy yards with manure heaps.
Hons. " full squares Inspected. Seventh ana
Section s9Dr. Metealfe- sA ffull squares In
IS inspections, 10 foul vaults, defective vault
premises with bad drainage cutters.
Section 7-Dr. Schlatre-l05 Inspections, rs
foul vaults. 8 filthy premises with heaps Of
manure. premises vi bout drainage gutter.
Not having time, yesterday to make solution
OF copperas, the dry mineral was used To
morrow. September = the solution tsaturatedl
peras put In each vault. the quantity being de-
termtned by foulness of vault. The. chloride
OF lime sprinkled oyer the top and sides OF
quick lime used in the drainage cutters. yards,
under houses. ETC.. and In street cutters. The
garbage carts removed all the filth they came
across. In premises or on sidewalks. Notices
will be served on all parties having full and
foul privy vaults to have them emptied imme-
diately. Low lots will be condensed In table
for the use OF DIR. Austin.
The reports for the different sections will
agree more In detail as the work becomes sys-
tematized.
FIFTH DISTRICT ALGIERsl-DR- MAGRUDER.
Algiers has been unusually healthy this sum-
mer some diphtherla but there has been al
most an entire absence of those types OF mala-
rial feyers which are SO apt to show themselves
IN II @ht hail In Ia fbal