The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-13
DIR. OHOPPINs LETTER.


article which appeared IN this paper aem'
days ago. ana especially 10 Tie suggestion
therein made or implnd that the Board have
not occurred public sympathy Or approval
| Ina nortor'a lcttnr n ilv devoted ~ this
feature Of the controversy and. "a our road
ala wilt perceive, ha eahnratea II from
aevaral different points If view lie do
| claroa IL tho first place that Tho policy
af the Board haa boon M onlRht
onri and aeIentfie ono. which ought 20 ht
popular lIa shows III Tho aoannd place TINT i
Board Of Health who'd tholr dui y can hardly
hope e. ia popular And, uunaa fai X
catch tho Doctor diff, these two rather In
compatIble propositions form the baets W he
argument.
However. We cordially embrace DIR. Chop
pln'a liaa nf leaving those mati"ra w tho rn-
Election If The public We quite understand
that the vorllct II equally beyond ht4 rot"h
and nura. md we submit that he does ~ in
justice III limiting that orr disposition Ia I"
condemn tho lhmri upon the atr"nRth " loud
ouniomnatiuna hy individuals ~ newspapers
ypry aliRht demand Upon hl memory will
recall 60 In thoppiutha fat Chat when newa
rlAr invariably deprecated Tho Incorporate
tone of ihe lIoard's oiites mud ealied attention
~ tine very pointa whirh tho Doctor hlmsof
now rnada "a against w. 81 wit The honoat
pnfp ,Rn " tho Bnnrd. tho responsibility nnd
attaimmenta Of tho individual mamhera We
iuaIatrd then, ana Throughout tho period
which waa distinguished liz IN amoat mi
vnraal cutlery against tho EoRrd, that thesn
gentlemen had boon entrusted with nm I'm
pnrtant duty, which they wore nndeavorIug
~ dIschargn according ~ theIr convictions
and In atilrt conformity with the Inv that IT.
wac unfair "a condemn thom IN advance,
that thay wern entitled ~ respect and CONT
donrn 81 tho public pondug Tho result Of
their apartment II n trun that wn nnvrr III
any timo folt implicit faith In TINT export
mant, and that wa arc not greatly antprIecd
either MI IT, practical M tta Theoretical fall
ure. But wa could not aep any houaHt llltnly
~ result from ON joining thn crusade against
the Roard even II our ideaa " fsirneap and
hal parmltrl III tp ~ ~
Tho aoaaan II nj All end, however Tho
third year II the lucumhoncy of ~ Chopin
aud NJ tho prevalence of the i,laaa hn repro
anna T. now drawing e. a eloae. and we aro
convinced II will tn every wharn regarded ~
moderate and Within bounds 10 Say that Moth
Ing haa boon done toward solving thn problem
n protection from yellow foyer During
.hese throo years wa hRve had TIVE seasous ~
he uanal scattering local fcvor aud ono aoa
'on Of an epidemic only paralinod once IN tho
liatory ~ tho country, lf the Boarl'a theory
10 true that epiienles can occur only as a ro-
'Ult ~ importation. Than nothing can ~
'learor than that nr. Chopin aud tho Board
" Health aud Thar policy are unequal t. tin
ask thny have assumed II 1t he true.
% insisted ny - maj ,tity ~ our abest
oientists and a. believed hy nnarly Tho
whole body Of Intelligent and ohsory
~ oItiaens. that tho frat atop III
ho march agalnat yellow favar ~ that Of
ocai sanitatton thou our present Board are |
otally nnantni t. tho emergency hnoausN |
hoy consistently subordinate local santa
Ion IT, external quarantine Dr Chopin
lams that all these theorlea IA 10 flushing
,uttera. disinfcetirn. cleanliness. etc, cmp-
atcd originally from the Board. aud form |
features In the Boards arhemo
hat may DO trun but tt IL also true that
hoy have Alover passed. from theory into
raetioc. under tho Boards administration. 1,
uch Al extent ~ ~ become identified with
In BOARD III thr pubIIe mind Sueh cradlt IL
lows out " effort III this limo has attached /
) tho Auxiliary Sanitary Association which
rRod the policy aat summon, AMI 10 tho city
uth0ritics. through whose potent and cordial
u operation the realization of tia policy upon
n VII nIy a Ln,C 4
cale was malc practicable.
Cur complaint against tho BOARD NJ Health
IN be summarized Very briefly. Va do not
urstion the ability. thn integrity ~ the aln
'rity Of any gentleman III that body. lot
lat he understood ono for NIL What WI oh-
m 70 and make q point upon Is that tho
GARD goes too fat In tho quarantine idea
t. that idea tho far mnrn osaen
nj ono OF local sanitation. together with the
operative demands W commerce. We In
IT that commerce cannot be sacrirnl To
,gms. and that community. In a. mo-
entous 4 matter as that Of its health. can
II afford to maintain policy which ignores
treats aa a more accessory the most vital
NJ important factor in the problem. We are
y Of those who snoer at quarantine fat
ON It.. but we do not uphold the irrational
III indcfonshle quarantine Of the Board Or
nalth, and we cmphatcally arratgn the
"a Of allowing the pursuit. OF that expert
emit To obscure the moro practicable ami
ore sensible consideration OF local santa
ID. Or, Chopin mistakes our moaning In I
q phrase. "A popular Board OF Hoalth"
Y undertake to say that any Board Or
calth which will make Intelligence the basis I
ita policy will always be popular. Public
Union IL not the coarse and barbarous sui
nrstition the Doctor seems to imagine One
the best evidences az this ii tho fact that
has detected every ono of tho falluciss and
limeras, VI the Board W Irath
MR.. RANDAIIS DENIAL,