The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-27
THE CITY SANITARIANS.
Interesting Report Of the Sanitary
Director.

NGWUFlotn6, July lbt 1871
Edward Fenner, ESQ Vice President New Or
ieans Auxiliary Sanitary Association:
Dear .sir-The proposition Of your assoela-
zIon To disinfect the prlvies OF the four prtnci-
pal districts OF the city meets with the hearty
approval OF the Board OF Health. Weare con-
vlnced OF the necessity OF cleanliness Ia secur-
Ing q good sanitary condition Of our houses,
md OF the necessity Of using. oil reasonable
efforts which favor the general public health.
Thei necessary order 10 Issued for the sani-
i tary inspectors TO assemble tomorrow for the
purpose OF agreeing upon systematic plan
1f supervising the, proposed disinfectiont
Thanking your association for the very effi-
Cient and material services rendered to this
Board In furtherance sof Its objects, remain
rery respectfully, your obedient servant,
President Board OF Health.
The secretary laid before the committee o
communication from pr. Herrick, secretary
{ gOf the Board OF Health. setting forth that
3 The sale OF putrid meat can be stopped by the
arrest, under existing ordinances. OF the par
ties making the sale.
The secretary read several dispatches, maxi
q Ing inquiries relative to the health Of this
city, which no reported he had properly an
Hwered.
Mr.. Elder, chairman OF the committee on
canals and drainage reported that the special
Htreet cleaning gang, under direction Oh the
j committee had been put to work. The gang
was composed Of thirteen men and fore
man, and In five and one half working days
they had cleaned $40 running squares Of
streets and cutters Considerable time was
expended on four squares on First street,
5 which were found to Be ID o filthy condition.
He recommends that the committee insist on
the city having wooden bottoms put In all
cutters.
Mr.. Fenner, as chairman Of the committee
on streets and landings said That 1t had been
represented to him that there was great dis
4 regard OF the ordinance providing that Offal
from residences must be put out on the ban
Quette before a certain hour In the morning,
4 and he suggested that some action WIS neees-
stry. The matter was referred to the COM
Inittee on conference with the city authori-
ties.
The following
REPORT or THE SANITARY DIRECTOR
1gas submitted.
NEW ORLEANS, July 26, 1879.
The sanitary director reports that all COM
Tlaints received during the week have been
y Examined into, and when practicable tho evils
s authority for its action. A communication
has'been received from A. j. Wilde, inclosing
4 circulars on che value of ozone as a. disinfect-
ant and preventive Of yellow fever. The study
Il powers Us o dlsintectant, by oxidizlng foul
oaors Is established. All statements OF Its
L absence being directly or indirectly the cause
pf the prevalence Of yellow fever In q locality
! have not been made or records OF them kept
sufficiently long to afford scientific founda-
{ ton to opinion.
VI In answer to d request for information for
4 the benefit of the association, DIR. Edmund
Souehnn cOurteously sends the accompany,
linz letter.
Il fSanle was published in answer to Dr.. Sam
uel Chopin, president Board OF Health
y The total mortality for week ending Friday,
twenty fifth instant. was rs; the total num-
B BIER OF deaths by all fevers being 7. The city
v ds In remarkable good health, no cases OF yell
low fever or suspicious. cases existIpfIss. ~.
ta nhe peeo Of garbage sE
s,.rts i he with bells to be- rung upon
| santasaag any Squire, to notify oil household
efs Of their. presence. He also recommends
Il that the police be instructed, after passage Of
y the garbage CARTS by ringing Of house bells
or by knocking, to notify householders to re-
move TIE reeseptaces q garbage from the
y valuable, and recommend that they be con-
6idered by the city conference committee.
1submit the proposition for u general dis
Infection Of the vaults and yards OF the city,
! approved BY the FINANCE Committee and acted
favorably upon by the Board Of Health
Plan OF disinfection OF vaults and yards of
New Orleans. to be carried out by the Board
I pf Health, with the assistance OF the Auxiliary
Sanitary Association:
Tie tWenty-four officers, sanitary police, to
j take up thts work temporarily abandoning I'll
Others. Begin at river front. After sides OF
i squares next river are completed, the inspec-
ton will be carried along on both sides Of q
street at the same time. Two police sanitary
officers visiting the premises and cart with
the disinfectants, and two laborers to dis
tribute, following closely, and doing the work
just as rapidly as the sanitary police inspect.
The work to be done for the present in blocks
us follows: Every sanitary police officer can
make at least one hundred inspections per
day. Any officer employed by the Auxiliary
Sanitary Association, not doing 1t on favorable
days, win be dismissed. It IS believed that
faithful work will cover not less than eight
running squares to each officer each day.
The sanitary police shall begin inspection
at I 80 Q. m, continue to 1890 p. m. begin
tary inspectors shall see an person the work
0egn and close. They shall personally and
CONTINUOUSLY supervise the methods Of apply
y work until fully satisfied that the sanitary
police officers and the laborers properly I'M
aeIstana e When and how to apply the disin-
Iectant Sanitary inspectors to receive ex-
plicit instructions In writing, and that they
may fully understand the methods of the
work. The president Of the Board of Health,
or, II ne be too much pressed for time the
is begun promptly, carried out efficiently and
economically. The Auxiliary Sanitary Asso-
citation will furnish to each two sanitary on
GERS, working on opposite sides Of the same
street, cart, two intelligent and civil la
borers, an ample supply Of zinc-iron disin-
fectanJ and the necessary appliances to
distribute 1t. The carts to bear on
their sides, on tin plates, Auxiliary Sanitary
Association. The dlsinfecting carts and men
will be furnished, twelve carts and twenty
four laborers, to the sanitary police officers
they will report to and be under the direction
Of the sanitary inspectors OF the several dis
tricts. It Is proposed at present to carry on
the work only in the First, Second, Third and
Fourth Districts, leaving other districts for
special arrangement. The inspection will
eonsist OF merely an examination Of the yards
and priyy vaults All vaults without excep-
ton, will be ordered disinfected; lull vaults
to he ordered emptied. Records need only to
be kept Of vaults requiring to be emptied.
All the police force to be temporarily put at
the flying inspection Of the First, Second,
Third and Fourth Districts. I offer COM