The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-03
NEWS OF THE CITY.
What the Democrat Reporters Saw
and Heard Yesterday.
THE SANITARY COMMITTEE.

ana Heard yesterday.
THE SANITARY COMMITTEE.
Interesting Proceedings Yesterday
The weekly meeting Of the executive com
mIttee of the New Orlea ns Sanitary Association
was held yesterday. Vice President E. Fenner
I'm the chair.
Mr. Henry Wassem filed his credentials as
the Representative Of the Jackson Benevolen
Association at the meetings OF the executive
committee.
The following addressed to Secretary Hen
derson was read:
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Springfield. July 49, 1879.
Dear sir.The e secretarys report Of work dom
Sanitary Association, addressed to DIR. Ranch
nc Chicago. has been duly received and contents
thereof, noted. 1t reflects the greatest credi
upon all who have contributed 10 the accom-
pjshment Of the grand results obtained and Il
suret to prove Of permanent benefit
hsS'9e'f I. issfEasiR 1Ksiw M. D.
The committee on
CANALS AND DRAINAGE
reported as follows:
The flushing Of The streets BY the various
gnmps and y " the Waterworks plugs vas con
dant rains have preclnded the necessity,
The drainage canals Rave been kept full Of
abundant rains, and have In SINE places been
inadequate TO receive tho heavy supply of rain
water. and have consequently oy rfowed. but
not for more than few hours. and without det-
rtment as far as we have observed
The laborers empiioyed upon the streets have
done large amount OF work lin the Fourth
District, In cleaning cutters and cutting the
weeds from the str.tts
Notices will be distributed by the employees
tha ia cfi tn pbe
the city ordinances which requires each resi-
dent ii clean and keep clean the sidewalks and
compliance with this ordinance and request
will prove Of vast beueht to the health and COM
Tort Of the Inhabitants.
DR.. White, sanitary director. reported that
the work OF disinfection was going on rapidly.
and that by the end Of next week 1t will be com.
pleted.
The disinfeetion and re inspection disclosed
che fact that the orders of the Board Of Health
To clean vaults had, In many instances, been
dfsregarded.
Failure to comply with the orders of the
board To clean vaults Is. under an existing ordf-
nance. punishable BY fine or imprisonment He
thought that the board should be requested to
enforce strictly this ordinance. and he suggest
ed the passage Of resolution urging action
upon the board.
The total mortality for the week ending
Friday, August was ninety one. Of this num-
Der six deaths were from malaTal fever three
from yellow fever and three from typhoid fever
The Doctor read as part Of his report the fol-
lowing communication:
NEW ORLEANS July 30, 1879.
DIR. q D. White, New Orleans Sanitary Associa-
ton.
Deur Sri beg leave to report fact which
may be of some interest in your efforts to i'm
prove the santa y condition Of our city. On
Monday. the teventt entn ultmo, at ii O'Clock a.
M. attended funeral at the st. Louis Ceme-
terry Nc. =. In this square bounded by ST Louis
Cont. Robertson aud Claiborne st1 Gets. the on
trance for Us being "a st. Louis street There
way near the wall of the cemetery. be- Ween the
corner Of Robertson street aud the entrance of
the cemetery. where the ttanch emanatiuR from
tho wall ton account OF putt efying bodies) pre-
vailed SO intolierabe, and la my opinion,
dangerous 70 the healthiest persons, that, !
could only bear IL q few seconds and retraated d
distance TO avoid delettrous effects. The
question of burial inter naros es peciaily under
our uau system being now under discussion
and Of immediate i'm ortance to u.s. respect
fully make the following query: Whether 1t Ia
necessary. as some Of our physician. have atte-
Iy held. 10 make Il epeetal study and to walt for
further experimental data. In order to know
surely tha!! gases created, BY 4ecomposinR
bodies. and from which the living inhtinclively
HT are Injurious to health2
N 80 80 " - ]. sAboURIN.
The following was also submitted as part OF
the report
New ORLEANS, July 31. 1879.
Dr. o. II. White Sanitary Director. New Orleans
Auxiliary Sanitary Association:
Dear sr In answer to your communication
Of the twenty -niifn instant, would state that
bad sanitaly. condition Of the 81. Mary's Asy-
lum has existed, to my knowledge six years
and consists mainly In badly constructed
privies and q most disgusting urinal. without
three hundred and flfy children.
Mr.. 81. T. Bent, who lived for many years op-
fafa III
Dr.. Samuel Chop. In t. DR.. Taylor. the secre-
tary Of the Boafd Of Health and to the Hon.
NJ then 81 the city and failed
was finally compelled to purchase d lot In an
other .neghborhood to build residence for
The gentlelnau above alluded to is ready to
appear. before the Sanitary Auxiliary execu-
tlve committee r and to make the above state
Tor several years Know the annoyance to
which he was subj cited, and 1t was upon my
officials and obtained no relief. Mr.. Beniz at
tAches no bl tine to Dr. Bezou sanitary inspee-
tor. or his officers, fYr they inspected the nuis-
namely. To report the condition Of the premises
TO their supeliors for action and relief, which
never came, Not having visited tie interior of
the St. Mary's Boy Asylum for several years.
and wi hing ~ see ~ present condition and 70
study LIZ wants ~ ys1a yesterday is this
tics and employees. II total 500 persons. This
ass lum is 81. uaed on the square bounded by
MIHEhLI, InaTTas- EIaH1R hnM fu}HI slTbe =,
which it covers entirely. The central and
original house is an old plantation residence In
the middle of the square Other buildings Of
wood some of brick. have been added ut va
rious times since 1853. as the number Of inmates
increased The new buildings are we'll butt
and have good ventilation but the architects
made TO provision for water closets to meet I
the wants Of the increased population.
One Of the water ell sets consists of a large I
leaky vault near the main drinking cistern. 1t
resembles large tomb covered with IL slab: {
has no building Or cover over 1t. and Ii within
3 few fest Of one OF the buildings and has no
fiue. This is The receptacle for the urine or
exereta voided by the inmates during the night
in the upper story Of the buildings with which
1t ID connected by a large iron pipe with no
valve to prevent the return Of nuxiuus gases In 1