The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-03
Cleanliness, Health, Wealth !

SUBMITTED TO TIE CITY COUNCIL TO-
NIGuT-PRIyY VAULTS THOROUGHLY DIS
CCsSED.
CAIRO. Ills, February ., 1880
10 the Hon. Mayor and City Council of the Cily of
Cairo:
GENTLEMEN AT a special meeting of
the Taxpayers Association, held Saturday
January 3lst, uitlmo, the special sanitary
committee Of ten, submitted the following
report which, with the amendment attach
ed. was adopted by a unanimous vote of
the Association NJ. b. HARREII., Sec
The special committee, to whom it was
referred to consider and report what addI-
tional measures in their opinion were neces-
sary to be adopted to improve the sanitary
condition Of the city, respectfully report:
That they have deferred consideration
of the subject referred to them until after
action had been taken by the cities Of Mem
phis aud New Orleans upon the same sub
ect in order that they might have the ben.
eft of the investigations and examinations
Of the corporate authorities Of those cities
and of other public officials appointed 10
examine into the causes Of the depIorable
sickness lately prevailing as cpidcmicS in
those cities. These Investigations have now
been concluded and the result, as announced,
Is that the conviction has been settled down
upon, that the yellow fever requires for its
development the existence Of causes that
contaminatc and render impure and poison
Gus. the soil, the ar and the water of the
locality where it prevails, and that, what
ever its origin. filth and unceanlinGsS are
| the principal factors in its Development and
dissemination and the only sure way 10
| prevent its recurrence is to thoroughly re-.
move and strictly prohibit in the future all
causes of impurity, whatever their charac-
ter, and enforce a rigid adhcrance to
thorough cleanliness. 1t is universally adj.
mirtcd that one, and probably the most
fruitful source Of impurities in citie,, and
the most prolific source Of disease is found
in the existence Of the priyy vaults, with
their loal contents carnations and eXhala.
tons
Upon th, subject the Hon. D, +, Porter,
president OF the board Of commissioners Of
the taxing district Of Memphis, says in 4
late interview, "tIst the ordinance which
requires all vault, TO BE- cleaned and filled
with fresh earth by the first Of April was
passed last December, with the approval OF
Dr. j. 5. Billings Of the national board Of
health and the other learned scientists who
had come to look into the sanitary condl-
ton of Memphis" Gle thought, with
others, that all the ills that Memphis had
been subjected to during tic past two years
could be traced to herpuyy yalis''
The Memphis Avalanche, the leading
newspaper Of that city, in tate issue, says
"The enormous filth accumulation Of year,
in the vaults has however, become the
greatest disease breeding factor"
Dr. Rauch, the permanent secretary Of
, the Illinois State Board Of Health in late
( report, says she was in Memphis lately
Y while the sanitary survey was in progress
/. Ne regards the survey, which is house tt
t house visitation, as thorough, and promisin.
. good results. II is bringing to igh, stat,
{ OF affairs that Is simply a'tonjshjng,' Tne
n bayou GnyOso, the doctor said WA, not
8, responsible for nearly all that was put oi
l. it, The root OF the evil lay in the yatumtiol
l. OF the ground with poisonous matters, Tn
closets (prvics) consist simply Of pits
q there beng no sewers, The soil has bccom
=, saturated with the teachings from thcs
ii pits"
is In reference to the privy system ia Ne,
n Orleans, the New Orleans Auxiliary Santa
IS ~ Association, IN a report lately published
/, says, "imognc this quantity Of human ex
e cremcnt, undergoing slowly the lowest an,
k most offensive form OF putrclaciions, fei
I. mcn,ation, and escaping from the sinks c
y 10000 habitations partly b
nr evaporation into the atmosphere, but chief
n 10y soakagc into the earth and from eve,