The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-01
AN EARNEST APPEAL.

The Auxiliary Sanitary Association have
Issued circular. which will be sent to each
corporation, business house ani real estate
owner III Nsw Orleans. setting forth briefly
| but earnestly what will be needed TO enable
them to continue this summer the work OF
cleansing this city. which they periodically
| hRan ,aet year aud In which thsy achieved
such admirable results 1t would be- n dIffi-
| cult If not impossible, matter to calculate tho
great benefits this city derived from tho
active and Intelligent labors 81 this assoela
ton. aided and assisted. IA they were, by
the city and State authorities. The fever,
which obtained q foptholl h,re, and which
| wpnld unqleatIonably have spread dlsas-
trouely, was arr stad by the strenuous Efforts
to uurify tho city. aud actually died out,
while Ia Memphis It wrought irrsparable
ruin. Who Oai estimate the dam .Re that
would h,.vs ensied to our every material IN
tarest d.. there besn AZ epidemic IN Nav Or
leans last year2 And may we not justly
measure our gain by the log. that would have
been SUSTAINED had II not been for the work
of puriic .tion that was prosecuted so vgor-
ously AMI well as to etve nothing for disease
to feed upon. and presented our city to the
world a. one Of the tleanest and healthest In
the whole country.
We do not exa9gerate when we say that
the people or New Otletns can AFT nd to pay
more money for sanitation than for any other
conceivable purpose. Health IL the prime
necessity, aud there can BE- no health without
cleanliness The gentlemen who compose the
Auxiliary Sanitary Association are all ctl-
zAns deeply Interested In the welfare Of the
city, merchants aud professional mon, whose
time II valuable but who have unseltishly de-
voted themselves to tho work OF sanitation,
because they realize. what all thinking per-
sons must reaIiz.,, that there can be no future
for Nav Orleans without health. They sec
ami feal that MI our great and unquestloned
natural advantages, the wonderful soil and
valuable products Of the State will not avail II
Wa are to have epiemes that will drive capt
tai and population from our borders, aud
deeply impressed with these truths, they pro
pose to continue their labor In tho interest OF
the whole people. asking no remuneration
whatever for their services and only DESTROYS
that all good citizens shall come forward
with alaerity and aid the < BOD work to the OK
tent OF their means. It's the duty Of every
resident to do his utmost to further this
cause Tor there Is not one human being In the
city who has not a deep interest In maintain
ing its hetlth, and II y not just that all the
labor. expsnse aud trouble should be- shout
dsrad BY few persons WHO havs no more at
stake than hundreds Of others In the com
munity. M~5
We append the circular, which we trust
will receive the serious aud prompt attention
OF all those to whom it may be- sent, and
would suggest that our merchants and
wealthy citiz ms taxa ths initiative In re-
spending in way that will give substantial
evidence of their cordial appreciation OF the
work.
CIRCULAR.
NEW ORLEANS. January. 1880.
The Nav Orleans Auxiliary -auttary Aasoela-
Il IN vs. y axis on h. ~ the alarm rngaui @r.d
by h. epa smir ~ 1873 an tne 90 ,ss
to his at y n'aaiou..i lh.reh,.
Is be. X,te-~ad opinion st thnset ffential
b les, the American Public Health assocta-
tim aud the Natl Board ~ Heal b. com
posed IL l-ading santarians fro ~ TART =
Of he United States. hat the cau-e or yellow
fever epidemics depends upon 90 imperfect