The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-22
PUBLIC HEALTH.
RESULT OF THE DELIBERATIONS OF
TME SANITARE CONRERENCE.
Report OF the COmmIttes AppOInIsd 70
Summarize the Conclusions OF the
Council some Valuable sugges-
tIOns for the Prevention Of the
Spread OF COntagIOns, DC.

EVANSVILLE, IND, April 2l.-The fol
lowing report Of the committee Of eleven
Of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Coun'
Gil was submitted to-day and covers the
work oi the Council now in session here;
Mr.. PRESIDENT: Your committee, to
which was referred the sanitary subjects
for discussion and. formation, which
subjeCts are TeGited, begs leave to report
that 1t has had the various propositions
under consideration and now offsrs Tor
action the following resolutions as en-
bodying the views Of the committee:
First-The representatives Of the Ma
tional Board 10 reside At Quarantine Sta
tlons on:the Mississipplriver; also repre-
sentative 10 reside Ut New Orleans, with
the privilege Of access to the records OF the
Stats Board OF Health and to attend their
meetings.
ResoIHd, That the Sanitary Council OF
the Mississippi Valley reattirm the action
had ut lts December, 1880, meeting in New
Orleans, and demands that the Louisiana
State Board oi Health invite the appoint
ment by the National Board OF Health OF
inspectors at New Orleans at EadspOrt
and at the Mississippi quarantine
station, aud announces that in the
event OF , any failure on the part Of
the said S'ate Board Of Health OF Louisl-
ana to act In good faith toward said In.
BpeCtors, then the Boards Of Health rep.
resented in the Council will be compelled
to take into their own hands the proleC,
tion Of the health Of their own people.
Second-The arrangement OF the work
Of inspectors Of railroads. and steamboats,,
and the inspection Of the mouth Of the
river, ordering infected vessels there to
Ship Island.
ResO,ytd, That the Inspection Service OF
River and Rail transportation by the
National Board Of Health, Is hereby en-.
dorsed, and its reeslabliahment for the
ensfng season Is urged; with compact
on behalf OF the representatives In this
Council; that the certificates and bills
OF health issused by said inspection ser.
vice shall be accepted US prima Eacie eyi.
denCe of the sanitary status oil the vessels
and trains presenting the same.
Resolved, That this Council being firmly
confirmed that the safety OF New Orleans,
as well as Of the valley, lies In the rigid
exclusion OF Injected ships from the lower
Mississippi, strenuouslY urges on the State
Board oil Health OF Louisiana the modifi
cation Of section six, Of its rules and regu-
lations for the government OF quarantine
officers and stations, etc., 80 as to read:
Section y, all vessels from ports In
which yellow fever 10 prevailing,
or from portS where contagious or ihfOC.
tious diseases are reported to exit, shall
be inspected at Eads Port. II any such
vessel be found 10 be infected or 10 furnish
reasonable ground for suspicious Of 10.
lection, such vessels shall not be allowed
to pass EadSport northward, except upon
the presentation Of certificate OF inspeC.
tion from the National Board Of Health at
the Ship Island quarantine station, setting
forth that the vessel has been subjected to
the proper treatment and 10 free from the
liability OF conveying Contaglon.
Rssolued-That in the judgement Of this
council the quarantine Of vessels and Of
freight should consist Of a publication Of
the vessel and its contents, which should
then be returned to commerce as speedily
40 practicable, and that any neglect oil san.
itary measures Is not only dangerous, but
positively increases the danger OF the
propagation and spread Of the infection.
Third-The means oil informing tho
Board Of Health in the Valley, Of appro.
hended danger. .
RsSolUed That this Council condemns all
methods OF suppresslng and secrecy With
reference 10 Information Of contagious
oriniectiousdiseases, and therefore disCoun.
tenanCes the use OF cipher telegrams, but
in the event Of danger from such diseases
at any point In the Mississippi Valley 1t 10
the duty NJ the executive officer Of the
health organization Of such place to fully
and promptly advise the proper author.
tiles at all the threatened points. -.. !