The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-21
J BURGER e. BRO.
At Palace Clothing House,
1OS Commercial Avenue.

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health be requested to place on duty at
| New Orleans and such other southern ports
as may be deemed necessary an inspector
or inspectors, whose duties shall be to gu
pervse the shipment by river or rail OF all
| goods, merchandise, baggage, etc, and TO
inspect persons when necessary, and to adj
wise by telegram the secretary of each
board of health interested in the matter,
whenever such goods or persons are be-
lieyed to be infected or in any wise dan
gerous to the public health.
Resolved that the secretary Of this coun-
Gil be instructed to transmit to the secre-
tary of the national board OF health a list
of the health organizations forming this
| council.
| Whereas measures for the prevention of
the introduction of disease from foreign
countries into the United States, are of
national importance, affecting not only the
seaboard and gulf states, but also the in
terror, rs evidenced few years ago by the
widespread disaster from yellow fever and
recently by the widespread diffusion Of
small ox, and
Whereas, hitherto the efforts Of state
and local health organizations
have proved inadequate in
giving needed protection;
Resolved That in the judgement of this
council such measures shall be taken 10y
the government as will most eifectually
prevent the introduction of contagious and
| infectious diseases into the United States;
| Resolved, That the work OF the National
board of health and its objects meet the
cordial approval Of this council, and this
council respectfully and urgently requests
the congress of the Unitad States to make
the necessary appropriation to enable the
| National board of health TO continue its
works
Henry B. BAKER,
| DAVID p. MADDEN,
GUsTAyUs DEvRoY,
Committee.
The foregoing report embodied extracts
| from the several papers referred to the
committee and was unanimously adopted
by the council.
Thornton Hills, Dibrell and Baker was
appointed to which was referred certain
papers and resolutions relative to inspecting
and quarantining of immigrants to prevent
the introduction and spread of smallpox.
This committee submitted report recon-
mending that immigrant inspection
and means for protection against
smallpox for the year 1882 should
be commenced May 1st and that all the
state and local sanitary organizations inter
ested should unite, and should cooperate
| with the national board of health in order
to accomplish the objects desired.
It was also resolved that this council
deems it important that clothing and bag
gage on board vessels and cars coming
from places infected with smallpox,
should be disinfected, even though by rea-
son of vaccination no person on beard
such vessels or cars contract the disease.
Upon motion of nr. r. W. Mitchell
| committee was directed to be appointed,
which shall inquire into what effect, II
any, the recent inundation of the Missis.
sippi river may have on the general health
fulness of the people of the Mississippi
valley, and report at next annual meet
ing.
Drs. Thornton, Stephens, Solomon and
Farquharson were appointed as such com
mittee.
The council then went INTO an election
of officers for the ensuing year with the
following result: For president, DIR. G.
Devron, of New Orleans; vice president,
DR.. d. B. Hills of Iowa; for secretary and
treasurer, DR.. J. II. Rauch, Of illinois.
Council adjourned till Thursday morn
ing at nine O'Clock. President Speed in
the chair and Secretary Rauch at his post.
After the reading of the minutes of the
previous meeting and other important pre-
liminary business, it WAS ordered that the
secretary Of this council be requested to
| write to the health officers OF the cities of
Cleveland and Toledo, asking them to CO.
operate in the work of this council, in con-
nection with smallpox inspection.
Voted that each representative of the
council send copies of the resolutions here
adopted to their various members Of the
congressional delegation, and urge them to
support and advance the projects therein
named. #UthH
The executive committee of the council
was requested to call meeting at an early