New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-17
BULLETINS OF THE HEALTH BOARD.

OF THE CHOLERA.
The Health Boards consultation about choie'a pro
cautions yesterday morning lasted untu Hearty MUM
Much OF tho time consumed In detaus c"'cu'""e"
to increase the efficiency Of tho disiniecung corps
Several physicians OF the summer corps were ahdeo
TO the staff Is 20 overlook the work Oh usi"
fiction In houses In which suspicious deaths or cases
of sickness are found Those medical men also VIII
take turns in watching the Inmates OF houses hno"n
10 have been infected and will send TO the hospin
without delay such persons as exhibit symptoms vi
,hs cholnra Five additional dsinfeWoB were
appointed. Two wagons and needed suppic'
for the disinfecting corps were purchased. EAoni
horses and harness and additional stable room wee
provided 1t agreed to ask the Gvu service
Board for an eligible list from which twenyhVe
additional physicians could be appointed temporary
as assistant sanitary inspectors. resoiutioh WIS
passed requesting the Board Of Police to establish
special posts each house IN which persons die rom
cholera or from which cholera patients are rehppVeu'
Coroner Schuze was present Mt the consultation
and assured the Health Board that he and his asso-
ciaes would gvo prompt Information Oh etspeo'eu
deaths from cholera which were reported hrsb NJ
the COroner's ONCE. II WAS arranged thaa WIFI
coroner or deputy coroner found SUSPICIOUS oa'e
of death from diarrhoea trouble which had not oeeh
reported to the Health Board. he woud inmediateiS
send Information to Dr. Roberts, at the Bureau OF
Oontactous Diseases and station policeman tn Keep
strangers away from the place OF death Inc ais-
injecting corps then would remove the body 70 the
Health Boards Disinfectng Station In East slxteenth
st.. where an autopsy would be held
Mrs Trautmann. president OF the ladies' Heaith
Protective Association in company with secretary
Fcndler called on the Health Board to protest against
ogensIve odors said 10 have been traced TO the
slaughter houses at Forty ourthst and the East RiVer
The Health Commissioners expressed desire tIht
members OF the association would cooperate Win ue
Health Department IN the removal OF Dusances ana
I'm educational work in the tenementhouse dis'ncts'
AT 10 n m. the Health Board caused the following
official bulletin 10 be posted "The only suspected
case Of cholera In the city since the last bulletin, I'd
ward Hoppe, OF No. 1.625 Madisonave.. VINO died
Yesterday Is under Investigation
Information OF the suspicious death OF Hoppe was
I'm the possession OF tho Health Board on THURSDAY
but no reason for delay In announcing inc case was
given Yesterday Commissioner Bryant had seen Mary
connertv tho first chocr, patient to come under the
care o, the department and he told his colleagues
That she seemed 10 be In folr way to recover rom
tho disease She was still at the Reception losp'aI
In Fast sixtoen,hst. the floating hospital az the emu
q, the street not being IN complete order. Az ~
n m a telephone message from the Reception ioSpi''
stated tina, Mary Connerty's condition had changed
TOR ,be worse and she probably would die The In |
formation disappointing. as Or. Bryant had hoped
IN effect n cure.
Atll:i5 a. m. the following bulletin was Posted
Tho following IS the report o. the oihciai oaJIen
necls. Carnegie laboratory. No a3s East Twenty
sxhst September 10 iso2 To The B9a% OF iealt
elimination Of the body q Charlotte Beck who died
scGGmSST Of a. Asa In' c SsIS%ga e presume
'i"'"'""' 0' '''''''' HERMAN NJ. BIGGs.
EDGAR X DURHAM
The Health Board began another consultation az
pm. when the following placed on tho bulletin
board No cases or suspected cases OF cholera have
appeared In this city since the last bulletin
commissioner Bryant offered the following preamble
and resolution, which passed without dissent
a Whereas the presence OF cholera in this city ana
It's relation TO darrhoeal diseases. makes II exremely
mnortant that all darrhoeal discharges be at once
f.ctod as many cases OF cholera take the form
81 mild dlarrhoca but the discharges In those cases
are as dangerous as from the severer types OF the
disease therefore resolved. that physicians and nurses
are respectfully requested to that this recommeh'a
ton Is promptly carried out, as in this way the great
danger OF spreading Infection from unsuspecteu oAeoS
OF cholera will be greatly lessened'
Orders were given to distribute copies OF the FOL
lowing circular
Health Department, New-York Sept: 10, 's Wsnu.
To Tie superinendrhtS OF c,.a,cS Wbsrycs Piers,
c SrpCNrsnce Of cholera in this city requires that
be provided In lighthouses railroad dtpot factories
excursion noe's stramerS w ,nrw suddenly ill., This
should be within easy reach ana havS a rr
Inc shold be- placed In the room AZ once. physicians
,.Tvlcrs secured and the Health Board Immediately
nonhca m T coch OT provided with wooden faucet
Tar The reccption Of disnfectIng fluids In one sol
lion Of corrosive :G6%%i :n @ 10 'U acid paris part q
- 20 parts Of water. These fluids being poisonous
should Cc so labelled and made secure. The floors;
with cholera discharges. should BE- flooded win the
dislnfcctans and after being LEFT for few mnutesl
"a" dischars,s may be wiped up and all clothes and
other textile fabrics burned or placed In disnfecthg
solution. The carhoc acid preferable for dlniec
solution IS efficient Tor disnfecton OF surfaces by
Th@ water closets nnd urlnals should be kept con
stauty and thoroughly cleansed and disinieeted; Inc
nt@ etc should be scrubbed daily after thorough dis
Infection. They should not De swept NM, are" nsG
The sweeplngs should be dncced again before seins
thrown Into the or river They should he
Th" above regulations are issued for the severn
ment OF railroads. ferries; factories ETC. ~ thls ey
subject by Inc State Beard Of Health and BY The
Health Boards Of other cities ly order OF ne hoard
FMMONs CLARK. secretary.
Richard Watson Glider. president OF the New-fork
Kndergarten Association, went TO the Office OF inc
Health floard In the arernoon and Inquired II me
Commissioners could suggest any steps 10 BE- taken
far the sotey OF the children In the associations
schools lie also inquired 1t would he best TO close
schools I'm nelghborhoods where the presence OF cholera
had caused excitement. The Commissioners said ne
children would be- safer In the schools than IN any
other place, probably II care were taken TO exclude
pupils who lived In Infected houses.
several druggists and makers OF patent medicines
went Ia the Health Boards office to attempt 10 procure
Official indors ements OF alleged cholera cures great
mass letters suggesting cholera remedies or nauns
complaints about alleged nnisnnces claimed the NJ,
trrtion OF General Emmons Clark the secretary OF
the Health Board. One carrier took to General CLARK
500 letters at one delivery. -, |
At 6p. m. the Health Bosrd announced the app1in,;
mcnt OF the following physicians as additional medical
inspectors. and said that the Board OF Estimate nad
been asked TO provide salaries ut the rate NJ Tloo
month: George d. Farwell. No. l0S Fast Twenty
cighthst. baldwin g. Cook. No ~ East one hundred,
and clevcntllst.; r. y. W. X Homer, NO. lOa west
Eighty fourth ST.; Henry y. Watson, No. pa Nest
Fourth-st: L. Grnnic A. Walker, No. 800 West
Thirty second-st; George Lendemcyer, No. 800 East
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