The cause and prevention of yellow fever at New Orleans and other cities in America / by E.H. Barton.
- Barton, Edward H.
- Date:
- 1857
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The cause and prevention of yellow fever at New Orleans and other cities in America / by E.H. Barton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SUBJECT. SUBJECT. I'JO 191 191 191 191 191 191 192 19ii 193 Rfttios per 1000—Ciiusfis, Want of piivdinents—Lovvpr lots or ponds,.. Three Cemeteries—Eiirth expo-ure, Gormley'n Biisin and canal and inunal'actoriea Crowding' low houses—rilnughter-Uousca let Ward—Causes and urouortioua 3d 5th 4th 2(1 (» »i _ Malignity of the disease in proportion to the concentration of the causes, 1st DiSTiircT—Population and cases, 1st Ward—Lyncli's Kow —Whitney's Pick- eiy„ 193 Blocks in Pacanier and other streets 194 7th Ward—Nuisances in, ? 194 2d Ward—Causes, 194 4th Ward—Causes, 194 3d Ward—Fever nests,... ^ 195 6th Ward—Fever nests, 19: Causes—5th Ward—Causes 195 2d DiSTaroT, 196! Population and i ases..Ward 2d—Causes,... 196 5th Ward—Causes. , 196 Fever nests in front of the 2d District de- scribed, 197 The reason why yellow fever not all the year, 197 And wliy limited to 60 or 9J days, 197 The 3d ni TRiCT 198 Population and ratios—Cause 198 Consequences on the community 198 Cause of insalubrity, 199 The number of acclimated population dimin- ishes the ratio, 199 Ai.GiEEi—Population, ratio and cause, 200 Origin of the fever—How the fever spreads from locality to localit? 200 Ditt'erence in Northern cities, and cause, 200 No resisting plain facts aoi Why all interested, 201 The occurrences around us more apt to be impressive 201 Proportion of natives and those born else- where in New Orleans 202 ]90l][ullui)nce of winds,. 190| Their properties. SECTION X.—Remediate, or Preventive M-RANS—How far Man can control Temperature, Moisture, S(C.—Iiifiu- ence of wooden Houses— Winds— Their qualities—Best Pavements— Streets—Wlten and how cleaned— Empty Lots as a source of Disease. Privies the great difficulty—Reme- dy— Drainage— City Cemeteries closed—Best water, what—Plenty of water—Kind of Houses best—Hijlu- ence of Intemperance, Man's influence on temperature, Do. on a large scale, ; Actual proof here, Test—How it ought to be, Moisture, How removed and remedied, Italian custom—In the East during; plague,.. Why wooden houses bad—E.vperience else- where, Thorough drainage and paying necessary,... What constitutes a perfect pavement, The city may be made drier than the country. Proofs of the value of pavements, Inlluence on the amount of precipitation,... 203 203 a04 204 205 205 205 i!06 206 07 207 208 208 208 Our inlluence on the North wind,. Sinnll revenue devoted to preserving health. To forbid turning up the soil in liot weather. Back yards—Fountains of lilth Filth removed before decomposition, And before sunrise - Custom elsewhere, Bank of river kejjt clean, Low lots filled up Vacheries and manufactories removed to a certain distance, Gormley B Basin filled up and planted Running water in the streets—How elTicient, Production of stagnant waters, Ktfect of light, Night soil one of the greatest difficulties,.... How remedied, If not water closets, femove gas through kitchen chimneys Effect of running water in the streets, Swamps to be dramed, Cemeteiies in- the city to be closed Plenty of water of the best kmd, Water how impaired How pmilied, Town water is town air, ■Surveillance on buildings, Direction of houses, Only a certain amount of ground to be built on, How dampness of stores to be removed. Why certain buildings not to be permitted in^ the thickly built parts of cities Intiueuce of social habits,.. Ett'ect of intemperance Proportionate mortality, SECTION XI. —Comparison of New Or- leans with OTHER Cities—PcTj- alty of congregating in Cities — highest class of disease in different climates produced by it—Proofs of high civilization. Effect of Sanitary Measures in Louisville—Iforfotk^- Williavisburg — Charleston — Sa- vannah—Mobile, — Climatural Parallel with Southern Cities— Val- ue of the Mississippi as a Scavenger —Delusive cleanliness of Cities on a sandy foundation—Vera Cruz— Its mortality under Mexican and American Regime contrasted—Tri- umph of Sanitary Measures Foundation of all sanitary laws, Penalty of congregating in cities, It is wisdom from past experience Proofs The filthy ports of cities alone subject to yel low fever In Louisville—effect of paving and draining, In Norfolk effect of paving and draining,. Wilmington—Delusion of sandy soil, Effect of drainage and clearing, Charleston—Etlect of draining and filling up. No earth disturbance allowed in summer, Savannah-C learing and draining, Why a rainy season not always required for sickness where a sandy soil Parallel of New Orleans with other Southern cities, All, our filth can be removed Attributes of tlie Mississippi river,. 209 209 iill 211 2U lil2 212 212 213 213 213 213 ^13 a]4 214 214 215 215 215 :l< 216 216 217 217 217 218 218 219 219 220 220 220 221 222 222 223 233 223 224 225 226 226 227 227 227 228 228 229 229 230](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20402521_0124.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
