Report of the Sanitary Commission of New Orleans on the epidemic yellow fever, of 1853.
- New Orleans (La.). Sanitary Commission
- Date:
- 1854
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Sanitary Commission of New Orleans on the epidemic yellow fever, of 1853. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![REPORT UPON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF NEW ORLEANS. SUBJECT. SECTION I.—General Programme—Im portanccof Sanitary Laws—Our general condition—IVkat other Cities have done, and their re- sults, t(C. 213 Division of duties, 214 Importance of the subject, 214 Causes of yellow fever assignable 215 Not atmospherical alone, 215 Not filth alone 215 These controllable, 515 Neither alone sutiicient, 215 The remarkable culminating points of each,.. 216 Proof, ...216 Combination only fatal, 216 Probata—Corollary, 217 Yellow fever preventable 217 Duty, responsibility, and toil of the Commis sion, 217 Fair examination and immediate trial, 218 Laws of health established—a mark of civil- ization, 218 No ills without a remedy, 219 Value of the lesson, 2.9 New Orleans requires sanitary reform more than any other city—risk in speaking the truth, 219 Causes of our neglect and apathy, 220 Ignorance of our condition, 220 Highest proof of patriotism, 220 Filth and disease cause and effect, 22J Proof of our gullability, 221 Value of knowing the truth, 221 Cost of ignorance, 221 No attempt to alter it, 221 The real mortality for half a century ] 222 Average mortality for half a century, 222 The true wealth of a city, 222 The real cause of the high price of every - thjo?.-. 222 Insalubrity and immorality have a similar pa- ternity, 223 Average mortality of the State, 223 “ “ ol England and the United _ State? 223 Stigma of insalubrity, 223 Sites of cities not selected on account of their salubrity 224 Bad locality for health (New Orleans) if not improved, 224 Petersburg, Va., once very fatal in its climate, 225 Do. Bristol,Pa.—in extent, both corrected,.. 225 Do. of Louisville, Kentucky—corrected 225 On what has depended the improved health of Northern cities, 225 Experience abroad, 99,^ Man’s situation and elevation dependent upon his industry and intelligence, 226 As shown in England ancf Turkey, 226 Contrasted—and with other countries, 226 Condition in Egypt, 227 Mortality with the natives, / 227 Salutary effect of sanitary measures, 227 Coussquencea of their neglect 228 2** SUBJECT. Awakening of the public mind to the value nud importance of sanitary reform, Where lies the difficulty? Not in the subject, but in prejudices and igno- rance of it 228 228 22* SECTION II.—Medical Constitution of the Ycat Prediction of the Fever—Interpretation of Phys ical Phenomena—Climatic Pe- culiarities—Parallel of Cholera and Yellow Fever. Medical constitution—what, Do of January, with its meteorology and mor- tality, Do of February, with its meteorology aud mortality, Do. of March, with its meteorology aud mor- tality, Do. of April, with its meteorology und mor- tality, Do. of May, with its meteorology aud mortal- ity, Moisture mistaken for dryness, Reasons for the prediction for the epidemic in May, Early cases, In June— meteorology and mortality,. Tropical character of the season, High barometer, Antecedence of scarlatina Predominance of Nervous affections, ' In July—duty of Physicians, No evilpermitted without a remedy,.. Interpretation of physical phenomena, Prodrome of the epidemic, No precursory influence on man, Great moisture—Great stagnation of air,..!' Filthy gutters, During August—mortality,. .. _ _ High temperature, and almost average satu- ration, High radiation—unprecedented Saturation—unparalled stagnation of air, In September, Great climatic change, Epidemic retiring, The mode of interpreting the influence oi meteorology on mortality, In October, Climatic change continued,.. Epidemic, as such, ceased In November—unusual East wind, In December, Great barometric variations, Air becomes comparatively dry, Parallel of cholera mid yeilow fever, climat- ically und physiologically—Dew point — Winds—pathologically Mortality of the month,.. Greut results often proceed from apparently insiguificant causes. 229 229 229 230 230 230 231 231 231 232 232 232 232 233 233 233 233 234 234 235 236 236 236 230 •236 o37 237 o37 237 237 238 238 238 239 239 239 239 242 Climatic peculiarities of the year 1042 High radiation and sickness concomitant,... 243 240 241](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28113020_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
