SMALL-POX. 
Measures instituted by the Board of Health 
of the State of Louisiana, 
t 
FOR THE 
JAIRLR-IEST OF SMALL-POX 
—IN— 
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. 
D(1RI.\« THE YEARS 1880, 1881,'188* A\ll 188». 
-BY— 
JOSEPH JONES, M. D., 
PRESIDENT BOARD OF HEALTH,STATE OF LOUISIANA. 
NEW ORLEANS, LA. : 
F. A. Bkakdao & Co., Print, 34 Magazine at. usttu^oxductio^t. 
MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION ANI) ARREST OF EN- 
DEMIC, EPIDEMIC, CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES. 
All facts and measures relating to the prevention of endemic, epidemic, 
contagious and infectious diseases, are of interest and importance to san- 
itarians, physicians and political economists. 
Efforts to exclude and arrest contagious diseases possess peculiar value, 
when exerted in behalf of the inhabitants of some great commercial met- 
ropolis, like New Orleans, whose existence and prosperity are indissolubly 
bound up with those of the people living upon the banks of her great 
river, and within the bounds of the fertile plains of its mighty valley. 
During the years 18£>0, 1881, 1882 and 1883, embracing the term of ser-. 
vice of the author as President of the Board of Health of the State of 
Louisiana, the diseases which have most seriously engaged the attention of 
the health authorities have been Small Pox and Yellow Fever, and it 
is of moment that a concise account should be rendered of the measures 
instituted for the prevention and arrest of these diseases. SMALL-POX. 
MEASURES INSTITUTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS 
OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE ARREST OF SMALL- 
POX IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, DURING THE YEARS 
1880, 1881, 1882 and 1883. 
In 1880, one case of small-pox occurred in the Third District, in the 
month of May; death resulted after transference to the Small-Pox Hos- 
pital. 
The dwelling in which the case occurred was fumigated, and the inmates, 
as well as the inhabitants of the surrounding houses, were vaccinated. 
The disease was arrested, and no other cases appeared, or were reported 
to the Board of Health during 1880. 
New Orleans was seriously threatened with small pox early in 1881, but, 
owing to the prompt and vigorous measures of the Board of Health the 
danger of an epidemic was arrested for a time. 
The first case of small-pox, in 1881, within the bounds of Louisiana, 
made its appearance January 11, with the arrival at the Mississippi Quaran- 
tine Station, of the emigrant steamship Nurnburg, from Bremen, having on 
board 85 crewT and 173 passengers. The patient, a woman, and a steerage 
passenger,was attacked in mid-ocean. The presence of this case of small-pox 
on the steamship Nurnburg was telegraphed from the Quarantine Station 
by Dr. J. F. Finney to the President of the Board of Health. Orders were 
immediately issued for the transference of the patient and isola- 
tion in the Small-Pox Hospital; vaccine virus was dispatched; all on 
board were vaccinated, the officers, crew and passengers, by the Quaran- 
tine Physician. One hundred undone of the number vaccinated (257) took 
the vaccine disease, thus showing their susceptibility to the variolous 
poison. 
The steamship Nurnburg was thoroughly cleansed and fumigated, and 
held at the Mississippi Quarantine Station for twenty-onedays beforebeiug 
allowed to come to New Orleans. 
The small pox was arrested by these measures, and not a single case oc- 
curred at the Quarantine Station on the vessel, or amongst her crew and 
passengers after her arrival. 
The next case of small pox occurred in the Parish Prison. As soon as it 
was manifested, the patient was isolated from other prisoners, every one of 
whom were vaccinated by order of the President of the Board of Health, 
and the prison was subjected to fumigation and cleansing, under the super- 
vision of the Sanitary Inspector of the Board of Health for the Second 
District. The disease was arrested, and no other case occurred amongst 
the large number of prisoners confined in the Parish Prison. 5 
The rule of the Board of Health with reference to the vaccination of 
school children was rigidly enforced. 
The next case occurred in the month of February, on the twenty-third; and 
the third case nearly a month afterwards, on the twenty-second of April, 
and was brought to the city by the towboat McDonald. Cases were 
brought to the city from Grand Lake and Cincinnati, on the twenty-sixth, 
twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth of April. 
All these cases were removed to the Small-Pox Hospital, and the prem- 
ises were fumigated and thecitizeus in the infected localities were vaccinated. 
One case was removed from the Bark Pablo to the Small-Pox Hospital 
on the first of May. 
By measures instituted by the Board of Health, the disease was again 
completely arrested and stamped out, until the ninth of November, when a 
case was reported at the Charity Hospital, having comelrom Point Celeste, 
Plaquemine Parish, La. 
One of the assistants of the Charity Hospital was attacked with it on 
the twenty-first; on the twenty-eighth a case was brought through quar- 
antine concealed in the hold of the steamship Hutchinson, of the line 
controlled by Messrs. Charles A. Whitney & Co. 
Six cases of Small-Pox were reported to the Board of Health in Novem- 
ber and twelve in December. 
Of the twenty-six cases reported in 2881, sixteen were transferred to the 
Small-Pox Hospital; six terminated fatally. 
During the months of March and April every department in the public 
schools was visited, and the arms of the pupils carefully inspected. Those 
showing evidences of improper vaccination were directed to be revaccinated. 
Dr. Joseph Holt, Inspector of the First District, alone, vaccinated 320 
school children. 
In the First District one case of small pox was discovered on the Spanish 
bark Pablo Sinsat, at Post No. 33, head of Market street. 
The patient, a sailor, w as removed immediately to the Small-Pox Hos- 
piral, and thorough and repeated disinfection and fumigation were enforced. 
The crew’ had already been vaccinated, and they therefore escaped. 
The first case of small-pox, in the Third District, occurred as early as the 
twenty-third of February, in the person of R. Rule!, w-hite, residing on 
Tricon street, near the United States Barracks; the case was a light one, 
and the patient recovered. The Second case reported was that of Charles 
Young, twenty-three years of age, white, residing at No. 5 Mandeville 
street. 
These w ere the only cases which originated in the Third District. 
In this district, as in all others, by order of the President of the Board 
of Health, the jellow’ flag was displayed upon every house in which a case 
of small-pox occurred; the neighbors were informed of the appearance of 
small pox in their immediate vicinity, and vaccination and re-vaccination 
were advocated as the only prevention. 
In all cases, not only the room, but the entire house, was fumigated. 
During the entire year sixteen cases of small pox were treated at the 
Hayes Hospital, in the Third District. 
In the Fourth District the only case of small-pox reported during 1881 
was a medical student w ho contracted the disease in the Charity Hospital, 
from which institution not less than nine cases were removed to the Small- 
Pox Hospital, the disease having been contracted in the Eastern, Western 
and Northern States. 6 
This case occurred at 21G Josephine street, in a crowded locality, and 
was treated by the President of the Board of Health; the premises were 
fumigated and disinfected, and free vaccination was offered to every citizen. 
No other case occurred or was reported in the Fourth District during 
1881. 
Owing to the prevalence of small-pox in the Northern, Eastern and 
Western States, the disease continued to be introduced into New Orleans 
in a continuous stream. 
After its appearance in our cities, towns, villages and plantations along 
the Mississppi river, the number of cases increased as they were 
introduced, and at the same time the United States Government was 
without any hospital for the isolation and treatment of small-pox cases. 
Early in 1882, the President of the Board of Health, after a careful in- 
spection of the Small-Pox Hospital, urged the Board of Health to take 
the most vigorous means for the suppression of small-pox, and also urged 
similar measures upon the Common Council. 
The response of His Honor, Mayor Shakspeare, was prompt, intelligent 
and humane. 
In the able report of the Board of Health,drawn up by Drs. F. Formento, 
Chas. Turpin and J. C. Faget,many important measures were urged by the 
committee upon the Honorable Common Council ; such as the closure of 
the Small-Pox Hospital, on account of its location and bad management; 
the erection of a suitable hospital for the treatment of contagious anil 
infectious diseases, the proper isolation of patients, disinfection of clothing 
and bedding, the proper disposition of the dead, the employment of special 
wagons perfectly covered and cleansed for the conveyance of small pox 
patients. 
The action of his Honor the Mayor, Joseph A. Shakspeare, for the 
establishment of a Small-Pox Hospital, as well as the efforts of the Board 
of Health, were arrested by judicial proceedings. 
The following is the record of the cases of small-pox and deaths in the 
different districts, classified by race, sex and month for the year 1882 : 7 
MONTHS. 
First District. 
Second Distr’t. 
Third District, 
Fourth Distr’t. 
Fifth District. 
Sixth District. 
Seventh District 
TOTAL. 
SEX. 
Number of 
Deaths. 
1 
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1 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
6 
1 
1 
9 
9 
n 
1 
5 
6 
8 
8 
3 
l 
4 
6 
10 
16 
1 
1 
9 
10 
3 
7 
10 
7 
23 
30 
10 
30 
40 
30 
40 
70 
1 
1 
1 
4 
4 
1 
52 
61 
11 
49 
60 
8 
28 
36 
21 
33 
32 
47 
79 
1 
3 
6 
9 
1 
64 
11,1 
73 
24 
48 
72 
10 
19 
29 
17 
37 
54 
35 
67 
102 
1 
1 
2 
3 
5 
3 
3i 
194 
105 
17 
52 
69 
Tun* 
11 
7 
18 
17 
39 
56 
37 
61 
98 
1 
1 
2 
10 
ID 
1 
1 
67 
98 
22 
47 
69 
July 
31 
4 
7 
12 
9 
21 
Id 
13 
23 
6 
4 
10 
6 
0 
3 
3 
31 
39 
4Hi 
30 
13 
18 
31 
10 
10 
3 
2 
5 
17 
22 
1 
i 
5 
4 
1 
1 
13 
23 
6 
12 
18 
3 
3 
1 
3 
4 
5 
14 
19 
2 
4 
6 
81 
19 
1 
14 
15 
16 
16 
1 
1 
5 
2d 
25 
1 
1 
...,1 
6 
25 
1 
15 
16 
7 
13 
20 
1 
121 
13 
3 
3 
5 
5 
2 
8 
25 
3 
8 
11 
25 
17 
42 
2 
1 
3 
12 
19 
21 
21 
15 
36 
.... 
2 
60 
44 
104 
50 
54 
14 
24 
38 
72 
51 
223 
86 
159 
245 
181 
313 
494 
31 
25 
56 
16 
38 
58 
2 
9 
ii 
10 
10 
388 
705 
1093 
565 
528 
116 
299 
415 
CASES AND DEATHS OF SMALL POX IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1882. 
Classified according to the District in which they occurred—Color and Sex. 8 
The Board of Health,as at present organized, has offered free vaccination 
during the years 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 
The following data illustrate the operations of the Baard of Health with 
reference to free vaccination performed by the Sanitary Inspectors of the 
Board of Health during the years 1881, 1882, 1883: 
1881 1,370 
1882 4,725 
1883 First nine months 5,549 
Total free vaccinations 11,644 
Eleven thousand six hundred and forty-four citizens of New Orleans have 
been vaccinated free of charge by the Sanitary Inspectons of the Board of 
Health during the years 1881, 1882 and 1883, first nine months. 
Each and every citizen of New Orleans has had the opportunity of free 
vaccination at the hands of the officers of the Board of Health. 
In accordance with the organic acts of the Legislature of 1882, about one 
hundred and seventy physicians have registered at the office of the Board 
of Health up to July 1, 1883. 
The physicians of New Orleans number at least 225, or about one 
physician to every 1000 inhabitants. 
Without doubt a large number of vaccinations have been performed by 
the physicians of New Orleans, many of which have been gratuitous. 
The six sanitary officers of the Board of Health have performed, during 
the present small-pox epidemic, 11,644 free vaccinations ; or an average of 
1940 vaccinations to each inspector. 
If the physicians of New Orleans had performed one-half the vaccina- 
tions, say about 1000 each, then they would amount to about 225,000. 
We have no means of ascertaining the exact number of vaccinations, but 
from an inspection of the orphan asylums, houses of refuge, educational 
institutions and the Parish Prison in this city, conducted by the President 
of the Board of Health, during a period of fourteen days, Slay 31 to June 
14,1883, it was established : 
1. That in the period mentioned not a case of small-pox existed in any 
of these institutions. 
2. During the years 1882, 1883, only four cases appeared; two prisoners, 
one employe and one orphan were attacked by small-pox in the twenty-six 
institutions specified; of these cases of small pox, four in number, all re- 
covered. 
3. The President of the Board of Health ascertained, upon personal 
inspection, that every one of these inmates of these twenty-six institutions 
had been vaccinated by the appointed physicians. 
4. Amongst four thousand three hundred and thirty-five inhabitants of 
the various charitable institutions of New Orleans, only one in one thous- 
and and eiglity-three suffered from small pox, and not one died during 1882 
and 1883. 
5. The escape of these citizens and inmates of the charitable institutions 
of New Orleans, was due to the faithful performance of vaccination by the 
physicians of New Orleans. 
It is but fair to conclude that the physicians of New Orleans have been 
equally faithful in vaccinating the families under their charge. 
We conclude further, that the vast proportion of the population of New 
Orleans has been properly and thoroughly vaccinated by the medical 
profession. 9 
Small pox has been confined chiefly to the negro race and to the 
destitute whites. 
This conclusion is shown by the large number of deaths reported by the 
coroner, these victims of this foul pestilence having perished without 
medical attendance. * 
Shortly after the organization of the Common Council, in accordance 
with the provisions of the charter granted by the General Assembly of 
1882, the sanitary necessities of New Orleans were urged by the President 
of the Board of Health upon this body, in accordance with the organic 
acts of the General Assembly of 1855, 1858, 1870, 1877 and 1882. 
The subject of smallpox audits isolation, the necessity of regulating 
funerals, the erecttion of a small pox hospital and all similar subjects, 
were urged, but without avail, upon the attention of the Mayor and Com- 
mon Council. 
The labors of the Board of Health have been fully recorded in the report 
to the General Assembly of 1882 and the first six months of 1883. 10 
CASES OF SMALL-POX REPORTED TO THE 
BOARD OF HEALTH. 
DEATHS BY SMALL 
-POX 
January 
1 to September 
30 
1883, classified according to 
Districts 
in which they 
occurred. 
From January 1 
1883, to 
October 
1, 
1883. 
1st District. 
2d District. 
3d District 
4th District. 
5th District. 
6th District. 
7th District 
TOTAL CITY. 
MONTHS. 
« 1 
TOTAL. 
W. 
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January 
37 
56 
93 
18 
30 
48 
23 
18 
41 
17 
23 
40 
2 
2 
5 
3 
8 
1 
5 
6 
103 
135 
238 
24 
52 
76 
February 
31 
50 
84 
37 
42 
79 
38 
51 
89 
14 
18 
32 
2 
2 4 
7 
5 
12 
1 
9 
10 
133 
177 
310 
48 
8i 
131 
March 
52 
65 
117 
75 
104 
179 
97 
110 
207 
4(! 
18 
58 
5 
( 14 
27 
10 
37 
7 
7 
296 
323 
619 
72 
149 
221 
April 
63 
74 
137 
84 
110 
194 
117 
180 
297 
32 
18 
50 
9 
25 34 
34 
21 
55 
1 
2 
3 
340 
430 
770 
102 
159 
261 
May 
41 
62 
103 
41 
61 
102 
105 
97 
202 
25 
13 
38 
16 
54 70 
11 
4 
15 
1 
1 
239 
292 
531 
80 
95 
175 
June 
13 
67 
80 
16 
41 
57 
31 
69 
100 
18 
12 
30 
35 
44 79 
10 
4 
14 
1 
1 
123 
238 
361 
53 
96 
149 
July 
17 
27 
44 
13 
10 
23 
12 
11 
23 
21 
11 
32 
15 
15 30 
10 
14 
24 
1 
1 
89 
88 
177 
44 
40 
84 
August 
6 
14 
20 
8 
18 
26 
10 
5 
15 
22 
11 
33 
3 
30 33 
4 
6 
10 
6 
6 
59 
84 
143 
31 
36 
67 
September 
5 
9 
14 
6 
9 
15 
3 
4 
7 
3 
5 
8 
1 
23 24 
2 
2 
4 
20 
52 
72 
12 
29 
41 
268 
424 
692 
298 
425 
723 
436 
545 
981 
192 
129 
321 
88 
202 290 
108 
67 
175 
12 
27 
39 
1402 
1819 
3221 1 
466 
739 
1205 
DEATHS BY SMALL-POX CLASSIFIED 
AS 
TO 
DISTRICTS. 
1st District. 
2d District 
3d District. 
4th District. 
5tli District. 
6tli District. 
7th District. 
TOTAL. 
MONTHS. 
W. 
C. 
Total 
W. 
C. 
Total 
w. 
C. 
Total 
W. 
C. 
Total 
W. 
C. 
Total 
W. 
c. 
Total 
W. 
C. 
Total 
W. 
C. 
Total 
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11 
17 
28 
7 
7 
1 14 
5 
3 
8 
5 
2 
7 
12 
8 
20 
3 
6 
1 
1 
44 
40 
84 
17 
ID 
G 
6 
12 
5 
1 
9 
5 
14 
3 
9 
12 
1 
2 
2 
2 
31 
36 
67 
12 
9 
o 
9 
1 
1 
1! 
11 
1 
1 
2 
12 
29 
41 
6 
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19 
' 39 
5? 
18 
22 
1 40 
12 
4 
16 
15 
7 
22 
15 
28 
43 
4 
4 
8 
4 
1 
5 
87 
105 
192 
35 11 
Tlie labors performed under the directions of the President of the Board 
of Health for 1883 by the sanitary inspectors are fully unfolded in the fol- 
lowing reports : 
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR, FIRST DISTRICT, 
New Orleans, October 15, 1883. 
Joseph Jones, M. D., President Board of Health : 
Sir—In the daily papers of late, as well as in the proceedings of the New Orleans Aux- 
iliary Sanitary Association on the eleventh instant, the small force of the Board ot 
Health available for sanitary purposes has been much dwelt upon, and especially so in 
connection with the stamping out of small-pox in this city, I would like to take ad- 
vantage of this opportunity to say a few words in behalf of the officers of vour honor- 
able Board, and assert that it is no fault of theirs that small-pox still lingers in opr 
midst, and that the force is an efficient one, and does all in its power. 
It is certainly true that in an epidemic, as in the past winter months, the available 
force of sanitary policemen is taxed to the utmost, but not to such an extent as might be 
inferred or commonly believed. 
The trouble is not that these men cannot attend to an epidemic, but in addition to the 
regular house-to-house inspections, and the latter work is usually deferred to a more 
favorable opportunity, complaints may be attended to which comprise any serious 
nuisances. 
In the First District, for instance, two officers looked after small-pox, and one officer 
to nuisances in general. The force was, therefore, adequate for all practical purposes. 
A large force is not necessary in any district to attend to infectious and contagious dis- 
eases, even when very prevalent. What is essential, is that the force be composed of con- 
scientious and trustworthy men—one good man is worth a dozen poor ones. This city 
may never have such a metropolitan force as New York boasts of, and be able to station 
a policeman on every infected square to prevent ingress to or egress from flagged 
houses ; nor is that necessary, in my opinion, provided that the men are competent. I 
have been connected with the Board of Health of this city and State for the past eight 
years, and the present organization of the inspectors and policemen is as thorough and 
reliable as any I have known. I will illustrate my remarks by mentioning the labors of 
officers E. Bohner and Geo. Zeller, during the past nine months of the present year. 
The work of looking after small-pox and attending to complaints was placed in their 
hands, and I was never disappointed in the trust. The fact of so little complaint con- 
cerning the disease at our hands, appearing in the reporters’ columns of the papers, is 
self-evident, and sufficient to support my views. These officers kept every infected 
house under surveillance after flagging, and in this way discovered concealed cases re- 
peatedly, and also cases not reported by the attending physician. The disease was fol- 
lowed up closely, and known in the district as on a map, every infected premise was 
thoroughly disinfected and the rooms fumigated, at the earliest moment, and the bedding 
and covering and wearing apparel either destroyed on the spot or conveyed to the vicini- 
ty of the Small-Pox Hospital on Hagan Avenue, and there burned. Cases not properly 
isolated, or in attendance of a physician, were sent to the hospital. This was often 
done at the risk of these men, as friends and relations would often object. In a very 
few instances did the disease re-occur after fumigation and disinfection, unless the case 
occurred in a tenement house, where many families lived in adjoining rooms. The dis- 
ease has been stamped out in one locality after another, until it is about extinct in this 
district. I have made it a rule to order the owners of tenement houses so infected, to 
have them whitewashed throughout, including the outstanding wood-work. What is 
said for the First District applies to the others. It is a common thing for our officers to 
act as pall-bearers and pseudo-undertakers for the poor, forsaken wretches dying of this 
disease. The public, of course, is unaware of the extra exertions to stamp out the dis- 
ease in any locality. I have held the opiniop always that removal to the hospital 
stamps out the disease in any locality even more effectually than vaccination, with less 
danger of its subsequent spread. In answer to your communication ot the thirteenth 
instant. I will give a table of the work done in this district since the beginning of the 
year. 1 may add, that vaccination has been offered to persons residing in the neighbor- 
hood of small-pox cases, but with indifferent success. Nothing short of compulsory 
laws will ever accomplish the purpose. 
Yours respectfully, R. A BAYLEY, M. D., 
Sanitary Jnspector, First District. 12 
[Table Attached. | 
Table showing the statistics of small-pox in the First District since January 1, 1883, 
to date, including inspection work, etc. : 
No. of cases of small-pox 640 
No. of cases sent to hospital 167 
No. of deaths from small-pox 186 
~~ No. of cases after fumigation 54 
No. of premises fumigated _ 532 
No. of premises disinfected - 532 
No. of premises where clothing was destroyed 132 
No. of house-to-house inspections 8742 
No. of re-inspections 5481 
No. of nuisances abated.... 2100 
No. of vaccinations 650 
No. of vaccination certificates 875 
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR, SECOND DISTRICT, 
New Orleans, La., October 18, 1883. 
Jeseph .7ones,M. I)., President Board of Health: 
Sir—I respectfully submit this report on the subject of small-pox, in answer to your 
communication of the thirteenth hist., on the following questions: 
1. Number of cases of small-pox which have occurred in your district from January 1, 
1883, to October, 1883 : 586 cases of small-pox ; 225 whites, 361 colored, have been reported 
to this office, or found out. by the sanitary officers and police. 
2. Number of deaths 342 ; 107 whites and 165 colored, giving a percentage of more than 
one death to two of cases reported, showing that there is a great neglect in reporting of 
cases on the part of physicians, and also that many cases are treated without physicians, 
in order to escape being reported. 
3. Number of premises, rooms, etc., fumigated for small-pox: 345 premises were 
fumigated for small-pox. 
4. Mode of dealing with small-pox, etc.: when a case of small-pox is reported to this 
office hr foundont, a yellow tlag is immediately nailed to the house occupied by the patient. 
This is the best practical means of isolation, and also warns the neighborhood to provide 
themselves with vaccination at the earliest moment. This vaccination is offered by us 
to all infected localities and neighborhood where small-pox exists. 
5 Number of cases sent to hospital: only those are sent who are willing to go, or have 
no person to take care of them ; ten were sent to the Small-Pox Hospital. 
Give number and a detailed statement of your efforts to suppress small-pox in your 
district; also number of vaccinations from January, 1883, to October, 1883. 
When cases are reported well, or when scabs have fallen off, the premises are 
thoroughly fumigated, and the clothes which have been used by patient washed in 
boiling water, ami sometimes burnt, with the consent of their owners. 
The number of cases reported is so much greater than that of fumigations because, as 
a rule, many cases occur in the same localities ; as an instance, thirty-one cases occurred 
in four houses on St. Peter street. I vaccinated from January to October, 1883, 1548 
persons, 909 whites and 639 colored ; 1040 were secondary, and 508 primary, 563 were 
vaccinated at the office of the Board of Health and 965 at their homes and public in- 
stitutions. 
There were no applications for certificates of vaccination this year. 
Three thousand three hundred and thirty house-to-house inspections from January to 
October 1883; 1195 nuisances were abated. 
Respectfully yours, C. FAGET, M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector, Second District. 
SMALL POX IN SECOND DISTRICT. 
No. of cases of Small-Pox in the Second District from January 1, 1883, to September 
J30, 1883. 
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H 
S 1 13 
DEATHS FROM SMALL-POX FROM JANUARY 1, TO SEPTEMBER 30. 
JAN. 
FEB. 
MARCH 
APRIL. 
MAY. 
JUNE 
JULY. 
1 
AUG. 
SEPT. 
TOTAL. 
Total 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
c. 
1 w. 
c 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
W. & C. 
11 
11 
18 
23 
36 
27 
38 
17 
21 
10 
20 
1 8 
7 
6 
6 
5 
8 
107 
165 
342 
PERSON'S VACCINATED FROM JANUARY 1, 1883, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1883. 
JAN. 
FEB. 
MARCH 
APRIL. 
MAY. 
JUNE. 
JULY. 
AUG. 
SEPT. 
TOTAL. 
Totil 
W. 
c. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
c. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
c. 
W. 
c. 
w' 
C. 
W. 
c. 
W. 
C. 
W. A C. 
52 
119 
193 
134 
306 
187 
278 
142i 39 
22 
10 
12 
12 
10 
9 
7 
10 
6 
909 
639 
1548 
NUMBER OF PREMISES FUMIGATED FOR SMALL-POX 
JAN. 
i FEB. 
MARCH 
APRIL. 
MAY. 
JUNE. 
JULY. 
AUG. 
SEPT. TOTAL. 
14 
1 38 
04 
04 
02 
| 44 
28 
20 
n 1 
345 
Number of cases of small-pox sent to Small-Pox Hospital from January 1, to September 30,1883, 
10. 
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR, THIRD DISTRICT, 
New Orleans, October 14, 1883. 
Joseph Jones, M. D., President Board of Health: 
Sir—In compliance with your communication of the thirteenth inst., I beg leave to 
report as follows, to the data contained. 
1. From January 1, 1883, to October 13, 1883, 887 cases ol sinall-pox have been record- 
ed at the office : 463 males and 424 females ; 443 white, 444 colored ; 348 adults over 
sixteen years of age and 539 children under sixteen years of age. For further par- 
ticulars please see Table 1 accompanying this report. 
2. The total number of deaths from that disease in the Third District during the same 
length of time is 284 ; whites 149, colored 135 ; please see Table 1. 
3. 2059 rooms were fumigated and 877 premises were disinfected, (See Table 2). 
4. As regards the mode of dealing with small-pox, the isolation, disinfection and 
fumigation of premises and transfers to hospital, we have conformed to the rules and 
orders given by the President of the Board of Health, viz : As soon as a case was reported 
at our office, our inspector made it his duty to visit the patient at once in order to ascer- 
tain for himself the reality and severity of the case ; this being done the yellow flag was 
immediately displayed, free vaccination offered and urged as much as possible to the 
occupants of the infected house, strict orders given to prevent visitors from entering the 
premises, free vacciuation offered to all neighbors, warnings given as to the dangers of 
attending the disease and advice given for their protection against the malady. 
At the termination of each case, the house where the case had occurred was thoroughly 
fumigated with sulphur for at least four hours ; all articles that served for the patients 
during illness were either destroyed or boiled for at least twelve hours in a solution of 
carbolic acid, privies were ordered emptied and notice served to that effect; the premises 
thoroughly disinfected with a solution of copperas and carbolic acid. It may be well to 
state here that your inspector and his sanitary officers, Messrs. J. Nowell and H. F. 
Evans, also during six weeks, Messrs. Taylor and Wittie, officers of the city police, 
who were detailed to the Board of Health during that time, are the only persons who 
have attended to the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the Board of Health in 
regard to small-pox in the Third District. 
All cases that were not attended by a regularly practicing physician or where their 
management was bad, were sent to the hospital in the charity wagons in charge of the 
city. 
5. Thirty-five cases were sent to the hospital by our special order, ten whites, and 
twenty-five colored. 14 
Quite ■a number of cases of small-pox having at their own request been transferred to 
the hospital (we do not count this in our total thirty-five), having already given in section 
four a detailed statement of our efforts to suppress small-pox, I will, nevertheless, 
put to account several reports on the management of the Luzenburg Hospital, which 
probably have had something to do with the closure of this establishment, the largest 
focus of infection and contagion in the city. 
It may be well to state here that on the twenty-sixth day of September, 1883, 
accompanied by Mr. A. De Fonblauque, British Consul, and my officer, Mr. J. Nowell, 
a general and thorough inspection of the hospital was made by your inspector. All 
articles of bed-clothing, wearing apparel, curtains etc., belonging to the patients that 
were soiled or could carry contagion were set apart and burnt the following day by the 
officers under my supervision. 
All the wards, public and private, the apartments of the late Dr. Hayes, the kitchen, 
washing-rooms, were thoroughly fumigated and disinfected; the privies were first thor- 
oughly disinfected and then notice to have them emptied given and served'. 
6. Total number of house-to-house inspections from January 1, 1883 to October 13, 
1883, 7023. For further particulars please see Table 2. 
7. Total number of persons vacillated during the sUme length of time, 1069. 
8. Total number of nuisances abated since January, 1872. For particulars see Table 
Number 2. 
9. It is impossible for me to give a definite and correct account of the number of 
certificates issued to school children, as I have kept no memoranda of those given, but I 
may, however, safely say, from 250 to 300 such certificates were given by me since 
January 1, 1883; all of which is most respectfully submitted. 
EUG. J. MIOTON. M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector, Third District. 
TABLE 1. 
SHOWING NUMBER OF CASES OF SMALL-POX 
From January 1 to October 13, 1883, in the Third District. 
MONTHS. 
Males. 
00 
© 
IS 
© 
PH 
Whites. 
Colored. 
Adults. 
2 
Recovered. 
Died. 
Sent to 
Hospital. 
cc rs 
S © 
111 
J 
© « 
3.5 
© « 
Total Cases 
Remarks. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
r 
Ifi 
15 
21 
10 
16 
15 
23 
8 
75 
31 
31 
36 
37 
38 
35 
53 
40 
51 
12 
10 
1 
2 
141 
73I 
73 
112 
103 
107 
108 
92 
123 
160 
21 
34 
5 
12 
302 
215 
215 
O 
126 
103 
104 
125 
73 
156 
150 
38 
41 
5 
514 
229 
229 
92 
95 
104 
83 
77 
110 
135 
27 
25 
2 
2 
475 
187 
187 
53 
44 
36 
61 
35 
62 
45 
30 
22 
1 
3 
304 
97 
97 
-G GO 
July 
17 
12 
16 
11 
11 
18 
21 
6 
2 
165 
29 
29 
S 
August 
4 
10 
10 
4 
8 
6 
8 
5 
I 
1 
1 
62 
14 
14 
° rf 
September 
7 
2 
4 
5 
2 
7 
7 
2 
19 
9 
9 
© 
e» 
3 
1 
2 
1 
2 
3 
2 
3 
3 
© 
Total 
463 
424 
443 
00 
s 
539 
603 
149 
135 
10 
25 
2059 
887 
887 
TABLE 2. 
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION. 
Premises inspected 7023 
Premises occupied—whites 3399 
l’remises occupied—colored 1326 
Nuisances abated 1872 
No. of squares disinfected 110 
No. of premises disinfected 887 
No. of rooms fumigated 2059 
No. of persons vaccinated 1069 
E. J. MIOTON, M. D., Inspector. 
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR, FOURTH DISTRICT, 
New Orleans, October 18, 1883. 
Joseph Jones, M. D., President Board of Health: 
Si,-—I herewith submit the following report of small-pox in the Fourth District from 
January 1883; to October, 1883. 
The method adopted to prevent the spread of this dise'ase has been that so urgently 
recommended by yourself. 
As soon as notified of a case of small-pox, the house is immediately flagged in a con- 
spicuous place, and the case isolated as much as possible ; free vaccination is offered to 
all persons within a radius of four squares. In case of death all gatherings around the 
body were prohibited, and also large attendance at the funerals. 15 
The rooms were thoroughly disinfected by burning sulphur for from ten to twelve 
hours. The vaults are emptied and disinfected with sulphate of iron and carbolic acid. 
The rooms are white-washed, and when practicable, bedding and clothing was destroyed. 
Free vaccination was offered to several colored congregations, but they declined to 
avail themselves of the opportunity. 
During the past two mouths but few persons have presented themselves for vaccina- 
tion at this ofiiiee 
Small-pox cases were only transferred to the Small-Pox Hospital, when found to be in 
want; of these there were twenty-nine. 
As a rule , they object strongly to being sent to the hospital; they consider it death. 
At the present time, we have not a single case of small-pox in the Fourth District. 
Very Respectfully, W. R. MANDEVILLE, M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector, Fourth District. 
SPECIAL REPORT 
OF 
W. R. MANDEVILLE, M. D., SANITARY INSPECTOR, FOURTH DISTRICT, 
From January 1, to October 13, 1883, on Small-Pox. 
Number of cases i 326 
Number of deaths 99 
Number of premises fumigated 225 
Number of rooms fumigated 573 
Number of yellow flags displayed 225 
Number of eases sent to hospital 29 
Number of house-to-house inspections 4906 
Number of nuisances abated 1425 
Number of free vaccinations 663 
Number of certificates issued 698 
W. R. MANDEVILLE, M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector, Fourth District. 
New Orleans, October 16, 1883. 
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR, FIFTH DISTRICT, > 
New Orleans, October 13, 1883- \ 
Joseph Jones, M. D., President Board of Health; 
Sir—I respectfully submit herewith my report from January to October, 1883 : 
Enclosed is a tabulated report of cases of small-pox in the Fifth District, with the 
number of deaths, etc., as requested by the Honorable President of the Board of Health; 
also a statement of the efforts to suppress small-pox in the Fifth District, isolation, 
disinfection, fumigation, etc., yellow flags and cases sent to the hospital. 
I herewith state that as much as it was in my power to prevent gatherings at funerals 
or communication, from house-to-house where there was a case of small-pox, I have done 
so; among the white class I was able to make them understand the necessity of 
such a measure, to prevent the spread of the disease, but with the negroes it was nearly 
useless, as they will not understand. 
I will also state, that in every house where there was a case of small-pox reported, a 
yellow flag was exhibited on the house visited by me, and if there was no physician in 
attendance or nurse, or unable to be provided for, the case was sent by me to the 
hospital. I have thus sent, as the report will show, four whites and ninteen colored ; 
total twenty-three. 
I will state, that in every house where a case of small-pox has been, the premises 
were entirely disinfected by sulphur and carbolic acid, the privy ordered to be cleaned 
and free vacciunation offered, but in many cases refused. I have also destroyed in 
thirty-two premises, beddings, and clothing, etc. 
Enclosed herewith is also a statement of house-to-house inspections, and total 
number of nuisances abated from January 1 to October 13, 1883 ; also a table, showing 
free vaccinnation in the Fifth District. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servt, A. M. BERET, M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector, Fifth District. 16 
TABLE 3. 
FROM JANUARY 1 TO OCTOBER 13, 1883, 
Showing Number of Cases of Small-Pox in Fifth District. 
No. of Cases 
No. Sent to 
Died. 
o 
o 
No. of 
Hospital. 
MONTHS. 
Flags. 
— 
Room s 
Premises 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
W. 
C. 
Fumigated 
Disinfected 
T 
2 
3 
1 
6 
1 
3 
13 
April 
D 
25 
3 
8 
31 
4 
May 
15 
55 
8 
15 
59 
3 
i 
120 
59 
35 
44 
10 
16 
67 
7 
148 
July 
27 
25 
3 
6 
29 
1 
o 
71 
32 
1 
o. 
1 
ll 
18 
1 
30 
18 
l 
1 
4 
14 
Total 
116 
206 
39 
66 
259 
4 
19 
520 
259 
Grand total 
322 
105 
259 
23 
520 
259 
A. M. BERET, M. I).. 
Sanitary Inspector, Fifth District. 
Nuisances abated 595 | Inspections made 2425 
Total vaccinations—white 78 
Total vaccinations —colored 321 
Total certificates given 69 
Grand Total Vaccinations 399 
OFFICE SANITARY INSPECTOR SIXTH AND SEVENTH DISTRICTS, \ 
New Orleans, October 15, 1883. j 
Joseph Jones. M. D., President Board of ITealth : 
Sir—I respectfully submit to you the following report of the sanitary condition of the 
Sixth and Seventh Districts, commencing January 1, 1883, and ending October 13, 1883; 
whites 117 
colored 87 
Cases of small-pox in both districts 
Cases seut to hospital 
whites 7 
colored 22 
Deaths, 
whites 33 
colored 27 
Recovered. 
whites 77 
colored 38 
Persons vaccinated, 
whites 497 
colored 723 
Certificates issued 835 
Number of premises where small-pox existed 139 
Premises disinfected and fumigated 221 
Rooms disinfected and fumigated 491 
At all places where small-pox existed we placed a yellow flag on the premises, in con- 
spicuous positions, so as to warn the people of the existence of this disease. The sur- 
rounding neighborhood was visited, and free vaccination offered to all the citizens. 
Isolation was made as complete as possible ; houses were fumigated with burning sul- 
phur, which was left in the room from ten to twelve hours. 
Patients were transferred to the Small-Pox Hospital in public wagons, provided for 
that purpose. Circulars containing the instructions of the Board of Health in regard to 
cleanliness, etc., were distributed freely; also disinfectants were distributed free. 
We have visited house-to-house and solicited vaccination. In cases where it was im- 
possible to isolate, 1 sent them immediately to the hospital. 
Total nuisances abated, 545 ; inspections and re-inspections, 7981. 
This work has been accomplished with only one officer, who has to leave one district 
for the other in case of an emergency, and there is very much valuable time lost in so 
doing. T also forward you a complete report of sanitary work in the Sixth and Seventh 
Districts, from January 1, 1883, to October 13, 1883 
I am, respectfully, yours, WM. RYAN, M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector Sixth and Seventh Districts. 17 
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT, 
From January 1, to October 13, 1883. 
Premises inspected 2695 
Number of persons occupying premises—white 5440 
Number of persons occupying premises—colored 1559—6999 
Inspections made 3761 
Re-inspections * 561—4322 
Nuisances abated 465 
Premises disinfected 200 
Premises fumigated 200 
Rooms fumigated and disinfected 429 
Number of cases of small-pox—white 110 
Number of cases of small-pox—colored 10— 170 
Number of premises where small pox existed 127 
Number of cases sent to hospital—white 7 
Number of cases sent to hospital—colored 15— 22 
Number of deaths from s.nall-pox—white 28 
Number of deaths from small-pox—colored 18— 46 
Number recovered from small-pox—white 75 
Number recovered from small pox—colored 27— 102 
Persons vaccinated—white 344 
Persons vaccinated—colored 389 —733 
Number of certificates issued v 531 
WM. RYAN, M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector, Sixth District. 
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT, 
From January 1, to October 13, 1883. 
Premises 987 
Persons occupying same—white 1826 
Persons occupying same—colored 2479—4305 
Inspections made 3571 
Re-inspections made 1 88 
Nuisances abated •• 80 
Premises disinfected 21 
Premises fumigated 21 
Rooms fumigated 62 
Cases of small pox—white 7 
Cases of small-pox—colored 27 —34 
Number of premises where small-pox existed '. 12 
Number of cases sent to hospital—colored 7 
Number of deaths—white 5 
Number of deaths—colored 9— 14 
Recovered—white 2 
Recovered—colored 11— 13 
Vaccinated—white 153 
Vaccinated—colored 339— 492 
Certificates issued 324 
WM. RYAN, M. D., 
Sanitary Inspector Sixth and Seventh Districts. 
From the preceding reports of the Sanitary Inspectors of the Board of 
Health of the State of Louisiana we obtain the following general results as 
to the operations, designed more especially for the arrest of small-pox. 
In the First District 640 cases of small-pox, with 186 deaths, were 
reported; 167 cases of small-pox were sent to the Small-Pox Hospital. 
532 premi*3s were disinfected and fumigated; clothing and bedding de- 
stroyed in 132 premises. . 
The inspections and re-inspections numbered 14,223; and 2100 nuisances 
were abated; the vaccinations numbered 650, and 875 certificates were 
issued. 
Vaccination has been freely offered to all persons in the vicinity of 
small pox cases. 
By the energetic measures instituted by Dr. Bayley the small pox has 
been extinguished in the First District of New Orleans. 
In 1880, the population of the First District was: white, 43,319; colored, 
14,126; total, 57,445. 
At the present time, the population of this District is not less than 
60,000, and it probably includes within its area, more wealth engaged in 18 
commercial and mercantile pursuits than in all the other Southern cities, 
exclusive, perhaps, of Baltimore. 
But one case in the entire First District, October 24,1883. 
Second District—586 cases of small-pox ; 225 white and 361 colored; 342 
deaths; 107 whites 105 colored. 
345 premises fumigated; 10 cases sent to hospital; vaccinated 909 whites 
and 039 colored; total 1548; 4297 house-to-house inspections, and 1195 
nuisances abated. 
Third District—887 cases small-pox; whites 443, colored 444; deaths 284; 
whites 149 and colored 135; 2059 rooms were fuminated, 887 premises 
disinfected; 35 cases small-pox sent to hospital; 7023 house-to-house in- 
spections; vaccinations 1009; nuisances abated 1873. Only three cases of 
small pox in this District at present time, October, 1883. 
Fourth District—At the present time not a case of small-pox in this 
District; total number of cases 326; deaths 99. 
Premises fumigated, 224; number of rooms fumigated, 573; yellow flags 
displayed, 225; cases sent to hospitel, 29; house-to-house inspections, 4006 ; 
nuisances abated, 1435; number of vaccinations, 063; certificates issued, 
038. 
Fifth District—cases small-pox, 323; whites 200, colored 116; deaths 105; 
whites 66, colored 39 ; number of flags 259, sent to hospital, 19 whites and 
4 colored; total, 23; rooms fumigated, 540; premises disinfected, 259; 
house-to-house inspections, 3840 ; nuisances abated, 595; total vaccinations, 
399; certificates issued 69. 
Sixth and Seventh Districts—Cases of small-pox; 204; white 117, colored 
87 ; sent to hospital 29; deaths, white 33, and colored 27; total 60; certifi- 
cates issued, 835; vaccinations, white 497; colored 723; premises fumi- 
gated, 491; nuisances abated 545 ; inspections 7981. 
From the preceding facts we deduce the following conclusions: 
1. Small pox has been arrested in New Orleans by the measures devised 
and executed by the Board of Health of the State ot Louisiana. 
2. In the efforts to isolate and arrest small-pox during 1881, 1882 and 
1883, the main difficulties were due to the following causes : 
a. The large number of colored inhabitants and poor whites, who disre- 
garded and refused vaccination. 
b. The fact that the prevalence of the disease was due chiefly to filthy 
habits and neglect of vaccination is conclusively shown by the large num- 
ber of deaths reported by the coroner. 
c. The constant introduction of the disease by strangers from the sur- 
rounding States and cities. 
3. If the statistics be carefully examined it will be seen that the most 
marked increase of the disease was concurrent with the movement of the 
great staples of the valley and the congregation of large masses of people 
in this city States. 
The decrease of small-pox during the hottest months was due to the 
efforts of the officers of the Board of Health at a time when commerce and 
trade was at the minimum. 
4. The small pox increased in proportion to the prevalence of the disease 
in surrounding States and cities and on the plantations along the banks of 
the Mississippi Biver. 
5. New Orleans will be perpetually exposed to the introduction of small- 
pox when the disease prevails in the Mississippi Valley, 
6. The entire subject of small-pox and vaccination in Louisiana is of 
paramount importance and should engage the earnest attention of the 
General Assembly at its next regular meeting in June, 1884. 19 
The preceding report was read at the regular meeting of the Board of 
Health of the State of Louisiana, October 25, 1883. 
VIEWS OF HON. I. N. MARKS. 
Mr. Marks reviewed at length the efforts of the Board of Health for the 
suppression of small pox, and called attention to the vast amount of valu- 
able sanitary work performed by the medical officers in the various dis- 
tricts. 
The free vaccinations performed by the sanitary inspectors had reached 
11,G44, and had conferred great benefits upon the citizens ; and if persons 
had neglected vaccination in New Orleans it was not the fault of the 
Board of Health, for vaccination had been offered freely to all citizens, ir- 
respective of color, race or present or previous condition. 
If each physician had accomplished only one-half the work performed by 
each sanitary inspector of the Board of Health, then we should have had, 
as shown by the President, at least 225,000 vaccinations. 
The assertions emanating from the executive committee of the New Or- 
leans Auxiliary Sanitary Associations were incorrect; every measure,such 
as the use of small-pox flags, the erection of small-pox hospitals, the con- 
veyance of the sick in wagons devoted specially to this purpose, the isola- 
tion of the sick, and the prevention of gatherings at funerals, had been 
urged, and as far as the means of the Board extended, been exerted by the 
faithful and zealous officers of the Board of Health from the first appear- 
ance of small-pox in 1881. 
These remarks, he said, were made because the step lately taken by the 
Auxiliary Sanitary Association and the appointment by that association of 
a number of physicians to inspect the various residences and vaccinate all 
persons not vaccinated, seemed to lead to the impression that the board 
had not done its duty. The Sanitary Association had appropriated $5000 for 
that purpose, and begain their labors at the present time, when there is no 
necessity for such action, for, by referring to the mortuary reports, it will 
be seen that during the past two weeks only six deaths had occurred by 
small pox, and these at the small pox hospital, showing that there had 
been no deaths in private practice of physicians. The board and its officers 
had done their duty, as their reports showed, and that the work done by 
the sanitary inspectors has met with its just reward by the arrest of •small- 
pox in the city, and deserves commendation on the part of the people. 
The following resolutions were offered by Mr. Booth, and adopted: 
Resolutions of Hon. Edward Booth with reference to the efforts of the 
officers of the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana for the suppression 
of small pox in New Orleans. 
Resolved, That the board have heard read with profound satisfaction the 
report of its President, giving an outline of its labors and the detailed re- 
ports made by Drs. Bayley, Faget, Mioton, Mandeville, Beret and Ryan, 
respectively medical inspectors of the seven districts of the city, upon the 
subject of small-pox. 
1. As to the methods adopted for its isolation and suppression. 
2. As to the difficulties encountered and overcome. 
3. As to the enormous amount of careful and systematic work done, and 
finally the abundant success which, under Providence, has crowned their 
labors, by a reduction of the weekly mortuary of small-pox from a maximum 20 
of 8G for week ending Aj>ril 7, 1883, to the present minimum of three for 
week ending October. 20, 1883, a point which has not been reached since 
November, 1882. 
Resolved, That the board recognize the impossibility of forecasting what 
the future may have in store for our people, but will not refrain from con- 
gratulating the community upon the substantial cessation of small pox, as 
well as the entire absence of any form of contagious or infectious disease. 
Resolved, That the President and medical staff of the board have merited, 
and are hereby tendered, at the close of the season, the thanks of the peo- 
ple, as.far as the board can express them, and are requested to continue 
their well-begun work for the absolute eradication of small-pox, trusting 
for their reward to the appreciation of the beneficiaries, and remembering 
the appositeuess of the maxim that “nothing succeeds like-success.” 
jResolved, That the President be and is hereb}" authorized and requested 
to embody in his annual report to the General Assembly of Louisiana the 
valuable and important facts reported by the medical inspectors, and to 
make such other use of the same as he shall deem to be for the public in- 
terest.