DEPARTMENT OF VITAL STATISTICS In compiling death returns the other guided by the the catho classification of causes of death. REPORT OF RECORDER OF BIELE, ALARBLACE AND DEATH NEW OBERANO, JANUARY Jr, pred To the Honorable Chairman and Members of the Hound of Houlth of the City of New Orlean GENTLEMEN- The following tables have been compiled in this office, showing the number of deaths that have occurred in His ty during the years 1006 and 107. Very respectfully, P. HENRY LASALZE Deputy Merunder 84 Report of Board of Health. compilation of such laws and city ordinances as relate to this subjectmatter, and, during the year, I compiled these. I append this compilation to this report. Having no complete work of reference from which to prepare an authentic book, it became necessary to make a personal examination of over twenty thousand (20,000) ordinances and two thousand (2,000) acts of the Legislature. My first idea was to codify the work, but there being so many ordinances upon the same subject-matter, while embracing other subject-matter, the impracticability of this was soon made apparent. The system I adopted is a compilation, seriatim, in order of date, the oldest act of the Legislature being included first, the youngest last. The same system obtains with reference to the ordinances of the City of New Orleans. To these I added such excerpts from the constitution and articles of the Civil Code of Louisiana as are pertinent to the subject. Appreciating that the compilation of these in such order would make them difficult of reference, I have added a topical index, a system of reference and cross reference, by which the layman as well as the lawyer may, I hope, obtain the information he desires, and readily. Upward of two thousand (2,000) of these references and cross references will be found in the index. The system used, together with the abbreviations and other descriptive matter will be found in the preface attached to the work. An examination of these laws and ordinances will disclose that there are many that have not been enforced, because forgotten, and many not found in any work on the subject. In my opinion, it was necessary to a promotion of the health and well-being of the community and for that reason I prepared it. In its use I hope that the city may find one way to improve health and sanitary conditions, the board an aid to its labors and an added revenue to its too limited fund. The accomplishment of these ends will compensate the many tedious hours spent in preparing this humble contribution to the great public work entrusted to the Board of Health of the City of New Orleans. A meeting of the State Board of Health was called to conudet a sanitary code to be adopted by that Board, a tentative pamphlet of which had been published. The President, Doctor Robin, the Sex retary of this Board and I attended this heating. I there urged objec tions, which this Board had, to the proposed code, all of which were adopted. I stated that I had legal objections to urge against the proposed code; consideration of these was deterred until the State Board could consult with its attorney, it being then understood, that thereafter another meeting would be called to heat and determme upon the legal points to be made by me. This meeting has not yet taken place up to the time of the writing of this report. After the decision in the condensed milk case, and in view of the damage suit instituted because of the destruction of some of this milk by the Board, I suggested to the Board the advisability of its recommending to the Council the adoption of an ordinance giving it the authority to obtain samples of, and to inspect, articles to he used for food and drink, and, when found putrid, decaying or un wholesome, to give to the Board the authority to condemn and destroy. While I have no doubt of the authority of the Board, in certain cases, to condemn and destroy such articles, without an ord nance, I thought it better that it should be fortified with a muncipal ordinance. This suggestion was adopted, and by direction of the Board I prepared such an ordinance, which was introduced, at the Board's request, by Mr. Hartson, chairman of the Council Com mittee on Public Order. Wile the prea, 29and Magmely, my proved this ordinance, opposition was d'roud app nak ja by sumasa interests, especially by the Widene Grymn President of the Board and I attended many making the A .. 1 tee on Police and Public Bulldogs to vya wagon a magne The Mayor, who endorsed tue orcinata nance ence at which the opponents of tue vrcitates na Yudara fra Board and I were present though the ordinance was afterwards op adopted by the counci, approves in tur Maya and a seat int A great postacie to improvement in fact that there is m law voor of reference y. 6022 A. S. Sec. 10 sweeping trash into gutters .... 1171 C. S. burying dead less than three (3) feet underground.. 3246 N. C. 6022 A. S. 16204 C. S. 6022 A. S. S. exposing unwholesome condensed milk for sale.. carrying swill on milk wagon.. Sec. 7 discharging offensive matter into the gutters 1368 C. S. failing to construct vault. 14037 C. S. violating hog limits.... 16238 C. S. sending infected child to school. 6022 A. S. Sec. 34 reviling officer of the Board 408 N. C. S. establishing oyster stand in proscribed limits... Total These cases were tried in the following courts: First Recorder's Court Second Recorder's Court 4158 Third Recorder's Court Fourth Recorder's Court Total 1350 1571 297 642 298 4158 In the Civil District Court there were two damage suits, five injunction proceedings, three lepers sent to the Lepers' Home, and one interdiction proceeding, making a total of eleven (11); in the Criminal District Court there were twenty-nine (29) appeals; one (1) case in the United States Court; and two appeals to the Supreme Court-making a total of forty-three (43), and a grand total of four thousand two hundred and one (4201). I gave twenty-one (21) written opinions to the Board, on various matters submitted. A brief resume of the important issues presented to and determined by the courts during the year shows: First: Several lots of condensed milk were found on examination to be unfit for human food. These were condemned by the Board and ordered destroyed. On the refusal of the owners to permit these to be destroyed, I applied to the Civil District Court for an injunction in two cases and preliminary injunctions issued, and after a long litigation the Court made its injunction perpetual and directed the destruction of the milk, nearly one thousand (1000) cases. The milk was destroyed. These proceedings effectively stopped the sale of unwholesome condensed milk in the city. Second: When the ordinance prescribing the limits in which |