The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-18
THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF the City OF
IL Washington declare the following to con-

/ sutute
.NnisaRceS:
Dead carcases, dead fish or offas of fish; heaps
of oyster shells; oas from butchers stalls slaugh
ter houses or tan YARDS stagnant water in ponds,
marshes sewers cellars; foul prlyies, hog styes,
and decayed vegetables of all descriptions, whether
entire or those portions thereof not used as food
which may be thrown out from kitchens; horses
going at large with the CHAMBERS, farcy, or other
Contagious diseases; the drainage from dye houses
and soap factories; houses or buildings unoccuped
and in state of dilapidation or decay, endanger-
ing the lives property of those in the vicinity.
/ The Commissioners of the several Wards will see
TO the enforcement OF the foregoing regulations re-
latve TO nuisances, and TO the exaction Of the Pc
naties prescribed by law.
All persons DESTROYS of calling the attention of
the Board to the existence of nuisances are request
ed to do so in writing, addressed to the members of
the Board for the Ward in which such nuisance
may exist stating the nature of the same, with its
! location, sc.
By order of the Board: =
THO. MILLER, M. D., President.
Members of the Board of Health, May 81, 1851.
First Wdrd.-Dr. X. Johnson, corner oath street
and Pennsylvania avenue; Mr.. Charles Calvert,
| 18th street, between and X.
Second WGrd.-Dr. Tn Miller, Z street, near
18th; Mr. j. II. Riley, 18th street, near Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Third JVard.-D j. C. Hall, Pennsylvania ave-
nue., near 9th street; MIR. VIM. p Young, 9Th street,
between l. and NJ.
Fourth W'ard DIR. T. B. ], Frye, near 4! streets;
Mr.. G G. Grammer, corner a. and streets.
FIN Vard.-Mr VIM. p Ferguson, Georgia
avenue, near Sd street; Mr.. John p. Ingle, New
Jersey avenue, near street.
Sirh Wdrd.-Dr. j. NJ. Roberts, G street, be.
tween 7th and 5th streets; MIR. John E. Bates cor
ner 7th and l. streets.
Seuenh Ward-Mr Samuel Byington, 5th street,
between l. and NJ streets; MIR. VIM, Il. Randolph
Secretary, Maryland avenue, near 18th street.
AN ACT relating to the draining of paved aleys
and cutters, and for other purposes
Be il enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board
Of Common Council Of The City Of Washington, That
from and after the passage of this act it shall be the
duty OF each and every person occupying a dwell
ing, or other building bordering on public or pri-
vate paved alley, to have the dirt and rubbish in
the alley bordering on his, her, or their premises
collected into piles once week, or more frequent
y if required by the Commissioner of the Ward,
and, when SO collected it shall be the duty of the
scavenger to have such dirt or rubbish carried
away possible after it is collected; and it
shall be the duty of each and every person in such
squares in the populous parts of the city shall
be designated by the Board of Health, or the MEM
bers thereof Of the Ward, to keep soptubs for the
otfal of the kitchen, and to have the same carried
away and empted in such places and al such times
as shall be designated by the Commissioner of the
Ward; and each and every person residing in such
squares thus designated, or any other person who
shall throw, or permit any servant member of
his or her family to throw, any fluid or solid offal
on or contiguous to such squares, in any other
place than that designated by the Commissioner of
the Ward, shall be subject to such penalty as is
hereinafter mentioned; and ii shall be the duty of
the scavenger, when called upon by any house
keeper, on the prepayment of one cent for each
bucket of fluid solid oal of the kitchen, to have
the same removed to the place designated by the
Commissioner of the Ward.
Sec. 2. lind be IL enacted, That it shall be the
duty OF each and every person occupying dwell
ing house. store, or any other kind of building, to
have the paved gutter in front OF his, her, their
premises cleaned daily from the first of June to
the first of October, by collecting the dirt from
such gutter into piles, to be removed by the
enger as soon as possible after it is collected.
Sec. 3. And be 10 enacted, That each and every
person violating any of the provisions of this act
shall be subject to penalty OF one dollar for each
and every offence, to be collected and disposed of
as other fines collected and disposed OF under
the laws of this Corporation.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted That, in case of the abb
sence inability of the scavengers of the wards to
perform the services required by this act, it shall
be the duty of the Board of Health to cause the filth
10 be removed in the most speedy and effectual
manner, and the expense of the same shall be paid
by the Mayor from the general fund.
Sec 5. And be 10 enacted, That Immediately after
any private alley shall be pronounced in a state of
nuisance by the Board OF Health, it shall be the
duty OF the Mayor to cause the same to be closed.
Sec. D. Ind be IL enacted, That the Mayor be
and he Is hereby authorized and requested TO have
published in handful form and distributed, COPY
Of this act Immediately after it's passage and an
nually hereafter before the first day of June as
also of any other act regulation of the Board of
Health which he may think necessary to preserve
or improve the health of the city.
SILAS Fl. HILL,
President of the Board of Common Council.
WALTER LENOX,
President Of the Board of Aldermen.
Approved May IS, lS49
w. w. sEAToN, Mayor.
The Board Of Health have, in conformity with
the dissection of the above act, designated the fol-
lowing reservations and squares in the city of
Washington those in which sop- tubs for the otlal
of the kitchen are to be kept:
FIRST Wdrd-Squares Nos. rs, II, rs, Sc, 10l,
los, lis, ll9, l2O l2l l26, l27, AL loo, los, l69
22I
Second Ward.-Squares 223 224, 225, 900, 227,
252 253, 255, PSI, 257, 2SS, $50, $780, 29l 292 293
3S 49, 800, 32l, 322, 1913, 344, 345, 346 347, 34S,
349
Third Ward-Squarea 367, 365, 1863, $40, 1913, 374,
375 1916 377 37S, 379 $50, $751; 40l 402 4O3 404 405
400 407 40S, 1923 424, 1875, 426, 427, 425 429, 43l
432, AS, 449, and150.
Fourth Ward. -Reservatons A, b, and TO- and
squares Nos 453, 454 455, 456, 457, 46l, 1885, 400,
49l, and 533.
/ Fifth Ward.-Reservaton Nos. IL and H. and
squares Nos. SIS, 6S7, 6SS, $50, 1913, and 729
By ORDER THO. MILLER, NJ. D.,
President Of the Board of Health.
June l0-lamtOct