Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-04-11

ISLAND HALL-The excellent fair of the Ia
cire OF Trace r: r Church will soon close.
All should attend while there is yet time
SEAToN HALL.-F,,ir of the ladies of Sixth
Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Fourth
aud Assembly Churches. A fine fair and well
conducted.
ODp PILLOWS HALL.-A far for the benefit
Q. that noble charity, ST. Joseph's Male Orphan
ASy!us', l. being held IT Odd Fellows Hail
and should be Well patTonized.
CANTERBURY.-A host of splendid perform
erS at the Canterbury this week in a new and
varied programme.
BOARD or HEALTH-TmpOrtdnt AetioH-Sdni-
cry H-rsr~cs gcstef-SlaUSkter Houses, PREY
Td1t;S, de- Tae1r Influence the ChOIerd.-On
Monday afternoon a meeting OF the Board OF
Health was held At the City Hail, DIR. Jas Hall
presiding, snd DIR. George NJ. Dove, Secretary.
4 :tpr she preliminary business
Dr. &. NJ Ford, from a special committee to
whom WAS referred a resolution from the coun-
cal asking information 10 the effect of a re-
peal OF the law prohibiting the construction of
prlNy SEEKS, made report saying that in the
opinion of the committee unhealthful conse-
QuenCes would not De produced, provided
proper safeguards We're established. and sug-
E"-t that the consent OF the Board OF Health
should first be obtained and that the sinks
should be made water tight and built under
the supervision of the ward commissioners
The report Is accompanied with resolutions
that tHc construction OF pTlyy sinks would not
h. injurious to public health If properly con-
S'ructed. and that the Mayor and Councils be
informed so that the prOhibitory law may be
repealed The resolutions were adopted
Dr- lord, from the special committee to in
qbiTe INTO The expedlency OF causing the re-
mOyal Of slaughter houses. submitted a report
II which the committee states that ''as members
az board appointed 10 watch over the health
q our fellow citizens and 20 prepare for the
anticipated pestilence, we are compelled To
cast aside any feeling of regret for the expense
CutaIlSd upon friends who may be directly af-
frC;pG by The action Of our body" The report
reviews the investigations into the causes of
disease IN the crowded cities of Europe, look
Ing 10 pTOhloitorY or modifying regulations
Il France the peculiar trades which may in
trTfere with life and its enjoyments are hedyed
around with laws and prohibitions They are
diyIded into three classes, dangerous" ssTTn
healthy" and .'Inconyenisnt." Among those
CT the first class are those which should be re-
moved as lar as possible from dwelling
houses The French law fixes the dis
tSCCe ~ five kilOmeters (about 1856 Yards
Even under these circumstances month must
ei5psr after the request 70 carry on such trade
aEG the consent OF the Mayor and the Corpo-
ration be obtained after a proper inquest by
expert OF competent persons. First OF all, I'M
DR. IL" designation dangerous are ssabat-
TORS or public slaUg hter- houses, established
under law prohibiting private slaughter
houses, which could not be so well and uni
fGrmly regulated, and hence were injurious to
the public health, when located in cities or
towns. The splendid system IN these ''abat-
tCITs.' which regulates the mode of killing
the fitness OF the animals for food, the drain
age. The prevention OF putrefactiOn, the sup
ply OF water, hot and cold, &c, is reviewed at
length IN the report To carry 4 slaughter
house within a city with due regard 10 public
health. II should be perfectly isolated from hu-
man habitations; should b. we'll covered and
ventilated; thoroughly drained by sewers pro-
N!dnd with s.stench-traps," and the supply of
water should be most abundant Without
tEr-e slaughter houses cannot be considered
perfect, ana are public nuisances. Most con-
elusive proof of the deadly effects of the exha-
latIOns from badly conducted establishments
have been collected, and the committee
present abundant evidence on that head
The iGea that these civilizations contained any
substance which was tangible, was, for long
time, ridIculed: but The experiments of BOus-
sIngaUlt have settled that matter. He collected
the AIR from marshes, from peStilentIal sick
wards CT hos pItals, from crowded assemblies,
from localities OF putrId decomposition, SC. q,
DC IN proper closed receivers, (eliminating
every possible chance OF error and then SUBJ
lPCteo the air 20 condemnation. The result. in
every case, was the production from ar (which
TO our most acute senses seemed perfectly
pure o! a few drops OF liquid of the most in =
trnsely fJtid, disgusting and nauseating char
acter. Mingle such pUtrid e1ha.ations with
the result OF vegetable decomposition at our
latitude, marsh mi@sm.} and we certainly
resent circumstances which Will render these
localities proper fOci for the development Of
other feared maladiPs. In spite Of the opinion
OF Parent Duchatelet and his followers, the
Commissioner OF Health reported before the
advent OF cholera in 81 that Monfaueon zone
Of the cepOts for animal filth, &c.,) was one
OF :he most certain localities FOL the develop
EGnt and spread OF the feared pestilence They
besOUght the authorities 10 give up that idea
OF the .'InOcuous character" or even s-salu-
b-iOuS effect" Parent Duchatelet said children
fattened on snch atmosphere) OF such air!
They showed that such an atmosphere, al
though perfectly harmless TO those accus-
toned. or Tor short time exposed TO IT,,
stIil furnished a "nidus,'' nest, a start
ing point, a material, ready TO absorb other
atmospheric presidential poison, and from
y hIch death, in 4 respirable form, could
De radiated in every direction. Pre-
else data have been obtained. showing the
immense area over which putrid exhalations
may BE- conveyed. Remember also, the char
aCteT. form, and climate OF our locality, and
the effects of mingling the two posons before
enumerated and what must be the result of the
addition of third most malignant farmentl
Your committee therefore recommend the
following resolutions:
ReSolrei, That in the opinion OF the Board Of
Health. all slaughter houses should BE- removed
from the Inhabited parts of the city. at some
future aud not remote period TO be enacted by
the Councils.
Resoired, That until such removal all slaugh-
ter houses and their premises be placed under
the supervision OF the Metropolitan Police,
and all failures to keep the same clean, as rec
commended in report, 20 be subject TO such pen
aIJIes as Council may impose.
ROBERT KING STONE, NJ. d.,
e.. III. FORD, NJ. D.,
L. NJ. PEARSON, Commissioner
The resolution was adopted.
Br. Fenwick, from a special committee TO
determine as 10 what locations shall be used as
places for the deposit Of night soil, made a re-
,~. localities