New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-01
The Metropolitan Bourd Of Health.


The Metropolitan Board Of Health.
Tie Board of Health met yesterday afternoon in |
The Metropolitan Police COURTROOM, President Jackson $.
Schultz occupying the chair and all be members present save
Dr. swRbarne.
o usass 6f the last meeting were read and approved
THE yEw.Y YORK yIGHT-soIJ CONTRACT
Counselor Tracy made TIE following report w.
tract for the removal Of night-so from the ciy'
n. re on,rac, hotween the Mayor Aldermen and Com
a5oty Of the CITY of New York by f. A. Bo9e City IN
spectof and Daniel Gallagher dated Mey 49, 20 80 "a
agrees 10 deliver all the contents OF snks auu , nro
Gaeber M ts places OF deposit then and thereafter pro
yded by the oci Manufacturing COMPANY i0I ~ @ rba
arp,,rs 10 have been made by order OF ne CoIoh
Council Waout advertising for proposals or teeess us
and WHICH, p rhaps whether he b section Of the charter
~ ~ lbtag applies TO this inasmuch as the agree
sd or contracted be delivered was not az TOO TINE Ia ao
custody Of any department now IL eAisteueV ny itr -
the Common Council shall DO sold % aaeon are R1yioss
put5 notice lndor the supernlendenee OF t9 %
csc as In that o the Long Island Bone laboltoTys con
tnci 10 deem it the duty Of tbs boaTo nhf presen
circumstances to institute any proceedings " 'SS' inc 'ui'
Of tho contract or 10 treat 1t IS VOID. .,, 49,, ,,.
Iy the contract between tho Mayor Aldermen ana Com
monay Of The city NegloTk. BY T. J. \. Booe City In
spcctor and Thomas Andrews. dated May 2 ls9 the con
ncor agrees for the next ten years TO provide ne necessary
boa Tor removing contents sinks and prvea ana 10
remove 10y gob boats TO the Lodi Compns PAGES
deposit and there deliver ne same 70 DAM, rlagoe
and city him therefor IN monthly payments
90 los anount,ng TO So 40 year This appears
49, hem r,ie mon edyertisemcnt for proposals. opening
Has AMI awarding tie contract to tho lowest bidder
TIE contract among ohcT things requires the contractor
s assigns % lave night more boats 40 each OF
the four docks set apart the purpose each boat OF not less
tLan 90 tnas burden and sufficient 70 receive hod ana
transport an the material IN question brought IN each night
and transport the sne to the Companys place Of deposit on
the Haokeusack River and deliver the same there 70 uai
cher 10 use no vessel approved BY tho Cry Inspector
and 10 permit no part TOW from the vessels
The contractor also agrees 70 1e aos 70 vac
city and n Interested including the g scayense
for neect default furnishing proper and sufficient boats
each II thetock, mentioned or IA iranportg snd ae
etng The entire contents OF the sinks and prvs inc c
or IN II nnGny other stipulation o! the contract ana lor
all breaches the ordinances Under these we
power compelling he faithful performance OF TIE contract
TowrRs or TUE BRooKLYN COMMON COUNCIL.
recently passed by the Common tonneu OF tne
civ OF Brooklyn requesting tho Board OF Health by the eIer
ee of the peremDtoy powers conferred on them 70 provide
the pecrssy docks landing places Tor the 81 agS
m NIL o and night soil such places as the pubic health
and require read aud referred to tue eoahse TOT
In speaking upon this subject Crane thought it exceed
r strange less than weeks ago the same council
should have passed resolution enhoI~Ihe t. S
tic Of Ight soil 70 use any does 10 tue o,h ware
and now resolve that their powers IN this regard had been
transferred to the Board OF Heslth ,..,..
Judge o,Woh said 10 perfectly absurd 70 suppose to
Bard Of ealth had any authority WAAetet over tn
ocs In Brooklyn and offered the following resolution "heh
VS. unanimously adopted 80 - 90, -, p...,
ofuy 10 be- referred - the eoun'el Of MS bo3d ot ms oP
49, or oanay aces in Cy brooklyn for the removl q
ds.d animals, and night .o from that eiy uude' contracts ete
N. removal ih-r,froa dead .ni.l, oa and nisai sod
subject which Rad aud fled
- Of IN, cgn@oq oosae Of h, Sy ~ I ~ re-
o. IRA seton 2. ~ &C: ss e f' s ,l. s r
Me,fopohan District ncndns tho CITY Of Grkyn and il 8 III,
Sa'y q n ias Bs aa s s afo,y S
~. a. . Hoard 90 4, .ss powers Council Of
d. civ =, Rroosiyn OF g. iefn. the Common Council with
sanitary rupo 5orfo moaey IN order % 10 Furnish the
'''' ORDERS ISSUED.
Attorney Bliss presented 81 general orders and 29 final or
les abatement Of nnisances IN the Metropolitan SAINT
ary District rhis makes total Of 6lo OF the former aud
4ii) II tho latter class thus lar issued by The Boarl
Brpokyn md in reference TO The feeding OF cows upon the
had increased in number 20 per eensum during tho
last 90 days - ....- .... ,,.,...,,.
The regular weekly mOuary presented to the
Board and ordered he We extract the following stalls
The total mortality 10 the City Of New York for the week
ending Jny - ls, IN decrease Of 5gl compared
with the previous week and on Increase o. 40 as
trbued among wards IN the following proporton
a scys5s song FsGb g Na,h o. Tenth ~, Eleventh
o. Twelfth 90. Thirteenth. 2. Fourteenth 20 Fifteenth 49,
70: Twentieth 81, Twenty hr,, co. Twenty second. A. OF
whole number li2 l1s women. 2'5 boys 222
girls and 10 colored.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
The following deaths occurred IN the eubc Institutions
cents Hospital 81 Wards Island Emigrant HospaL 49, Ran.
dAls Island Aims HOUSE. 49, Charity Hospital l5 Colored
Home unatic Asylum. Nursery s. St Lakes Work
house, l; Bellevue Hospital. 20. Total 49,
sAuvIrIEs.
he
British America Denmark England III France. Ger
many 59 Ireland. i2J Italy q Norway J; Scotland. 5;
Switzerland Il United States aS1i Unknown, 81 Wales,
The following table Of the Of the deceased Less
year Of $780, between and years go between
and years 81 between and years u between and
years between and 10 years 7 between 10 and Is years
H. IS and 20 49, between 20 and 20 years 49,
aud years. III between 60 and 70 years @ over
% ''''' %" THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
The following Of deaths grouped In the no
Biological adopted BY the Bureau Of Records and showing
the number from ch disease aud also from each clss Of
diseases for the entire week.
Miasmatio-Smal pox measles Scsrana A. dphtheria
g. Group hoopag >; tYphns eyer @; typhoid fever
IA cholera a. cholera inantu spinal menng
t. q intermittent fever Pye@ia rrltaye fever'' ,;
FRtAsfc TrnocItated.-Syphlis. l.
DieieSarvation and priyation -; puerpura, intern
perance. L. dciirium remens. p to'ol H.
CONSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Diatl,ie -RbeumssD dropsy /, cancer OF uterus. 2;
Tabsreuar-scrofals /; tubes mcsenterca al consump
ton CO. carries Of the spine hyIrocephalas 90 total 1872
Locu CLASS.
Nitrous System Meningitis Ia Cerebrits 2; softening Of
the BRAIN apoplery G; paralysis 6; insanity stroke
COMMISSIONS 50; tetanus L. effects OF the heat T. conges
lion OF The brain TO; total IO
Circulating System -Aneurism Of the heart heart disease
!; hypertrophy of the heart ., phlebs IL total j.
nn II: congestion lungs l. homorrhagc. total ~
Diseftips System --tiasrs A. eneritis, i2. pcrOns 81
crr6oss liver strangulated hernia l. hepatitis l. liver
UsiTa,y Sgas@-Bright's disease Of tho Kidneys
Tgtegunsntery Syasm.-Uicor. l.
DEvELoPMEsTAL CLASS.
cladreu,Premature birth Cyano's, 81 other mnlfor
nations, l. teething, .. Total, Il.
U0mea-Childbirtb. l.
AgG-Old age, TO-
Nafriuon.-Atrophy. /; debility 7. Total Z.
DEATHS BY VIOLENCE.
Accident and aud COMMISSIONS ;; pene
ratug wounds q burns and scalds @ poison drowning
10 sufocatioD . total, 81.
Snfeide-Dy hanging, J.
ause not specified or ildefned Total from all causes