The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-25
CITY INTELLIG ENCE
[For Additional Local ltems see Eighth Page.l

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REMOVAL OF sANCEs-QUARANTINE
REaULATIoNs.-lh The board Of HealthIs now busy
engaged IN removing all nutsances reported by the
special SANITARY Inspectors, or when information is
given by individuals. When these complaints are
mac the Board examines INTO the matter, and when
satisfied that Nuisance exist notice gwen TO the
owners or occupants OF the property. If cesspoOls
shOuld be complained or a notice allowing from
five 70 ten days to have the nuisance abated Is
given # thy yards or ce ara, but two days notice
is given at the present times aud If for filling up
lots, or removal OF nuisanc5s from themi from ten
70 twenty days are allowed II at the expiration OF
the time the nuisances rema H. the Board of Health
causes the work to be performed, aud the COST for
the same is collected from the owners occupants
Al the present time all the available force that can
be obtained by the Board aged IN abatng nui-
saDces and additional force will be employed soon
The contractors for cleansing the streets are also
somev hat delayed by scarcity OF horses md carts,
but Notwithstanding this TACT arge amount of work
has been performed ana many of the most II thy
streets thoroughly ceansed. On Saturday the con.
tractor for the upper district reported that he had
cleansed all the streets from Market street to Girard
avenue and from the Delaware to the Schuylklll
river On Monday the work Of removing the dirt
from the streets north OF Girard avenue was COM
menced
all the streets IN his district, from Markes street
south, and from the Delaware to tue SchuylkIll,
have been swept some OF them twice and that they
are Leng cleaned again. Baker and BEDFORD streets
have peen cleaned three times, and eighty loads OF
Water street have also been attended 10.
The Board Of Health appear TO be alive to the
importance oil having the CIT not only IN CleanY
condition, but they have anticipated the time for
putting in force quarantine regulations next month,
as The following preamble and resolutions, adopted
at their last meeting, will show:-
HheTedS, The appearance OF the cholera on board
of vessels coming IRON Europe TO the port of New
York has occasoned much anxiety and a arm
among our citizens; and 1Cnereds, IL becomes our
duty the guardians of the public health to observe
ali proper measures in order to prevent the arrival
of this disease in our city; therefore ca
ReSoiUed, That on and after May lst, proX all
vessels arriving from foreign American ports, as
directed in the I'd section OF the Health Law of
1S1S snail stop at the Lazaretto for vslt and that
all passenger vessels shall be detained at the pleasure
of the Board for puricaton and ventilation.
THEIR ANNIvERSARY.--The Female Bible
Society association rlat does great deal of
good in very quiet way. Its annual meeting was
held at noon yesterday, at st. Andrews Church.
The exercises we're interesting.
The TTeasurer's statement Iead:-
balance last year. '''''''''''''''''''' StoJV9
hecelptss s...,'.''.s.''s'','.''.' zllo 90 .. -
Expenditures. :. .,...............,,, 1892 SO
Balance on hand................ SIS
The dstribu ions of tue association were -
Bibes-ln the English language, $40; German, 66;
Italian, 8; French, l6.
Testaments-English, 7S3; with the Psalms added,
139; German, 81; French, 75 Italian, 9.
Total publications. 1851
DIR. Beadle, DR.. b reed, and DR.. Paddock adj
dressed the meeting, which adjourned early IN the
afternoon.