, 1866-04-14
HEALTH k1p POLICE.
Meeting Of the Board Of Commission
ers.--Reports--.Inportaut Paper
from the City Physician.
pREpARATlO FOR THE CHOLERA
MUNICIPAL FILTH AND PER-
S0hAl PURlfIcAIk0h.
Police Work Of the Year--Statiytics
of the Force--An Increase in
Numbers Heeded.-Recon-
mendations-Quar-
terly Report.
FIRE ALARM TuLEcRApr.

Police. Fire and Health Commissioners. VA h,ld
at the Central Statioc. corner Of r Tashinztop and
lassfle streets Yesterday afternoon: Presently.
e1H A. D. Ellsworth and Fred. 1und-
AkALIH DEPARTMENT.
AteE the reading and approval Of The minutes OF
eenied i petition, nnneron.ly f1gned. praying for
The abatement Of d nuisance caused bJ 4 slourh
h!ong The ltne Of the Illinois Central Railroad
tEeeI. owned by Fernando and Ben. " GOD, between
Twenl y.eecond and Twenty -di1h streets
On motion Of President Brown, the matter was
referred 10 the Health Ohcer. with nstzuc1ipns 10
take immediate ettps toward The removal OF the
The following communication uas received from
The night ee7rncers q The CITY:
ave would Se*pectfutfy s4ate that We hava ex-
anrned the grounds designated by The Healtn Or
fecr .. DUMPING ground. End end them nndt for
M bn5posr. Al tas ospta Of & ope foot water Is
Of your Board impossible We would respectfully
ak Eour body to des~ns'e tonc other place.
Old dunr1ne ground by special pei1nIi tfom ihe
Health Deps{.mcnt- Notwithstanding which th.
The Communication wae placed on a,c.
The following paper IRON 1he ctfv Physician WAS
1fefsed IS M sns sSsa & e. ths Se fs'9fRs ~ Ha
oce a. Iit5 Physictsn. 1ha should. N =. Ssiei ID
thorides and c,tizeus to the importance oi imne- no
diate and f..,ct senstal. measures.
there one fac1 In the u,esozy Of disease ,aors
olbe1 i il thai nth ann nncleanliuess h.d QiYen
bnh 10 the most loathsome and fs.al diecases OF
which ne hatc any knowledge. 1t has alw2y. neen
tilcIce ara dea'h hare sought out The most nlthlo
cal.tiet tn ~htch 10 bold high carnival.
pare alr slean!y and rscala1 habits, he slhy, aat
physical systems. aud 4 clear conscience, are The
strong bnlwarks over which disease seldom conrs.
Willie there aie specific dutaes devolsinx on our
RnAFD. fhtre r}1o textopxx1hakEtA4
ts,o1a 81 q ,sid aside Without mourning 1,.Ss to
the !tvce Of themst Tres and neiehboE.
will briefly call The ntte11ou Of the people to 4
few prpc,cal nln,s when. II promptly acted upon,
viii project them against any epioemfe influences
| which may come nInopg them during this or an.
other season. The body should fc 1onss.hsd fairly
during thr prevalence oft disease People should
.sene II ee anps % eh.nces T Per.on.l elssn,nsss
thonEd be strictly obsesEct. Even in warm weather
he bod, may hr covered by nsnnel, especially the
avoid taking whai fs advertised ss cholcta ned.
ciues calculated n the mot OF to ucc1ay4fc
the olscase and greatly ieskeu the chances los re-
enyery.
They @housd immediately c.use thelr cellars to be
thoroughly cleao-ed, ana hme TO be freely spread
upon tho bo.lom.
Their hack ,ard. and aIleys thould be clesned o.
| all decompo.ng matter Of whatever l1ud; !; pdvy
vaults should BE- frequently dlsinfee'ed. thu. keep.
net Only Be cesned but The! should be Eep. clesa.
Up1n your honorable Board rest the high and
EoleInu responsibility Of projecting the lives and
Jour poves. 10 guard acains, the approach Q! ans 1
si%li'7. and hoossiy de.!1s si'hiay to ai.ehszse h
III be time time nas come when nothing shoa,d post
| pooe Thorough and prompt clean.1n: Ol onl caiy
IRON all ni1h md predepo.tos causes Of d :csse,
thu. Creatly promoting puhl.c hygiene. The pce-i
bllity shft ehoIel1 IN m epidemic form may u:it
onr city at no very remote uay. demands OF you the
ac,ise vigorous and tn,ellaccns enforcement Of I'll
4ArEu EH Axx1+d
9Th would be undeE1tood to mean Ill that IL
calculated 10 render ane stmo@phe1e impure
wou1d tncluoc fou! elAughier-hou.e&. coes-
pools and wsterclose't. obsssucsed -ewesr, damp
and tmpe1!elE ventilated celiatx, md places ~hee
tuear. molaktet and o1hef suhf tsnces prone do
damp and badly drained courts and alleys, boue
boiling, ard decomposed animal and p1tud fat
boiling embellishments, and the tu.nufactofses
oflar4c number. Q. persons IN de1ecti.ety- sepdh-
led and badly lighted factories and weorkshors.
Each Of The foregoing IL eoarce OF atmospheric
CONTAMINATION. By genesattne and sending forth
larpe volume. Of pu,rsd ca.s-f. productive of one
Of The conditions which 1t Is uplyersally conceded
You'd mo-, fe.pse,:as ali " 4oar stsenaon to .n,
The vaults under The s1de .elke IN front OF many
OF the business blocks Of the cty ind thai
cont1nually tendtnc up their foul and deadly ems
ua1tuns into The atmusphere Aboyt.
Psompi md y1Eurous measures rhouEd Be tascr
to compel the oHDe11 Of these buildings to tmme
dtstelt cleanse and dl-infeet these PLACES, snd to
lecp them clcateed and di-intected- This criminal
nnness ot huEtne1s bddines of1he civ T. a.,on,sh
me. apd ius1y srouses he md1cnst,on Of Iii enod
Citizens. 1.e4F-e %t'~ s's'' - 90 t''>
I'D nistory O, the present eao,era cptoem,,
and naaiian;t1 #. stisek. md de,.,tsion1 hs y
,ss X ps, a q bio pa, 1a he taS o. ns NJ
,,s: ths ,bs Of PGss .:. h,,sn In n,ae sss
!; rhd{rrs in Cms,anttnoHfc notnr1noslY the Eno;
eThy div in Europe. COMPLETE % md persect ct p1rsa
agn q 10 u ~ s snoqta of
va. thst wbsn .br eho,e1s esnr II found il ia II
% a.ns s., aos !hs nt 1eo:S b
York II was t07l. Boston prepared for The attsci
b. eniorr7ne meseuTes for ceanatng The city, ant
"a p1sn % @ SoI thoronrs.; e cleansing md ats,ntecp.
the texer. OF ihe civ Is poW heino petfectxd an,
", a soon bt presented to ,oaf Board for consider
In conclns,on. lie. me cav again to the people
ken souTxelTr1. ycu1 hontet, md your premise
hrs1.hy food. syoidinC exee..e4 ni III kinds, IN
YOU need have no ttuf Of cholera ur my othef ep
: demic dissase-
Z ! Kespec1fully submitted.
+ :. L. BLAKE, CttJ PhyEiciau.
. de ,,
|. The yearly ann quar ez!y reports OF the Superb
tendent Of Police aas De1s taken up. The amonr
tnr she path year - really eurpr1si1e, and speai
e volutnee In fayof ot The efficiency and energy
inc past and prevent chiefs Of that department
IRON tie Nth Of rectitnde On the part Of ce1tai
! elasees Of our population.
Z From sbe supean 'enden!'t teToEt, which I. ves
The lore 1t prrsent conel>ts Of : General and
i. Deputy Superintendent, three captains. ten se
mo toe pa
It Quarters there are one General and one Deput
I. superintendent one pezreantl leieht pstEolmen d
s,son 1be seu ,,s ene eo.tn ,Wo Nv
nsep en' ssa 5!sen aae one @an
# Gne for lie conptroiie4s oac thrse for siret
p n,f1o, fa g h.ie
n frolnen. ft1seen sre On duty at night eight durn
e he oav and t.s remaining eight s:s =. tae STATIC,
r twenty.1in Hfies of street Al TIC enb.satton
y the First Precinct there are detailed -erEean
= one station keene1. md s,x men for pat.ol dnt
- mep IL one hundred md nineteen. The force il .
10 ioFethes 100 fa 10 fssty Tie expectaions Of Il
c1iireDr reranr in tha, portion rf The CITY. beir
on any frusn edeht IN tbe evening to dJr IN III i
4 morning. In rteard 10 thts station, the Superb
IL tendent esys: II would n.conuend the Board
90 build new station, on The lot .ned by the cily
:" Iwrnty.tecond street tezr the Archer .oad. Ill
C. ehalI accommodate twenty men, md which. tn n
opinion. woud Be al that would be required In tn
Id Al the second Precinct station there arc dea,lt
n ons Csninin. i 70 Serceants. Two wnfchmen 4,
: th'ry paEol%en: OR tLl: number h,,esn do n.E
P ranc ground, rendering It impossible for pole
n, man % cover his bes. more than once during q
or commend. fhe laying ont OF one thousand dolls
9. n improving Ibis sta,lon and making il comiol
d desai,ed ons ssrsesut ape stst,onEaaper and s
~ patrlmen, who art required to pe.to<m au'y tro