New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-30


Fi.h from vehicIes-Bow Brooklyn Night
Soil il Disposed Of by the Contraetors-Mer-
tuary Record Of the Past Week.
The Metropolitan Board Of Health met yesterday
afternoon in regular semweeky session in the Metropolitan
Police Court Room President JACKSON s. SCHULZ IN the
Chair, and all the members present
The minutes Of the last meeting were read and approved
ORDERS ISSUED
Attorney reported 400 General Orders and J(2 spec
orders for the abatement OF nusances in this city and Brook
lvn all Of which were passed making total OF 1919 o. the
and 96 Of the latter class by the Board There
were final orders passed for the abatement OF nqsahce
which lad been neglected by the Of the premises and
will now executed by the Sanitary Department Of the Metro
AN oyERcRowDED TENASTHoUsB.
Inspector JAMES j. PURCELL having visited the tenement
house No 3ie Greenwich.st found wooden PARTITION dlVd
ing the fourth floor into four rooms three OF %en oos
two beds each persons occupying each bed ana inc
rooms being neither lighted nor ventilated Inc Board
order Mr. Bernard Quinn the lessee is that he shall eat ~
the place and that window, at least three feet square
cut through TO the open air
FAMILY ALWAYS IN TIE DARK
Inspector JAMES L. BROWN found the back part OF the cer
Of No 2gs West Tentbst paroned and iet as dWenhg
no window and the ceiling il below the level Of the yard
fight Of steps leading 70 H. with no door
sash door of the steps or the admission OF ghi
This cellar Damp badly lighted very badly Ventilated am
ing without danger TO life and dermeDt TO health The
Of this cherries apartment are l2Tl3 set ana
and not hereafter occupied as a human habitatlop.
VERBAL ROW ABOUT QUARANTINE.
Mr. RFRGry read letter from citizens Of Grayesenn h
Coney Island stating that ew<ays ago the dead pody OF
had been found the shore OF the Island ana th
vicinity The bodies sewed uD IN sacks and had apm
entity been the water for long time Sailors who had seen
them they had evidently been buried at sea but the M
preston was that they had been thrown overload
IRON tie hospital ship in the Lower Bay ,.-.
DR. SwBURNR said he did not know where the bodies cane
from Tie Superintendent Of the Hospital had charge OF tie
disposition of the dead, and the Health Officer made no N
Qures concerning them Vessels having dead on Dod iu
great difficulty in getting into port and as they nearea e
the bedding soed linen and dead bodies were thrown
was we'll known that there danger from the body OF
person who had died Of cholera When they nad yellow FEY
of the ATLANTA last Autumn they had great rouu
The citizens threatened to mob the officers they attempted
harmed the hope Of driving Quarantine officers away
There really place In the Lower Bay WIRE the dead
could buried and while the fears Of the residents were SO
great had doubt the things of which they complain
would continue .
Mr. SCHULZ said that people had one TO blame but
themselves and they might Just well know It first a
There person the Lower Bay with uclept mas
nanmy and humanity let well persons from Injected
shps.one as ore There is spot in that vicinity upon
they could put their feet without war These boGes
would be thrown upon the shore the officers were pr
bury land but there was neither generosity
humanity enough to allow IT,
Mr. BERGEN replied what the President said concerning
Staten Island could apply 10 Long Island There u a
much magnanimty there as IN New ork ana u not er
place for the reception OF persons from
Mr ScHrz said he had applied for Coney Island to be used
end any they might ask that one would be per
mited escape-was anu guar0s would be- placed aOahn
the grounds they all preferred 20 have bad class Of VS.
TO their island rather than have used Tor 's innocent
purpose. ,.o,, ala o;,i,en. d, e;r,ve.end
against the Of Conoy Island for quarantine purposes
giving why they objected lie then said that N
1886 vessels having yellow fever board anchored
off Fort Hamilton The people were told there was no dan
ger but the island struck with TIE fever nevertheless
ana 60 deaths occurred from the epidemic among whom we're
IA bore his Tie then inquired whether was any
wonder that they felt afraid now.
Of Stat had
tested against the Of West Bank three miles of.
Mr. SCHULTZ stated that be had been TO Warrington and
New Jersey say go Staten Island Staten Island they
say go Long Island Long Isnd they say 90 to New
jersey and tins In circle but there no place
stop IT, as problbe hafa dozen ni, cied
ships arrive here not one Of the passengers could be
removed and should take IRE thousand human
beings might be burned 10 death before single con could
be found willing 70 have then SsaIa aa tS ss 10 oes
place could he found they might occupy bis houses and this
man said President Schultz il the only generous
Unanimous one have been able 70 find have been
Knees the citizens OF the Lower Boy for two weeks but
Hr Byr0yS said that the clothing could be burned the
law directed iron boats and tue dead buried on the upper
end Of Manhattan Island There was no one IN tho Lower
Bay 10 object n that -
Dr. swsBl that he had recently received $1,000
already gone IL overheard night and the
officers could not help IT, This clothing which was nll OF
g While NO one complaincd but is dead body which was
perfectly harmless brought upon the shore there were
threats mobbng There was no reason for no senso In
Some further desuory conversation took place tho
same subject which final referred Ca the President
SELLING MAT VEGETABLES AND FISH PROM VEHICLES.
Counsellor Tracy whom the resolution 10 pTohit the sale
NJ ea, sh and vegetables from vehicles IN the Of
NeWYork and BROOKLYN had been referred, reported that
power the act creating the Board Of Health 70
enable that body TO prevent the Of food through The
unsound or unfit for food II the vehicles became obstc
nuisance the Board could exercise ITS authority but
prsMssEG INSPECTORS.
Mr. BERGEN offered resolution TO The eect tha' me
in
be dispensed with after two mouths from the date they entered
upon the duty =,
the work that had been accomplished by the Board Of
Health since its organization and that dor by city aathor
ties last year During le65 the Brooklyn Board Of Health
ceiyed go complaints and issued h permits tor the removal
Of nights soil at cost OF slS7ls The present Board OF
night soil from the city at tho rate OF Loo tuns week
Mr. said that under the law - Inspectors only could
be appointed objected these being used for the
purpose Of Inspectors when they were appointed as CLERKS
There would be difficulty he feared when the time came FOR
assessing the tax for the means OF paying them.
On motion Of Mr. BoswoE the subject was referred to tho
Sanitary Committee
The following communication Bowen q. Lord. Captain
of the Sanitary Company ofhe Metropolitan Police was read
and referred 10 the Superintendent;
been Informed. upon what consider good authority that
me's. Swift Co.. Contractor for removing nish.o from the
load for The privilege Of dumping nht.o into the river The man
with the shut. up be dump. hi. load
it, instead Of the contents going into the bos into the
stated that one boat has remained S %G' than two uss a. The
think worthy notice BY referring it to committee will fur
uish oil necessary proof
MoRTbIR7 REPORT OF THE PAST WEEK.
During the ending Saturday May 20 there were 3
deaths the city Of New York decrease ot rs compared
with the previous week and annual mortality OF 2t4 III
1000 inhabitants The deaths distributed among the Dir
erent Wards in the following First IL second
Third Fourth u Fifth Is: Sixth 49, Seventh, II
Eighth Is; Ninth % Tenth Is; Eleventh. 3d. Twelfth. 7
Thirteenth II; Fourteenth lG; Fifteenth TO- Sixteenth 49,
Seventeenth So Eighteenth 49, Nineteenth 50; Twentieth
81 Twenty first 2j Twenty second 81 The deaths in the
public institutions follows Castle Garden - New
York Hospital 81 St Vincens, q Emigran Refuge 81 Nur'
sery Hospital s. Aims House, 49, Charity Hospital ~ Col
ored Home Lunatic Asylum l. Penitentiay. Backwels
Island ST. Lukes Hospital a. Work house, Backwells
Island ?; Bellevue Hospital, IA; total, TO- or the whole
number deaths l2s 10 women " boys 10 girls
and coored. Among contagious diseases measles had