The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-30
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


The Board OF Health held special meeting yesterday
afternoon, President Schultz in the chair.
The counsel of the Board, to whom was referred tho
question of the power Of the Board issue proclama-
ton concerning quarantine sent in the following
opinion
At last meeting Of the Board there referred
communication Of the Health Officer dated the Oath
inst, and requested 10 state what the powers
OF tho Board relative to requiring quarantine 10 be per-
formed after the LIST OF November by vessels coming
law does not authorize the auarantine after
that date to deain such vessels without some action
Of the proper health authorities OF New York. The
laws Of 1885, ch 25 20 70 90 define the powers OF
this Board Tor rather define the powers 70 which this
Board has succesded) vessels and pow.
era are again stated in CHI LAT OF the laws Of 1885,
"A 70 n, inclusive. These powers are - ioows:-
Ryst-The Board may declare BY proclamaisn any
place TO be infected BY presidential contagious or in
fictitious disease, and may proclaim such place ''an
infected place." within the meaning Of the health laws
OF this State.
within which It shall cease TO have enet and such Pc
Rod may Be from time 70 time extended on giving the
TAwd-During the period provided in such proclama-
ton vessels arriving In the port OF New YORK from such
INFECTED place. will be subject 70 such quarantine
regulations and control apply TO foreign other
sells subject TO quarantine before the LIST day OF NO
vember.
FSsutA--The Board has also general power the
exercising which not provided ITO regulate
the intercourse by land and water between New
and infected place." and may direct persons
who violate guations shall be apprshsnded sc
In my opinion the Board may issue an sppro pirate
proclamation make proper regulations for the
Of law on all the foregoing powers as II shall deter
mine any threatened danger to the public health de-
mands herewith submit draft Of proclamation.
The report was referred 70 the sanitary Committee
The attorney pelitionsd the Board grant him au-
thory TO commence suits against fortythree
% S1 70 "I s
ment houses The requested permission WAS granted.
The Weekly Mortality.
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mortality in this city fos the week ending Saturday the
10th Inst
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF HEALTH I
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, Oct. 30 1861
The week that ended last Saturday appears to havo
been more favorable to life than any corresponding
week in the past five years In New York there were
only $50 DEATHS including the 10 that occurred in pub.
lie Institutions and Of the latter number As
mates Of the island asylums and hospitals In Brooklyn
there 157 deaths registered and II these oc-
CURED county institutions and streets beyond city
imts Tue total numbers in the records or the CORES
ponding week of last year 400 for New York and
lol for Brooklyn The average number Of deaths in tho
week OF the year. was AL and the average for same
week preceding thirteen years 3os; and popula
ton has increased by some % or 10 per cent in this
period OF fourteen years.
With the exception or very brief period just at the
beginning Of sumter, this autumnai weather
testify more favsrsete to life than any portion OF
the year Ana IL tbs present year II is noticeable
fact that the gsnssl decrease OF mortality mainly In
the class Of Eymotc diseases Last year. IN the COR
responding week that class Of foul maadles caused
lis deaths IN New York and 40 In Brooklyn, but last
week only 80 and 81 in the respective cities, or but
% 90 per cont Of the total mortality former city,
and bu 20 80 per cent Of all In the latter Diarrhea
disorders which are the examples OF filth dis
eases, destroyed 40 lives In the former and IA the
latter city, IN tho week, last year. but last week
the destroyed only IS in abe former and
In tho latter. So Of typhus and typhoid fevers, In
the corresponding week OF 1865, the mortality amount
cd TO 20 in New YORK and 10 In Brooklyn. Last
week there we're but deaths from these fever nfec
tions In the latter city, aud Is In the former.
Evory intelligent inquirer into The circumstances
which such favors Of Providence enjoyed, Will be
able 70 find fresh proofs Of sanitary truths concerning
fevers and NTH But the death rate still
high In badly drained crowded aud uncieanly localities
~ In the Fourteenth ward In New York and the Six.
teenth In Brooklyn, where nearly In 600 Of the in
habitans died last woek, and where the infane death
rate y always enormous; whie such wards the
Fifteenth In New York and the Third and Fourth OF
Brooklyn, ess than In 8, 900 died. those extremes
In noighborng dstrcts and this Is the un-
varying record week by week.
The records Of mortality In most Of the cities OF
country the past few weeks Indicate unusual health;
but some OF the most beautiful interior cities vii.
lagos present IN exception 70 ths In consequence OF
fatal endemics OF typhoid and malarial fsvers The
report from New Orleans, received to-day, also
shows that the scourgs s still upon It's Inhabitants
For in the week ending October 20 there were 235
deaths BY yellow fever out Of o total mortality OF
All. The previous week there 355 deaths BY the
same cause out OF sos by all causes. This
shows that the death in that city Is still. four
times as great as when the scourge Is absent
Z HARRIS