The New York herald., 1867-02-08
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Meeting 81 the Board Yesserday--The suver.
/. fntendens's RepOrs-The s'Seciak EvMO-i
/ Report Of the Sanitary Conanaiasee es Pras-
titutiOn, sc. 4s 81
Tho Board os Health met yesterday asternoou Prssi-
dent schu its ia the chair Absent Commissioner sw-
burne.
The report Of the superintendent, which was reaAt
gives three hundred and three the number Of
mont houses inspected during the week. sixty Of which
were found TO be in unhealthy condition. Eight ps
yate dwellings out Of cightynvs houses inspected
also found In condition detrimental to health.
Commissioner srosE, from the Sanitary Committee -
whom was referred the resolution Of Asscmblyman.
Jacobs requesting the Board Of Health to give the orIs
ture such Information as to the extent and effect
tituti0n In this CITY, with such suggestions as mght
choose 10 make relative to the best mode Of rcndcng
the effects Of the evil ess deleterious enythy
report the subject, the joint effort or Drs Parker
Crane and himself. After giving the statistics Of
venercal disease, as treated Ia the various public
institutions during the year ls86, tho Sanitary
COMMITTEES goes on to say that high and low
class has monopoly Of virtue IT So rnoH
would before this have extermnated the immoral The
important fact ~ that venercaI disease Is sap-
ping the strength or the people, and when
tho system is doubtful whether IL will ever hs
eradcated from the constitution In closing the report
the committees make the following suggestons:-
ceive pscunary and from the STATE, cities receive
WIN ysnsea diseases .he terms aieisd
G o.
That all keepers Of of prostitution and sssgnssioa
tnst these registers ohsi their names ssss
naivues and whether married not These rcgfsters
shall be opened public inspection The Of al
houses OF prostitution and aasgnaen shall 6s also rs-
In ease any woman shall gain admission into bouss q
allow acs wUsS 70 e s
That hs Menepoaes noars % Mesh shan
hospital for prostitutes afflicted with venereal dsexse and
shall 70 be registered the hoses and Of az
affection. shall send her Immediately to the hospital
By subjecting the Of houses Of prostitution
have the Of their tenani as1
prevent the subeting OF them for Infamous purposes Tho
enarins houses do eye 70 proal
becA1se II can be done secretly kegsraton would ass
ends IN psssstuion Il would prssass n great @ssssss
would SsaF The waschnsss Of the police and dread ss
public exposure which migAt follow Tho OF HOG
n.adcs early thu. continue their vocalion' uni1
obliged by aggravasd disease stop REGISTRATION WIN
Ss to SssSsr they are or dead
keepers and prostitutes should be for public In
specton because the peace q many fsss
t2iVod therein.
Commissioner BoewoRrH said the report dealt in gone
rAties and he did that any reference mado
vas TO now persona who should traffic in prcstitutsA
should be punished. The common law considered The
keeper Of bawdy house guilty, ipso Jdctos OF isde.
mesnor and there statute Of the State which says
that the keeper Of house OF prostitution complaint
disorderly person and his lease taken away
aud no she be ordered 10 discontinue tho business Of
prostitution for the period OF year. and that reps.
tton Of the ocnce will bc considered breach Of any
On motion ordered that copy Of the report b
s0nt 70 the Legislature. Tho Board then adjourned.