The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-30
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

The Board Of Health held special meeting YESTERDAY
afternoon, President Schultz in the chair.
number OF petitions was received from certain
down town firms requesting permission Of the Board 10
transport cotton that brought from New Orleans
and Galveston, now 1t the Red Hook stores to various
inland citisa The President, in stating the question
before the Board remarked that with but one excsp-
ton Dr. stone) the Sanitary COMMITTEES had recon-
walton that least twenty four hours should siapse
from the time ne sotsa was ghtsrsd till il should be
Dr. sroxE sid that he should AK REQUEST and require
the Health Uicer to declare what ought 10 DO done IN
these cases and what he considered proper ventilation
for cotton brought from infected ports.
President SCHULTZ remarked that Dr. Stone should de-
fine his position andShat II he wanted any information
regarding the question under discussion he could obtain
it, but that factious opposition, unnecessary and
frequent as 70 become annoying, not be counten
anced the Doctor wanted facts to be furnished him
they would DO furnished He had not been aware that
the Doctor was in want OF information before
Dr. STONE considered that the President was the midi
vidual who wanted information and that he r Stone
unfortunate in being generally misund erstood and
perhaps considered obstinate What wanted was that
the affairs OF the Quarantine and the affairs Of Board
OF Health should be rs distinct from the other az
possible.
DR.. CRANE called the gentleman to order. He did not
to do with the question before the Board.
The following resolutions presented BY the Sanitary
Committee, were then taken up and passed
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injected ports may safely into this city reshppcd
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Resolved That when the Health Odcer shall admit ships
port this oard ws the e Ss & %
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New York or Brooklyn without permit first obtained from
DR. swSBunsE in referring the fact that il had been
given out IN the morning papers that person employed
on an Italian vessel had died OF yellow fever Newown
said that had I'D n
nation the body OF the deceased and found that the
man bad died Of niamma,on Of the bowels. The ves
gel had errved from Naples, whore there never any
yellow fever making the passage in about sixty Eve
days.
The following is the Sanitary superintendents weekly
report Tor the week ending Wednesday, August 2S:--
orrrck SANITARY SUPERINTENDENT August 49, 1867
To TIE SECRETARY OF THE MErRoPoLrrAK BoAap OF
SRI beg respectfully report tina. during the past week
yn have Inspected The following premises Vaias teDs
%se ssSs school SsaSg private dwellings
.ery line sd sas dst 4 private b horse
house, g sara asaa courts
and areas 80 cellars and Easements e cistens and
cesets 50 streets AID Cutters -" ""N'
have repo TAD upon tie Snses aseGsefca ana
81 tenement houses lodging houses private dwellings,
dt slaughter houses snntcn and vacant lots Is
cespoo waste pipes ard drns 81 fa and oen
sSs hs sgc streets cutters and no Of
nun sso positive 4e, neg tive s general %;
correct al NUMBER returned
rseton, number o. reports forw lded orders 25s;
number negative reports forwarded, ST.
raj reports forwarded f3 number retained for notice -
The Sanitary Inspectors have also buildings
premises regarding which srecia
clause of the fourteenth section Of the Health pre-
vousy been served and reported whether orders
have been complied with re,u ms show that
10 have been complied with, u partially are being com.
pied with and 81 not complied with
captain Lord COMMANDING the sanitary company OF the
police returns 47e orders for the OF nu4arcss
served since last report. His orders
previously served complied with, W not nreI
with The execution of the latter has been
Sanitary Superintendent.
Mao- Bosworth charge of the complaint Office returns
Gu complaints received from citizens all OF which
referred t. medical inspecting officers for nves gaon and
report. ~
During the past week the practising physicians OF this
city have this olce 90
eases OF which ght were fatal