The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-30

New and Interesting Fact-AmOunt Expended
by the Board Of Health In Street Cleaning.

New and Interesting Fact-Amount Expended
by the Board Of Health In Street Cleaning.
The Board met yesterday afternoon, President
George B. Lincoln in the chair. The usual number
Of special and general orders, final orders and
modified final order were submitted by the attorney.
Also complaints against ITO tenement houses.
twenty nine complaints Of noncompliance with or
ders and one Of violation Of tn Health code, in all
Of which suits were ordered to be commenced.
Complaints were likewise submitted against some fat
boiling establishments which were appropriately
referred
An application for permission to erect and main
tain slaughter house at the foot OF street.
North river, was denied, and similar application
forIthe foot OF Fortyth street, East river, endorsed
by Sanitary Inspector Morris and the Sanitary Super
intendent. granted under the provisions OF stand
ing resolution Of the Board covering these applica
tiOns.
The Sanitary superintendent submitted a report
showing the amount Of work done by the officers OF
the Board Of Health IN cleaning the streets In this
city since the 1st Of July last The report showed D
total OF 1856 loads Of garbage removed at cost OF
President LINCOLN stated that this work had re-
Gently been suspended by the direction Of some OF
the Commissioners for certain reasons, but as the
balance Of the appropriation Of $4,000 included In
the tax levy for extra street cleaning, was still In
the hands OF the Comptroller subject to the order OF
the Board IL was for 1t TO decide whether the work
should be resumed, and on motion was ordered TO
be resumed
Dr. Harris usual weekly letter was handed in and
read rs follows; after which the Board adjourned
to private session in the Presidents Room, having
first decided when IL did adjourn for the day ad-
journ TO Thursday neAt, at two o'clock
nARRis LITTER
METROroLrrAN BOARD on HfALTu,l
BUREAU % VITAL SrATtsrICs, sept. y, 1906.
that ended Saturday the 10th insi there
were deaths New York and 1873 In Brooklyn These
that the OF mortality Is still steadily decrcas
ing. not reached the low nrd health state
that the OF the first week In July then
the expiration OF three weeks OF summer heat That week
less deaths In New York than occurred last
week which the third of autumn and reduced tern
pcrature Me depressing influence of long continued sum
ara tho still fatal effects OF that natural che
attending and producing purescent miasns, not
al once overcome by the autumnni weather.
Zymotc Diseases which depend Nth and Infections de.
sroyed 7 lives In New FORK 32Ss per cent of the total
woths OF this class OF deaths were certified
Only a. OF these accredited direct
TO cholera infahtum New York. but there 80 others
and wasting bowel disorders which, in
followed cholera infantum that was prevalent
on children Under one year 1856 Deaths 81
per cent children under five Of there
In Brookyn the periods ss3s and SAT- cent
respectively.
typhoid twelve deaths New York and ix In
BROOKLYN. the insaubrous districts that sur
the heaviest diarfhoal mortality. Three out OF the
twelve occurred In the Twenty second ward.
The mean temperature In the week was sixty degrees
Fahrenheit the humidity ~ 100 OF total sauration,
and the total rainfall equal to four inches depth OF water
The range temperature Tuesday and wednesday was
thirty Fahrenheit and In the OF the week
several such sudden Alterations some effects OF
appear week later In the increased mum
deaths Of the respiratory well
az from an increase OF dysentery. L. HARRIS.