New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-02
MErRopoLrrAN BOARD OF HEALTH.

The Board met yesterday afternoon, Presi-
dent Lincoln IN the chair report from one OF the SAM
other inhamnabo oils kept ~ the store No o3 East
tonreenth,s. oyer mich en- Tour families dwei, dne ie
Grafton. complaint presented against stable IN the
kept, represents the place IN very filthy and often
siye condition This complaint was referred TO
the Sanitary superintendent petition for the removal
OF milldam in Mortified, Staten Island, which was
presented last November, came up for consideration
The attorney for the Board presented number Of pages
OF Testimony taken on behalf Of the aud de-
PENDANTS. The defense admitted that the dam was not
In the best condition sanitary point OF view but in
sisted that n ewAmp near by was the cause Of the
offensive odor that pervades the neigh0orhood. The
Sanitary superintendent reported that slaughter
houses were IN operation nc the present time below
FOrtetlst. report was submitted on the condition OF
20 slaugerhOuSes In the neghbOrhOod OF F0rticthst
and Teuth.ave. majority OF them were reported In
good condition. few only requiring the attention OF the
condition Of the lot OF Eeyenthst and
Universlty-paee, which was refored to the Sanitary
superintendent f. Harris reports that the following
medical gentlemen reported to him for assignment 20
speotors: W. FiDemng, No. Ohares.st, No !; Charles
f. Roberts No 29O East Fourthst No 8: William H. b.
West Thrtysecondst., No 81 l.. Damansye, No 81
West seventeenthst, No 10; Ed H. James, No Ill West
Twenty sKthst, No. n; Albert Strang, No 227 East
Thirtysecond-st, No. IS. Assistant mspectorsGeorge
Is. smith, No. so East Nnthst. No a. r. l. Randall, No.
Tweniyeighthst, No q l. T. NHsle No s2 East Four.
teenth-st, No, O. z J, Hudson No 22I West Twenty
o; O. r. RUSSELL No. l4T Bast Twenty -lrstst, No. III
Augustus Yelo No $40 East FIftiethst No. is; g. Ia
WadswOrth northwest corner SixtY-lrstst. and Tonc;
ave, No. l6.
He also mentions for the information of the Board that
the list OF tenements ip which there has been OK.
cessiye mortality during the past nine months
prses sSs different houses In the districts south OF tho
Central Park aud further that In those sss dwellings
there occurred less than 77s9 deaths in the nine
months Also that shown by special record OF tone
ment house mortality, kept In the Bureau Of vital Sta
tistcs there 7l deaths In tenement houses Ia tho
nine months that ended In September lie also reports
that for the first four weeks OF January there Sl
deaths I'm NewYOrk, namely $40 In the first week, 400 In
the second ass In the third aud t26 the fourth Of this
total there 266 deaths ia public ntltutOns being
In the EugTanL Institution Wards Island 65 In Belle
we; 80 In the Infants Hospitals - Commissioners OF
Charities; IN Stiyincont, aud II In the NewYork City
Hospital - r.. ..f.
The death rate in New-York the past four weeks was
equal TO s1O3 per 1000 Inhabitants yearly on basis OF
OF 1865 225A estimation Of 10000 pOpua-
ton. The deahrate IN London In the four weeks ending
Jan. q was 2T3 per 1000, yearly and In the IA CHIEF
cities Great Britain, during Same period the rate was
equal 20 2625 In 1000. The rate In Vienna 29l In
Berlin 81 per 1000 the last weeks In December.
Mr. Brown, Register Clerk reports the following statis-
tcs OF births still births, and marriages regsered In
the City and County o. NewYork In the month OF Jan
uary 1869 Total number OF births certified by physi-
Clans 22l stlbrths. certified by physicians al; per
sons married and legally certified by clergymeR and
mARlAtrat0a. 1905. H.. II F.. f