The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-02
BOARD OF HEALTH.

no. consider, Pfhters ana 60 right away and enron
your names JUSTICE.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
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A Swill Milk Stable-The Staten Island Dam
Case-COndition of the Slaughter Houses-
Health Of the City.
A meeting OF the Board of Health was held yes
terday, all the members being In attendance, with
the exception OF commissioners Swinburne and
| Acton.
The counsel Of the Board readthe report Of in
spector upon cattle stable in Of No. 43l West
Ffty-third street. The report represented that in
the stable there were thirty cows crowded to-
gether in Ill ventilated stable, two In a stall, and
fed upon dstillery slops. The counsel in to
query, whether there any ordinance to cover the
| case said that there was order providing that
| not more than two cows should be housed on
lot within the built up portion Of the city, but
| this alleged nuisance was outside he was Of the
opinion that there was no ordinance to reach the
| proprietor DR.. Stone suggested an inspection OF
the milk with view OF determining II 1t was OF an
unhealthy character, but the counsel still insisted
that the case could not be reached in that manner
and the report was referred to the Sanitary Super
tntendent.
Mr. Edward G. Bradley appeared before the Board
and asked to be heard in behalf OF the proprietor Of
the oruing mill at Northned Staten Island the dam
OF which, 1t Is claimed caused the flooding Of over
fourteen acres Of ground and the breeding of fever
and ague and other diseases. In November last the
Board ordered the removal OF the dam after care
full examination Of the case which was subsequently
referred to referee and volumlnous evidence taken,
Dawson. The testimony Of citizens living In the
the neighborhoOd and medical gentlemen differs,
some claiming that the flooding of the low land
caused impurities TO be collected, while others insist
that the unhealthy atmosphere and malaria comes
After lengthy and patient hearing the Board de-
| ferred action upon the subject for two weeks.
luton OF the Board that there is no sauchtenng
Of animals below Forteth street. He also reported
upon the condition OF the slaughter houses above
Fortieth street to which permits had been given by
Charles White Co., foot Of Fortieth street. in good
street, very bad; David Atwood, 1913 and $50 West
Fortteth street good and no slaughter1ng done; M.
gamble McSe Tenth Foe
teth and Forty-frst streets, tolerabe; Peter Van
Eidenstein, Tenth avenue between Thirty ninth and
West Fortietn street sheep, tolera0ie; Crane &
sperry, West Fortietn street shogsl good; Toby 4
good; T. W. Laurie d Co., 2l3 and us West Forty
frst street. nothing done; Charles W. Mcintyre, 6os
Hyno So Of e
James X. Reid, 452 West Forty-ffth street,
excellent: Charles Wilmott, 3os West Forty seventh
seventh street, closed; Cornelius Kirby, $40 West
FOrty-seventh street. disgustingly nithy; VIM. Kea-
pairs; Jeremiah 0'ConneiI, sol Eleventh avenue,
good: Gus. Nargeiser 416 West Fifty-l0urth street
sa
Broadway, no business carried on.
The Sanitary superintendent, Dr. Harris. reported
the names and residences Of the inspectors as fol-
lows
s and S: s.,ss e cnS syy,'s:p pspn
No i charlie: g Lee ives. Thirty street No
James III Ws., Twsa.y.,Ih No. ID Albert ssrans
4sissaM :pors-Georrs B. smith, 50 East Ninth street
NO Randall sss B s street Ns5i LOgl. AppIs
Gas. foar.ssn.h ,,Iss SO p Had.os, e wss. iwsn
No. q q p Russell III East twenty irs street No. ii: Hu,
gussus vele $50 East Fii.eih street. No lS s. D. wads
Ss's s1'''': street and Tenth avenue
The report gives the following alarming revela-
tons as to the mortality existing in tenement
houses:-
Iwoud mention information Board that this
first list Of enemens In which there has been
houses south the ana sa
in the months. Also that shown special record
e tenement house mortality "a kept IN the Bureau Of Vital
nine months that ended In September.
Dr. Harris also furnished the following letter upon
the general health OF the city,
METROPOLITAN BOARD or HEALTH, Feb. I, 1852
In the four weeks Of January there 3i deaths
ss" Ss $ @ IN 'a he 81 toe
?e6 deaths in public institutions BENG In se hm
infanis Hospital, Commissioner OF Charities; in 81.
v.nsen. aud 4 in The New Yors cry Hospital;
rahrenheit; the extreme range OF temperature from
inches dsph q water shown By The Cs.s,vsOns
OF pr Loines a, The Eastern -
.hoa as he anoaat q the
latina has again become preyasni rhihi.s pa@OrslI.
,be acute or inasmma,Ory disorders lungs are charged
with seventeen and per cent on The total list q lung
ssrrcssle mortality during the four weeks.
o % o 81 to an s s
OF either Of those diseases ssa be unreped 70 tas
hen BE neglected Though only twenty
s ss ps Only
been caused ~ ~ there would have psen fewer gases
s lad sS % r.s:s ''sss' .
4 Is: and no.;
limits, regard scarena nnot be doubted
s, a g .fs S.%
iHS 'ss &.
fatal occurred The following remark this do.
By sanitary inspseior Dr. oasashsr Of the staten
district ss,s. . =. .yass: he Village Of Eds'ss
fully eIempidsd Than during tails Epidemic the worst
ss % are
and o. ~ t1d . s dsnn saa ana
death and ID. eve, aus.u.ns rates week
q. H.sopo.sn b.rs Dc Local ana .:%sv.s.
sSsauss, : studded and made Known
10 81 s sss roe sssS %
l or on N ne four or ending January
7s per 1000 yearly and 10 the fourteen chief ci,iss in
Great Britain, during period the rate WAS equal 70
B 1000 The rate In Vienna was ~ and IN Berlin per
l,O0 the last weeks 10 Decembor New hvrk and
Rrookvp favoraSy with those foreign cities, but
our poor better clad than the poor 10 those
ces and efforts atbead winning tnd better rewards
These crcumstances well the kinds OF housing OF the
poor have much 70 do with the sanitary state OF
2r Bowne Register Clerk reports the following statistics
OF bIrths still births aud marriages registered IN the city aud
county Of New York the month OF January, 1861:
TotsI humber OF births certified BY physicians 2
Tosi number Of sill blrths certified pysciAns 27
Total number OF persons married and legally certified BY
CURIOUS CASE OF 1NsASIrY.-A young lady was
found insane wandering about the woods Of vigo
county, Ind, recently. and a. she was unable to tell
who she was or where she belonged was taken to
the poorhouse. In the pocket OF her dress was
found pocketbook containing good sum OF money
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