, 1869-06-23
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Mortality ReEsrt-The Recent Rains
Bad Condition Of Chicago.


Aregular meeting Of the Board Of Hea,th Was
held yesterday afternoon, Pres1deut Hoard In the
chais. petition for the removal Of the t.1nery
At the corner Of Noble and Division strce:s uas
referred 10 The Sanitary Conmlttsa. Ths Com
mttsee on Ordinances were granted further tine
to prepare Al ordinance In relation to meat.
Doctor 6ch1oetkes reported that II was the H.
sent1ou Of the Board Of Public WorkH 10 erect .
dozen public drinking fountains when the placea
for them were Designated ...
The Sanitary Committee VA Instructed 10 point
out the places.
1ne Sanitary Superintendent submitted hts re-
poft, showing lo4 deaths for the week. q male
and Il female. or these u were under three
yearA There we're II deaths BY consumption.
hy measles, and IL premature and still births.
The Deaths t,J wards were: First !; Second, !;
IL e6td f9HS y 5,Sio F9 4sG,s sen
Twelfth. 10; Thirteenth, 8; Fourteenth, !; FL
teentb, 3: Sixteenth, 3 .-
The Superintendent also reported: The NOR
taly Of ibis week t. greater than for the same
time last October. This Increase IL m1lnly BY
consumption, pneumonia and other acute in1am-
matoiJ diseases Of the respiratory organs, and a
Temperature and the great amount Of rain that
has fallen are taken into consideration.
Ihe nunber Of immigrants arrived was ,so0,
them. One case u rar!olold Eas reported at No.
2l Illinois eaees: one Of small -pox At No. Is Bre-
sna,tsq Tss tseet recently arrived II & thts couatEJ:
Union street. infected BY Immigrants; one Of
snhl.p n No. sss North avenue, and mid
arrived here. Vaccinations performed by Sanitary
Inspectors, and through tie tnst1umentauty OF
The board. during the wees, amounted to 9es.
8anehter-houBes and dlstillef1es and blind drain
was discovered emptJtng into the North branch
a. she Grtat Western plstsiiezy and promptly de-
The lncessant rains have seriously interfered
With the abatement OF nuisances, and have left
portions u our city IN truly ho1rid condition.
weather, admonishes u that Increased activity IN
tais department Of our labors Is absolutely ueces-
Lees than usual mortality nss been observed
In tho transportation Of stock The number OF anil
mails Inspected At the Union Stock yards has been
~ follows: Cattle, 1l,1ea; hoss, u aas; sheep,
gooa condition and no prevailing alcEness, the
deem It ~ auty 70 ca attention 2 he IN:
and injury Of trees that frequently occur where
Improvement are making, In the transit Of old
9 no1ses through TIE streets, and the negligence
projecting trees as much as possible, / would re-
spectiuliJ recommend that the Sanitary police
Rep n he directed 70 enforce Section 2, Chapter
3ALfL, Revised Ordinances, which reads Is fol-
!oEs: ANY person who shall cut break or
otoerNise iujure or destroy any shahe or orna-
@entA nee other thanh1s own, upon ans sde-
Less than s10, nor exceeding 50, In every case
TOO many trees have already been unnecessarily
injured IN the Court House Square.
ls With feelings Of more than ordinary satts-
1acuon that leatn that the Trustees Of the town
o. Ccerp Intend passing m ordinance for the con-
suuctlon OF road TO MgeEaide 10 feet In Width,
commencing at thectty Limits where the Southwest
p!ank road crosses Twenty second street, and rin-
nlnR directly west for about three miles to the
Harry Point road. Where the road strikes the
it Is to be w1dened TO 80 feet and Is to
iolloN the curve Of the HdRe, upon Which there
L Z nne old grove, 70 Riverside -Four roxe
OF trees, with hedge Of erefXrecna on each side,
are TO he planted, aid the road Is to BE- thorough
r dralned. In addition, learn that the toW1 Of
C1cefp s extending Its system Of drainage on the
section lines running south Of Mud Lako- II this
Plan is carried cut 1t Will not ALONE ASSIST In the
dnnaee Of the level and fat country west Of the
cty Tut greatly improve and ornament II, and un-
dtuptedfy make mat road the best approach
70 the city I, is, therefore, to be hoped tint the
Trustees Efu carry out the proposed plan. as "
so doing they w1ll not alone place Cicero, but CHI
caEo under lasting obligations TO them ~
The Health 0nicer reported tlst $50 nuls1ncea
had teen abated during the week |
Several reports frutn Health Inspectors II ID |
rions wards we,e then read, after Which the oo.rI
adjourned.