New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-27
BOARD OF HEALTH.

A FRAUDULENT MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE-oUAR-
ANTINE-THE sMALL-PoX-SWILL MILK
STREET CLEANING.
The Board of Health met yesterday after
noon President Lincoln in the chair Tho Attorney re-
ported % cases OF noncompliance with the Tenement
house law and suits were ordered TO be commenced in
each instance.
Tho Attorney read letter from Dr. Geo. b. Taylor,
stating that had intention OF violating the orders
Of the Board when he treated OF llpox without
reporting It, and that he had vaccinaed all the members
and relatives OF the family the city and had used
every precauton to prevent other than authorized
persons from coming in contact with the patient Upon
notion the Attorney directed to discontinue suit
against Dr. Taylor.
communication was received from the Sanitary gu.
pernendent stating that person called on the Regis
ter and wished to have marriage certificate regis
tered and certified copy given to him that he might
obtain pension from the Government The suspicious
OF clerk excited and he wrote to the clergyman
who purpOrted to have soemnzed the marriage and
he pronounced the certificate forgery. The matter
was referred 20 the OF the Board the ap
picant could not be punished 1t also resolved to
call the attention OF the Pension Bureau ut Washington
TO the matter.
The following communication was received from Com
Is, creating BO,d the OF Health oner
,sp aS fnao a. b. nav h.y. 20 enable The Boar.
efee,ua the public health Of the district within It's control
writing have The Board advised Of everything
Of the Board bear evidence that The information have thus
for misapprehenon hereafter FAR
concerned desire IN terminating ny Official connection Win the Board
covering the statistics OF dseaIs under QlAutne aud ask that
DaSs bat n 1 the total number o. port. infected With yo%
g. from which have received sI vessels e Of which GAd sickness
ssI Pe SS 1.I .. md @ i 900 a
Isl Of these recovered and 70 died
The bringing cholera thl, for tn.
disease $50 Of whom died on The passage IA were received In the Guar
The humber bringing ship this port for the past
years which 232 persons k with this disease
10 200 passengers aud crews exposed
The number Of vessels bringing smallpox 20 this port for the past sir
the smallpox hospitals BAekwsrs la9d 30 ss
at Quarantine By Lone, had either had smallpox
were y protected By 'aeenAon Ia this connection II soqre Of
Pye gagged dsniseing vessels publication dHnnag se OF 'h'
pymeHs CONNECTED with Qaa0e bat three have DIED record
which has ne been squaled this any other port This expert
fever has beea contracted from exposure 10 the vessel upon WHICH either
feed from ia human freight thoroughly mgaie The
history Of these vessels Bringing oefs to tbs pert also shoNs that
ees,ey overovded he sick kept separated from the we'll Snl
aud the allowance Of liberal
diet 10 those who remain veil , . 49, -, 49,. =,
under date Of Dec ~ is6 which he states that dgn The hye
S ST,s S iS m s mo" o bSs so~.V seven adj
oai deaths from va disease s s. so S j. ln6~S To
be spreading throughout Of Eastern aud Northern towns ad
That s &c . , 9S Ss VSa bsStss oSs %etropo
well protected from smallpox 10y vaccination not
forth the progress Of eonoa ih.
metropolis Nos" the appended tables vi" show mat PsnSd Of
Ja9 so9l saee SHy smigran' vessel e,losins .@1.PGI
year 1909 Of saapOI bad been
received aud cared or at Backurs Island from the Metropolitan Dis
unprotected b. vaccination nd that snail prevailing TO a'er
,a,i ,aI ,o. Ga . 90 % intent m Mostl St IN
annual reV f 1905 that danS the eo@hs year ever Ios'e