The New York herald., 1870-06-02
D1paRTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

"An Hands ON Deck"-The Fat Melters--
An Officer Without Any Subordinates-
Street Cieauing-PrOposed Quarantine Re.
form for DischarginS Cargoes.
President BoswORTH called the Board OF Health To
order yesterday promptly at two O'Clock, and to his
intense ast0nshment, found all the commissioners
even including Mr.. Henry Smith, In their seats
The usual reports were made by the Attorney,
and the routine orders were entered. Instructions
were also asked as to complaints against fat render
ing establishments and 1t was ordered that the ordi
nances against them be enforced.
The new Register Of Records, Dr. Charles p
RUSSELL came before the Board in communi-
cation as suppltant. 1t appeared that in the
decapitation on Monday the Board had removed
every clerk in the Bureau OF Vital Statistics and Dr.
Russell found himself utterly unable to perform the
duties of the bureau with the raw clerks assigned
him. He therefore asked that John Bourne, Charles
Sanford, Thomas J. Cox and one other of the for
mer clerical force Of the Bureau be retained forfa
time, and his prayer being endorsed by the Com
were reappoinl ed for one week.
Upon motion Of Commissioner BRENNAN DR..
Cleaning at salary Of So 500 per annum, ana the
following resolution was adopted:-
Resolved That the Inspector Cleaning coac the
for clesnng as to show briefly the Weekly
ao ss urgently rss o % s
s asn the 70 S these
meetings. 'N
The Committee on Street Cleaning also presented
an abstract or the reports for tie last week show
ing the omissions to clean streets according to the
contract, which states that sixteen streets and
0i pas se sSS at all In
munication was received from j. 8. Brown,
S9s 1Sr Cleaning the which
garbage mxe, and asking the Board to pass an or
dinance requiring people to put out these two sorts
to the Counsel and Committee on Law and Ordi-
nanccs to prepare the desired law.
DIR. CARNOHcAN, Health Officer Of the port, pre-
sented the following resolutions, which were re-
ferred to the Sanitary Committees
the vs want Of aS s bort wSsEs
BY rendering such msrchandiSs
shall be discharged upon g hers at distance
taon; msrchandso is Composed cheay
be-
Of The Hs bs Snno o 6
Of Congress to the burdens thus imposed upon
s S 81 OF or
s paasr ana a
and without the additional expense imposed upon
lighters remote from
ans
and that hs Exceency be and he hereby respectfully
such as he deem best adapted to
City Sanitary Inspector, having been read the Board
went into secret session.
BUREAU OF SANITARY INSPECTION.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT CITY OF NEW YoRK,}
compliance with the resolution Of the Board follows
to city q M sDsls be al %.
Ing and and bone boiling nhnsnce and upon he condition Of
place. havs been visited and Inspected following
In West Thrysi from Eleventh North
See
Ssas SG
business was being cendusted in much more careful and
sssapss Wesl stHi's sfssi aHS's
e1Sss ss bsEs sos of ssss
qsmole McNeaere found offensive odors escaping
premises. Al dock foot a. West Thrs
brought q The City closely reose eos
vs a0 70 bs aa
sSs us9s the .lsS lss q @
ssT as al o s s rn
pear to be kept IN great care no decayng Of purifying mat
carboe acid Upon The boat spproprsed for dsaI GNs AMI
mails Being and p dssppe"rs asnS o 1 the
tanks upSn opening each animal alma there was eayia
detected a, any sapco nc from the
rendering Duohers @ and 'Sa other
refuse slight odor Of decomposlon combined with the
possible o OF
being transferred into the receiving boats as
TO avoid the escape Of offensive odo From The rendering
thoroughly consumed that none into the
At NOS and 10 Abato place in West Thtv-nnth street,
fcgnd aowns rsnfen Of Henry
offensive odors could any time be deteced process
sa an A ssiss the % OF % nsr eoa Dn
ling the escape of offensive odos in this business sasfac
ali Of its sasaed that desirable end eau be
No II Absttor place, Inrynnth street, George
o Sear which has % S n e Sao % osn
sye condi:ion could be discovered:
gut esaaing and melting The fat hsrcirom the
% Is saeS the
hog slaughter h1nss and fat rendering tanks Of Messrs To-
tank b ad
eae M 10 eod water condensers having direct
s s q y:
kinds q fst There are quite number places
Tie % who
want Of Time has %s s at this date
the and whs need special
street and at the mouths Of The sewers q Tir!yeiahh,
pad ss SSrsH s9S q s sa a
the rest Of the Discharge from the slaughter and
sS: s o e @ Ds SS Ss
1Ss % Hs s1Ssr s n. 5 supervision m Of the Dspar
siderable part q this west .da the s6al.
this any
s the sSs IN A. during the
ofore there s but one that the process Of
rendering without causing offence to the public
conducted as Ia a present known ~ the city,
the apparatus employed at Mr. Wells place, Nos and
Anats9ir place ana me New YORK Rendering Company,
gases eliminated during melting. These gases
cannot be tentirey condensed by water, neither
deodorized BY any known material they only be sup
pressed for the moment but passing from tue condeners
into the sewers and from thence into the river they
set free and watedb wind directions
Hence the Of the nuisance long complained Of
which, although so apparent at very considerable distances
from this locality, yet inspection individual
ises ia so difficult precisely TO ocate.I
Among all the above enumerated establishments there IL
but one which has permit for renderlng-viz Messrs
Tobey Il Booth.
Convinced that there ia but eectal method vet
vised OF suppTessing this Offensive in
habitants OF this city IT Ia respectfully suggested tnat
the permit granted Messre. Tobey Il Booth be re.
yoked and orders issued disseminating this kind Of
business within the city limits, unless these
odors entirely prevented from escaping into the sur
rounding atmosphere BY being utterly destroyed during
OF renderng and that the refuge tanks
not allowed to discharge into the sewer slips Isueh
means land apparatus employed the business may be
conducted without prejudice either the meers or to the
public within the limits Of the city Respectfully your obe