, 1870-06-15
BOARD or rHEkI1N.
Cur City RECONSIDERATION OF
the Old BFideEel&,
Battle9vith Bed Rugs-0reat Slauph.
ter-Statistics Of Casualties
Weekly Mortality RePort--Res-
fxsratiom Of Marriages..

year, and s. tn the preceding week Of this yest
Of the deaths last week, s. we're males M aaa % 70,
= 4he Z M nstivites Of the dead were: Atlantic ocean,
penms.k Polapa Hassa ssata noea eaea so
pa psfh sih d the bnited ststss, il; Germany; Il;
. T6e Deaths were distributed as fol1ons: Flrst
sl1shs (; Seventh, Z; Eighth s,,rS 8: Slnta:
46eenth: 4 esnth. i sssas - "s ssnts:
!; shteea1p. 5: seventeeata, 9: Eighteenth. !;
Klneleenth, 3: Txentte.n, 8; accidents, 3; Geun.
nitsi. i: Mercy Hospital, suicide By shooting, L
a,....,9ss, 9ssfzyATa9sda ,sG0T,sd the cono,non OF
tna ane eubc b9ee hesitn 70 bs yery good Compared
with Iast week. the mean daily temperature
WIS se7en degrees lower, aad over four times y
mqsa n s IF ssas oi sSs lSe
Many nulsapces were sbated, and more coanee.
uopa with sewers made than daring M week tbs
{eaE Owing 70 the want Of af4nass mea9o9 ara aaa
dielnfected. case Of Yariolold was reported =
No. 1e English street, another At the County JAIL
cases o, varloloid aud one OF conenent smallpox
at No. II Crittsnden street, In family that Wa2
infected BY Immigrants The nsuA precs1ttons
were promptly taken, and Dr. Miller, County Ply
5 Jais. '> - @N~
Tl6 report HRS accepted and placed on n4et
EplsAEcxs 'AsLTxD.
Health Officer Burnhstn reported the ahatement
OF ,s35 uusances, and that 136 premises were con-
nected With ttrcet ssHe1k
CpNp17 foN OF 1RE OLD nR1pEwEL
Dr.. John II: WOODWORK, Sanitary Inspector OF
the Second Ihtld, Fourth and Efth DlstRtcta. r
s%s ss e sns ss e. Saass tha 81 r
eat q 1o17n IN md n th ,oasne
the centre Of each building, On either side Of which
the celia Or lodging Iooms Of ne plise ps.
inches long bJ ) feet inches vide, and 10 feet
high. Each cell il lighted and ventilated from
without BY window OF one and one-e14htn feet
superficial 1rea, leHz the space occunled BY the
iron bars, which L. lust enehME Each cell ta SUP
Piled with TWO narrow board bunks attached 70
one side Of the cell. md Is CALCULATED M 70 ACCOM-
combined in l9S ceilsy oVercroHdtng becomes
necessary. On the day Of ny tnspeeuon t1ere
vel. ThIch Is lie minimum number. On the day
before, 80 men and 1e women were discharged by
tie Brtdeweu Committee
Itself sunlctent to place the ssnttay condition os
gerT low standard. insufficient size, imperfect nr.
Ynngemet snd ventilation are too apparent to need
q issp ans pssa az
thorouehly acrubbed every day and thu rails Of
she cells whtewsshed nearly every week, o::s sals
tie t6a DO Boards u Of tne "a aold n1lf-" Jaistns
Sp qstaf:9!s r. saeS s''dsnsss a,.s ? fss Ss5s
sn exciting ttne nehtln& BED et41 4 ngorss are
the most convincing argument, took ne pa!ns @ %
count the marks OF desd bugs, and found that 95a
| had been vanguished In Single cell tn less than
"a As to lie employment Of the prisoners, the men
odlcea. etc. The women scrub the noora, do the
,orce, saa FIre Department. Ind make clothing
II unWar1; Of three-fourths Of the prisoners are
sent IN for drunkenness, and nearly Ill the Others
from crimes proceeding from tnls yise; 49, Tne worss
Ahout forty Of them have been inmates OF the
Btidcwe1. for many years, never a~aJ for more
woman II particular has not been ontstde o1
the old shell tor one whole week at any one tlma
during the last hfteen years. The deduction 1fon
to sn<brsate asyiu., and It shoald be regulated
| and governed accordtngly.
| THE NEW RRDEwEL .
In connection with the above, Dr. Woodwork
reports as follows on the new Briiewell, although
It is outside his district and 1risdact1on He Says
Court House, On the outlet OF "Nud Lake" Thl
building, which Is good one. eontslns 4s5 cens
separate hospital rooms for men and women, din
ing rooms. kitchen, bakery, &c: also apartments
completed and ready to occupy. The boilers ar
now being put into the building. The plasteFin{
an snformed that It is the intention Of tn
City Fatnetn to lnclose the grounds With ason!
c~A-A
Ing can b. occupied, the old building will have
J. answer for ~ months Or Jeaf longer: L 1T n
ss soqa SanF 81 ao g csaP E
tage to put up tie wall The greatest objection
, water Of the liver IS not 1t to use, and the We
, | water Is, OF conrse, only surface water.
: The cells ase feet long, feet vide, and fee
smooth stone The betihngs VIII hare poor psac
| To hide in The new cells
t DR.. Woodwork also made report on the Al
ton of tho boaliinH Anown - the Ar.n9f1, an
| nuTyr1s situated on the southwest corner or Adam
aud FRANKLIN streets, snd y used ~ poliee 81 Sc
ana Tne s1y SonaasR 4sssoa Of u
. /. Defective construction 2. Imperfect dral.
t age 3 imperfect m venttlaaors q 41s,. .a;,ax 4 !,
:. basement, and the nrst tioor IS lower than Il
!. eurface Of the ground surrounding the hu!liln
= There y no provision for draining ne ground
It drained tnominaiiy, bJ N open alatce zqnni.
8 Into catch basin, and thence into the Ada1
: which Is made TO subsefseFhe purposes of wstt
sss1 n,,s s0nnseSa setss vii the ths i've. 'sss s
" shafts through whicn, dutng the Pseyaaeace
=. ara forced INTO the cells This reversed sJzeern
y ventiiaticu Is slTocatinx in the exreme, and
70 oddr often has the effect 70 rsvzee tho process
10 tucnde8 space OF Axty feet In length BY e1ghte
q, tn width md nxteen In height. The space Is II
e bT @ eieyen by thirteen fees each. Tbs corridor
- ventilated by three windows. al On one eade,
J. presenting In their aggregate an sdr surface
8 Of The naIs by which they are ohstiuctesi- r
cells are ventilated from the corridor BY m OPT
ing over the door Of each, OF four feet supernc
I hr fha Int
competing the roof OF each eel. There Il, also
t range OF four cells upon an inner corridor, dit
dows upon the corridor, aud ID having the esca
" pipe Of the water closet On the upper door, emp
II inR into one Of zen,, aud distributing its eonte
We on the noor whenever tho water-tfoughls Is
ch The minimum number Of dodgers IN these
rc cells is about seEenty-fEe- On a !" full alRht,"
ca md women. which is rather closer packing tha
ut .lrorer, having a. eye TO :. profit and loss "o
~ ron Wnieh. Ills Wretcncd mass IT numanlt
~ expected TO breathe amounts to aoon, sumcten
h. supply sheir respiratory necessities for t"o 1 10
ne the outset, after which time q becot
z positively intur1ons t. - n hea!In sa1a,,,.,
his inst the air IS already concentrated By the
IN gases forced backward from the sewer, aud,
I'M thermoIc. By the e1n.lss1oza =. snd a, asc1@aa
auy constitution can be found strnn9 enough
the endure hot night In this s11ocadnE hole. 81,
lily On nights when the wind u IN westerly dl1
nd ron rom The aas woffs into tne sexer tne door il
ns ing frpm the Office Into the corridor ha3 70 BE-
me- aid preTent ACTUAL su0pca.ion, which even
md keeper feara would Otherwise take place.
more gae sn I'd II nos % a5ose critic
bI- The rooms used for Witnesses are lnsqmcle
ND ventilated The officers dormitoy e tnitty 9
In
oIn windows: two on the north and three On the
60 'front.' and contains torty-n,ne beds No Not n, ~
psnt Z y .n{ 'ms ~ 1n'e '
o. thing 10 their power 70 teep the hn..dins y
1eh sD tSe defeess feaaa ase beyonG e. saeir reaeh
hla II the plaA8 OF public nutidtnRs had to be
'ed mltted to tns CRITICISM md feSson & o. sam san,
would be saved in making alterations, not to !
tion the greater economy Of health and life
The reports were accepted and placed upon
REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES.
y. sauitarJ Superintendent Ra1ch called at1e1
~ ue to the pzopr1ety Of REGISTERING the marriages
ne p.as CD .be
fen- The Chair said that no doubt marriage had
lido I important influence upon health and morals
Of the registration could not but be valuable evf
~; Commissioner Raucn said that the greater
| portion OF deathR Naz among unmarried peop
lof Commissioner Hoard offered resolution
by t y1dn2 for the psaaa9o Of N ordinance comm
ong Ing persons about to "lump the hroomsticl
>ud- put themselves upon record.
MI / Tho resolution wA8 Adopted
nd 1AJoKuA71oN WANTED.
pelassss Aaa!sEa4ST ahs P1n,,o 81 RnH ns ~
gun | New Orleans, asked for Information as to -
ths 7 has been the influence exhrctsed by plentiful
1t Ply of pure water on the health Of the city Of
,red Referred to the Sanitary supe,inteude'
atee ;, Ths Board then adjourned