The New York herald., 1870-08-03
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Fat Helters Again-sanitary Condition Of
the City-Report OF the Superintendent
Effects OF the Excessive Hoat-physicians
to Report Deaths Within Given Time

President BOswoRTH called the Board OF Health TO
order yesterday at one O'Clock p. NJ, there being
present precisely quorum, consisting OF Comms-
siOners Ceccarni, Gross, Mullaly ana S. Smith.
were any other members present during the session.
The first subject OF interest was presented by the
fat METERS and the list heretofore published the
HERALD being reported back lavorabiy from tho
Sanitary Committee, the opposition was found to
have collapsed anG permits were granted TO all OF
them, with the exception OF two individuals, who
wanted to melt trough fat" ana ''lat unqualified,
who were refused, as the Board still insists upon the
qualification of "freshn before granting permit.
number Of new applicants were refused permits and
resolution was adopted directing the Secretary to
inform them that 1t was In consequence OF the nsuf
ciency of the apparatus Of the condition loca
ton of the premises, and that upon application to
the City Sanitary Inspector they will be informed Of
the terms upon which permits can be obtained.
City Sanitary Inspector MoREAU NORRIS presented
the following report
BUREAU OF SANITARY INSPECTION,
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. NO. 3ol Morr STREET,,
NEW YORK, August 2, 1870
EMMONs CLARK, ESQ.,, Secretary 10 the Board Of
the Health Department.
have the honor TO forward for the information Of
the Board the following sta ement a. TO ie general
sanitary condition of the city Tor the week ending
Regarding endemic diseases durlnp that. wcek
there eleven cases of SIN lpox reported to this
bureau, making total OF sixteen Tor the month OF
July. limited nubmer OF cases OF smallpox or
OF its varieties, probably, VIII nearly always
prevail i'm so large city, for so long persons re-
main either unvaccnated or unprotected by reyac-
cnation, just 30 long Will this subtle poison find
victims
Relaps,ng fever Is s!il dminishng there having
been lut twenty-five cases ieporteL l. against thirty
The precious week. These occurred In Mulberry
Cherry. Roos ,vet Madison and West FOrtetb streets
and one, city yaQrant: another, country tramper
turning up as station house lodgers. BV noticing
these localities IL VIII be seen that public and private
fifth, personal neglect and want are the principal
sources OF this disease Hence The nece sity urged
and recommended III another communication to the
Board upon additional street cleaning for more
thorough and oiten repeated cleaning OF certain
streets In the City.
Tn experience of the last three months has taupht
us this fact beyond al, question: that is, thorough
cleansing OF streets, dlStn'ecton Of cutters i'm con
junction with the same means applied To dom CHS,
and enforcing The Tenement House law relating to
the end, throughout densely populated districts
has undoubtedly been the great means of saving this
ciiy ihus far from Inc usually prevailing epidemics
that have occurred heretofore during the summer
months.
As matter OF Interest and public record with re.
ference to relapslng fever. permit mc To add table
OF IRE statistics OF this disease for the past thirteen
weeks. as 1t has occurred III this city, taken from the
records of this Bureau:-