New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-31
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

HOUSE INsPFCTIoN-FILTHY PUBLIC MAR
KETS - STREET CLEANING - GARBAGE AND
AsHEs-THE WEEKLY MORTALITY.
The Board of Health received the following
communication, yesterday, from the sanitary Commit
tee and unanimously approved Of the measures pro
posed therein:
In view Of the prevalence % Asc Ccles Russia daring The past
year and It's possible more rapid progress ~t't"r, sG9s c mount
recommended Board April last thai tie m cousn and 'ss
the purpose Of placing the city cean condition possible
d laDe BGi Ss cl % & and June every ene%hus
was y' Id even room S% Ssf to S inn SS S as re-
pa were enforced where required, Ihe ocps4e were Pese1
placed good sanitary condition the majority admit Of Swas
authorized 70 employ for these purposes
10 the cleanliness thus secured this class Of earee"
The Gases evsdc the ordinances
Of the Board Of Health by ever, possible and hence the Seion
Of h Daily certainly weekly Inspections by the lle M OF
adequate Desirable snon degree sA5ness r. and
'e sG sun So.s !" I :, ss,,S"r IL Chan
public health does not at present I as that law eoniempaes In oer
con q Nav snd june Ph Inspectors could be spared from yaeen
tneTe1ihoq dstnets enforcing the ounane rqlns cleansing
dpiseoR &c II Is The op1 on Of ise C SANITARY Inspector va,
% %a ne ,e nj, opon Ne SaSitsr ConHee eoncurs
the systematic performed
The months O MAY aud June last
The Sanitary Committee also reported as follows on
the condition aud inspection OF the principal markets:
the departments with the urgent request hs, the needed re-
sources 81 uTbear II has been established by the inspectors
this Board that at and vegetables brought sale
Immediately struck With decay when placed Pud atmosphere
cause, Of Alseai sga other severe and a diseases
cleanliness, general sanitary condition would be among
brit and most Hs'e,s.iy duties 81 '' g s e assigned A 10
other departments Of he Cy Government leaving tbs Bo1 peer
Isstse The Department Fnar s control q ihe
er Subsequent have annual sppopds
s ' Tb zee 9 q et the sal ln.p oy ts ine q sEe.
aye in .epoIabb d2ida,e .Rl t eleoa in hf opinion .s
ai[se,s s9ge,ae % the sSGsDg gu a ,l a9a streets 'A'Ail
The Inspector of street Cleaning reports az follows;
e Tesgg sa1g a oe R Ion ' p aa l a s 5,,
mets 10 man sections Of The city eane to be attended With unsat
onanc to ,hrogas am and garbage into the streets
a. tne request Of the sam T Commute anu witnessed The utter dis
Tsgl q pi ne gon'ac% ,o5 70 s, IN t Dgs, Sa{s
cerelonoa into tie street wherever there depression
ocecued b tie displacement Of toe cO5besones into which sse
The SANITARY Committee offered resolution providing
for the strict enforcement on and after sept 49, OF the
| following ordinance relating 70 garbage;
% That shan he ne duty every cnsn lessee and
oecupsn say md every building OF place Of hupe The generally
to provided al kee snd he kept
ss P9, WITHIN ''6 oq 1 or ' S o. P0ng SS au 1 e ANA
age without being SLED to vtin four inches Of the Top hereof all
NAV accumulate during yt hour, from sA building o. pase o.
| may ~ $50 owner, tenant, rssts o. occupant; and
every such box barrel designed hoi ashes shah be
stametal ~ scpdTd' 1ssssl shall
rllSh and of ~ JT'Iy and qu1
stsdnoes; ds and rut'R IN te pdfa ~ .t - ~
corbrJe ssfsces and ~ ashes ra
tllt sLad BE- ed from such
from for W rh ssii iecepa
provided and other Nou 'he Yrte eseu,l sa ue
placed therein barrel " rm,in o. any de
walk OF public psce longer nay Pc Escu for The removal
| ~ the contents thereof
| DIT Russell. Register OF Records, TeItftad:
na d5f fdr ID, T previous s! %sei ocPoaas zee.
occssoned 20 Deaths constitutional
local I55 aeveopments 81 The fatal eases Of
sm1llpoI ushed from to arana from "a d
weekly Euuer the
ending Jan the lowest during present
this decline The mortality ~ two such
formidable diseases and especially 10 that Of smallpox;
continued ueTsseuty epidemic. Measles caused
Int three deaths in past week sgsinst i've in the
cough the other hand after period OF com
yucei during the present month tendency 70
increase produced l8 deaths is greatest "ees
deaths increase
and tythod fever s. Of The mortality from darIhes
diseases M ron 1885, less by 20 than for the same week OF o
ONLY 81 asobei phthss punonAs It's o"tsl "oAy
hiring the sk ending registered in London 1853
pS from e apoI; NeWcssteou.Tue and Sunderland the fatal
cases of smallpox largely increased In Pans there returned
76 deaths for the in Berlin ~ ncnlng llS from
apor ending TO- and IN Vienna z0 dung the
ending In Rome the month OF July gave al annual Death
| rate Of "A in the LOCO inhabitants
Sanitary Inspector Morris presented the 1OOWlng com
parative statement contagious diseases reported for
! the two weeks ending Aug &c: 49,
| ---- FKvHRS Wph-
sndng Typhus Typhoid Repg Scarlet SMALLPOX Measles thGra
Hug. o.. 10 a %