The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-22
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Marked Decrease In tho Mortality Of the
Chy-The Garbage Question Again-Unsafs
Tenement Houses.
But little business Of public interest was trans.
acted by the Board of Health their regular weekly
meeting yesterday afternoon. The Sanitary Com
mttee handed In report In relation to the dumping
OF garbage and animal matter by rne street con-
tractor In the sunken lots between Eghty-etghth
and Niney-eighth streets. on the east SIDE.
The report states that the dumping
Of this material, which Is in q state or
decomposition has hitherto been the cause OF breed
ing fevers and plaques in other countries citing q
an instance the fearful mortality In Montevideo -
recently and the committee recommend that the
street contractor be required to remove all the
garbage and such like which ne has already dumped
IN the Vicinity above referred to, and that ia the
future nothing but ashes be used for the purpose
OF filling In the lots TINS recommendation
was conquered in BY the Board, and the contractor
the llthy matter shall have been by him removed.
and that the whole work be done under the super.
The CITY SANITARY Inspector reported that the
tenement houses Nos. SO and 3s Cherry street,
were in very unsafe condition because
the Board order vacation OF the premises by tho
parties now occupying them and that they be not
again inhabited without O written permit from the
Board. This recommendation was also concurred
After receiving the following reports from the
Register OF Records and the City Sanitary Inspector
the Board Adjourned
BUREAU OF RECORDS OF VITAL srATsrIcs,l
June 81, 1871
have the honor TO report s registered deaths for the pas
OF 81 the corresponding period Of 1870 Zymoltr
diseases occasioned los deaths constitutional s. local lt
fcrred measles decrease Of and IL to scaratna do
ses ANA sansea hs
week. Tho mortality from diarh9al affections rose from
g. An analogous increase takes place suddenly svs
In o66 noticed until the last week ~ june althOuEe
cholera had been extending during the whole OF the mon
IREvALENcE OF BOWEL COMPLAINTS
uns the he week ending july & IN sss Gn h; s soa y
~ n ,So Sy snS s.sn e cop.sn anon n sseS
marking the Of the periodic
zynotc which diseases Of this chasae
In the past week s. deaths attributed phhss POI
the local respiratory affections, being the
lowest weekly mortality from such complaints recorded tins
Although Of the past week exhibits an In
whole over the previous one the gam wAa
that having suffered increase In mortality OF par
cent upon the total.
reading Of the barometer for the past week v.s
37sb deg and the temperature 67l0 dsR being La
deg lower than for the corresponding period during ten eA
and Friday The minimum temperature So deg, on ~.
day The degree OF HUMIDITY equivalent 70 NJ
During the week ending June smallpox oceAsioned -
deaths In London 81 In Liverpool ana 10 10 Newcssuo<
Tyne-a considerable decline In each city.
BUREAU or SANITARY INsPKoTIoNb
NEW YORK, June 81. 1871
To THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE HEALTH DErAHT
have following comparative ssaes-
meni Of contagious diseases reported TO th's puresu ~
two weeks ending June n, is7i:--
k, E:s *. RIA "a r. & S. S & ";