New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-11
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
VACCINATION DUMPING GROUNDS DEFECTIVE
DRAINAGE-sMALL-POX DECREASING.
The Board of Health decided yesterday to

VACCINATION OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEFECTIVE
Neutrality-suspicious. DECREASING.
The Board of Health decided yesterday to
dispense with the services OF eight OF tho Assistant
Health Inspectors who have been engaged lately In
yaccinang. Since March g. over 5000 persons have
been vscenated by 81 Inspectors In 1862 corps of 60
Inspectors vaccinated only 10000 President Bosworth
thought the increase owing to the greater willing
ness Of the people to be yaccnaed The Sanitary Com
mttee reported that they had visited the dumping
grounds the foot OF West Thrtyseyenth and Fifteth-
sts and had ascertaned that several OF the persons
using the grounds wero violating tner Perpts, ne
Committee recommended that two men be employed 10
watch the piers and grounds and report who wore com
uniting these violations. Adopted. In view OF the
statement that that there were 10 patIehts Ill tn9
SMALLPOX Hospital on BlacLwells Island, II was asked
whether this was not greater number than the
hospital had accommodation fof inc tly sanitary III
spector said that the capacity Of the hospital was 100
patients. The increase was owing to the InlnX OF pa
tIents from Quarantine. Dr. CarnOClaI. health oihecr
OF the port said he had been compelled TO ;ed a1 a@s'
because he should soon the West Bank Hospital for
those suffering from other contagious Diseases ~
complaining the stagnant water the vacant sunben
lots between sevenythird and sevenyfourth sts and
First and Ffthayes and ascribng to them much OF the
disease that prevails IN the vicinity John Foley Prcsl-
dent of the Twelfth and Nineteenth Ward Ctzens As
sociaon, sent communication complaining OF the de-
fective drainage OF Yorkye and asking the Board to
give il their attention. resolution was adopted direct
Ing the CITY Sanitary Inspector make inspection Of
ali the vacant aud undraned lands in the city, aud re-
port to the Board.
Dr. Charles p Russell, Registrar Of Records, presented
the following:
report 500 registered deaths Tor the past week
than for tie preEous week There was M ne de-
mortality smallpox which destroyed bat 10 'e
- and y during the three weeks respectively ending h
% p and 5 In previous .er since ta ending February ~ had
there fatal If this disease Mcs ocasned
10 dslths 10 ns in tie former q aud in
the latter mortality typhoid fever diminished IRON 70
little aucuiiOn the other 1ymOfc ancuOns
Seventy.one sscrill to phhss pulnouais s
lowest weekly mortality for the present year Its
iigbest having been the week ending
March mortality the local respiratory complaints rose, on
The hand t. 90 According the latest sdyces The cpl
demc smaox gland enced improvement it, severity Gag
most London Liverpool ,Ri Segcasteonyne In Liver
phil 49, out Of total j5 deaths smallpox
10 In NewcssonTue tbs proportion
Vas II per cent produced during the week 300 eat
per the total which, although rlatyey below s
mortality Liverpool still enormous Icing tie highest ~ees mum
Lery Of corresponding that
Liverpool London Not svs given for she week In New
YORK between " ami In Brussels Yoen
having II deaths l74 % cent The same per
eeutiee would have Welded this city mortality Of 10
DR. Moreau Morris. City sanitary Inspector made the
following weekly statement: j.
submit tie following comparative statement 81
contagious reported this Belu Tor the two weeks ending