The New York herald., 1871-03-02
0 ARD OF HEALTH.

The East Side Dumping Gr0Mnds-Kaue q
Ryan Again A ter Permit-Dr. nIorrhS
Statement OF Contagious Disoases-SmaIl-
pOx ON the Increase.
The Board Of Health met yesterday at their rooms
in the Central Once. Present, Messrs. Manierre
Barr, Ceccarn, Smith, Mulialy ana Carnochan.
The Sanitary Committee, to whom was referred the
petition OF Messrs. Kane & Ryan for permission to
dump manure the vacant lots at the foot of East
Forty-ffth FOrty.sixtn and Forty-seventh streets,
and the petitions and
REMoNsTRANcEs
in relation to the same reported as folows:-
First-That the by Ryan for dump.
ns n e also n h BY Tor the he
wolves the decomposition of the parts
quenty stirred turned and
SoondThat these large accumua,ions of manure partf-
Gu curing m Inc OF preparing for the market give
corrupt the air Of the neghbong districts enter the dwell
s 1 ss Ss aae the
Thrd.Ihat these offensive odors detrimental to life
stence and it the universal opinion Of the medca.
an the ee
lives people Many cases Of fever are directly
decomposng manure, cases sckness-especiay
atmosphere resulting from this cause '''p''''
Your committee therefore recommend that permit be
ties TO dump manure upon vacant lots In or near the built
Your committee also beg leave TO submit, as their OPT
FirThat it is possible and practicable remove daily.
from this city all the manure that produced Even during
rarely day that steamers and turboats do not leave tho
wharyes OF the city in the regular Of BUSINESS and
and and SoB the ice the '
pay high price tha, article compelled 70 rsmovs
i daily from the city limits there is abundant evidence THAI
cumulate in the stables.
ment bv the refusal Of this Board to grant permits to Jump
this island except the men who engaged in
same number OF carts and men required In removing ma
Your committee also recommend that measures be taken
to the m Of all sor:a
material
Mr.. MULLALy moved that the whole matter De
laid until there should be full meeting OF tho
Board and that permit be granted the petitioners
DUMPING UPON THE PREMISES
in question until some definite action he taken Dy
This motion was lost Messrs Smith, ManIerre
and Ceccarini voting In the negative
Shortly after motion TO rescnd was made by
Mr.. MuLLALY and carried, after which he again
moved that permit be granted the applicants.
stating that the Board unjusty discriminating
the same fate or Its predecessor. A mouon was
then made 10 adopt the report Dut this also failed
commended that in view Of The approaching warm
weather
THE STREETS BE CLEANED
every day, was then read; alter which Mr.. Mullaly
again moved that permit be granted MeSsrs Kane
& Ryan, and backed his resolution with speech OF
three or four minutes DURATION during which he
again accused the Board OF showing partlality. Like
all the Others this resolution was lost when MIR.
Mulaly gave up the JOB.
The report Of Dr. Morris OF the number OF
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
reported during the past week shows nine cases OF
typhoid fever, two Of relapsing fever, seventy0ur
OF scarlet fever fty-tw0 OF smallpox, ninetv-twO OF
measles and fifteen Of dphtheria. The number OF
OF smallpox reported last week was thirty four
against hity-two the present week.
The Cuddy Coterie assembled in force last evening
at Irving Hall. The handsome Alderman, after
whom the organization Ia named was present In
portrait and In the ncsh and received the csngrstu
lations OF his myriad friends with his usun becOun-
ing modesty. Colonel Funk had all the necessary
arrangements provided 10 make the AFFAIR pleasant,