Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-23
BOARD OF HEALTH.
It's Work for the Past Year.

Thinks Of the SANITARY Force and I.IsuI
NoonHn-Thry DuGht 10 be Abslished-
TIE Work Now Dsns IutelllHently,
Nett odlcaIly and scientifically -IIsw
the Cabbage Corps was OrHHuIzed In n
Few acknowledgements EnieIeuey
Promised In the Futurs.
Tho Board Of Health held = regular meeting
last night, DR.. q. U. Cox In the chair, and Or.
ID. W. BlPS secretary.
Mr.. MArbuTy, the treasurer, presented several
bills, which we're ordered 10 be paid.
The health ofloer reported that Sanitary In.
spector spraguo had had twenty-five dead AMI.
mails removed for the sum Of as, aud also re-.
ported that during the past three days twenty.
one cases Of smallpox had occurred.
The report Of the superintendent OF garbage
was read, showing the total amount OF EarbaEo
removed In the District from June TO October
81, lsT2, TO be TO- 500 tonsi average quantity re-.
tapcS t2svSiSd by each coiIsctor az MAJ Sy
all the collectors daily, wy miles, total distance
by each collector, Liz milesi total distance
travelled by all the collectors, y, Iso miles
The physician on duty At the health once (Dr.
W. ID. Stcwartl reported vaccinations perior \ ed
BY him, as follows; White, as; oolOred, 10;
adults, 81! children, 2li original, " revaccinG.
Mr. MaTbury offered a resolution, which was
adopted and referred To tho sanitary police com.
mitteo, to the elect that the condition Of the
disInfeotants. and espsclally a 10 Inc manage.
,nent Of the ssaVenFers by the present sunsFln.
tendent, be Investigated.
Dr. yeriL the health oiiioot, submitted q sup
nlsmsntary repoTt OF the charaoter Hnd number
Of nuIsances reported and Abated by the sanl.
tary off,ceTs from January l TO October 81, isT2
Dr, Uox Objected 10 the report being read on
the Iround that AZ should bs submIttod 10 hin,
towards making his annual report, and, moro.
over, Il the report was read In the meeting, It's
TcpsSted when Els annual report was presented
| 10 the people.
DT. Verdi thought tho people should be kent
| posted aud bo made aware Of everything con.
seTninR tho welfare Of the District a. they ooc uF
| In Inc hoard.
Amer further discussion, the health ofticcr was
permitted 10 read his report by a vote Of 4 ayes,
nav.
The following Is an abstract Of the report ,
% sis written reports were made on Il as eases,
and is 900 were abated on verbal ordsrs-Os2 al
| INV aIieya aei5 dead animals 2ss Imperfect
JTSIns 9o2 nIiby CUTTERS, 2iO hog pens, $50 lots
| hiied Win staRnant water l. s20 ilthy prIVIoG
a9S nlthy yards and premises, and ans hlthy Sta'
| bIes
a statement IL than made AZ foIIous Of the
| smaiIpox cases that have occurred during this
| lima IN the District January nj FebFnafy. II,
MaTch ~. Anil a, NAV 10, lima las, Univ
IS; August. n; ssptsmber, q; October o.
| total 40 RefnoVed 10 hospltal lsit deathH
| iii, Each Of The $40 cases have been Inspected
| the premises where II occurred dlsinfeoted and
i IL.
and dsstroyod, Each Of the ieI had besn taken
| 10 the smallpox hospital by the ambuIance And
employees oi the Board OF Health. Each OF the
| iii mad been laid out In CONN conveyed 70 Tho
cemetery and buried, with the execution oi a
small humber who have dISI in thS hospItal.
The roster Of the health oincer Shove the fOi.
y, ~ ~ $780, ,,s
aSIP =, "A 6so ss,h. I1sntS ons s.hss,. -
tors' Al 4 psr 1aJt sIxteen rssveSaSTs, bsSiJs1
nInn o,hsr smpioyees On InIsceIls ne,,,s dntv
ni p,, ~ r,, n 4. gisSnsS ,s"i saSS mi
49, srnh,,ss IL ,bis Is,,,t re- 80, ,.,snn
aIiv InSpestSd by me streot January inspSrtors
sna rsIpsort.I Ia Sritinr 10 ana nfasa ITnd.rr
IN al svss1n Of ssbitssv noilc a, n sbovn ibs,
| dpring ihs iast yeaI N scTyice nsrioTmsd Nv
tbe MotTopolitan shnitAry PollsS Comnany
ga n,,is.,s,.s 81. rsOns,.J ~ ,Sbt,h nnp,by,
80 p 5,s . ,Inr,5 ~ ~ W,0I ~ niI
| oS7 baVInT recsiSed oniv a vnrbsi notIcS Tn
TscnrIs az thiS Sffsc sboy mai nom JSnu.ry
10 October 81, isT2, isis puisaness nave BEEN
TepoTtsd in writing. and mai IN ZACH case an
| REORGANIZATION vas made thn beaIth ofiosr IN
torr.o5 snd ~. ovnsr nnti Asb atnsIsiIS ~ .h.,s
'Tbs In,nsc,sTs nave mSS"oysS nsnsS,sS nho1i
is ooo mai nui.a ncc. Hbicb hava bSsn abSIsi
Nv verbal noiice on mo InGnSctaTs N ma oWnnSS
III ,,"Ltns, totai Of ~ sis n,,Issn 80 .i,htn
tsn montbs vhicb. comnar.d Nh "a H.
snsc,sJ and rsm,y.d Nv ne ,sni,.,y no,iso
II,bJn ,hs nrevians tIelys nonths 49, ~ tr,'
,n,,sn I.,sas,a ~ ae,iSi,S and sss,,isrS. ~ ~.
nrossnt "a nitaTv sTstsm n iba ne II ~ IIasI,h
10 atJItian 70 M ths III, ~. 80 " si.ttst
he Ihs smaIinoS an scconntS ~ me- 4, ha,si
| I'm .naa.s5 Tba .snItss, tn.nas,ass r..
| Nhh - s1ulN-iy ihsP..St.ste nav
Ibeen ialthiul anu fearless In the discharRo OF
/ their duty, as wei as others, never hesitatlng
when exposed 70 the Iulsone disease ooenrred'
or nhen courage nAs required; before the or
| gAnlIaton OF the boaru Of Health, the average
expense OF eaeh Saso o. smallpox reached the
sum o. t"Sd mhlS tue average expense IN
SaUn Sase un -, A. ~ 2s.I, ~ '.e DosIu ,
SnUSuss 10y 49, " lat "a 'ht s NV stSst
W II ~ la T. III. ~ 49, I'm @ y. ~
VI uoIlats nau ~ 1, auiS auoI Deen saIeu " tho
gonetnuehL ny pies "nete hnalIpoH
OeeuIs are NisitoI M M ais:hieeted
snu pu' s ~ a,e..b aS ~
| yt non naks, -. SssIy 100 voIuht h s
| Siothing Nnon ha.e Soen NPoson 70 the lhIse-
tion hAs uegn tahen vnh ~ ~ " Nno InsPevto.
anu ptHpeIy az noe9p 1 ~
thhe NaIueO o. NV sAine' "hioh Aooouht u nlou IN
| tp 1 heaith Quite - . - ,
me January lnspeytots nave moreover hAd
5he supeiNlsioh ~ tnS ulstIlouuVn o. tn1 ulnn-
ioStahts IN sueets, Alegs anu kutteIs OF me DIS
StIci Hhea they NSIo hGsuen an1 or1sten " ths
| neatth Olno1t W W uisIlOIt ,; Inns service
/ pas peeh quite OnoLV9, eohtlueIlnE mat ABOUT
W. hun1Iel tons o. uisihIeGtahs nave bSen dls-
tTlgpuIed ~ tho TsyeTh IyoAhges the DstTiet
raTts in the snbnTbs III the siiss Of M nistrict
| Of COLUMBIA a. nuIsanoes Injurious 10 health.
| This nuisance which has for many years excited
| our people from fear that IL NAV Eventually be !
cause oil some serious Epidemic TO the oltlIeps Of