The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-20
THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
Dangerous Gases Arising from City
Church Yards.
MEETING OF TIE BOARD OF HEALTH,
At the regular meeting OF the Board OF Health
held yesterday afternoon, the following report was

handed in by the Sanitary Committee:
Alta meeting Of the Sanitary Committee Commissioner
petitions against pr%cce dc dead n sSa
ey s and y Which h was p az the
psons ali %as me n "dsS
sn q ths dead human body are asmsnaI
living to such examinations, Such was
OF burning a Of burial N The sea- in ..
the an IN s Garth Ms the Of bodies
has h ne living from The carnations tho dead sim
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n vaa los tn no ns ssI he
COMPOSING bodice Ta given OH rom the de-
sr en more Charged SS nee
S"e rap cases ple ALLEGED
asts tS sgs sn Ses en- the eas
hygiene sfans Be- a "a S ssSs
pss snyaa b sS Ss IN
'eT hsrs a ars Tem 10Y ii q te DEAD
btu,yng grounds , s Of which originally Il a 81
the extension Of liz poSaaSn ny h e,sS burial n.c..
have come to be snrrennd by buildings and msn
Of these grounds I'D arc s Inferred ia the eSrth
aa sfa ~ n Haa si syu ysad q
mitee ~ f " w SoA'
when the burial dead this city below IsOh street
s ans nv w Rsn burial in the earth II
rary reception of the dead
niie committee offer the following resolution
We sovcu, IhaI no permits TO issued from this date bv
ms department Tor The burial OF any dead human body
N any vault buryins ground cemetery Of the city Of
New YORK south OF h street, shall any vault within
hh limits be Opened for The reception Temporary
post OF any dead body except during the months from
November to May J. Inclusive.
The following is q report OF the work done in the
various bureaus OF the Health Department during
the past week. $50
me sanitary Inspector reports total Of 20i6 inspec.
uons py the neah inspectors, follows viz IS public
ptluhgs $50 tenement houses SO private dwellings, 10
o'ner evenings, 70 naDuiactOries and wOrkshopa a
stores ana warehouse 81 stables IL rendering and
pork packing establishments, markets. 66 slaughter
s gat cleaning establishment cattle yards IS
ana vacant lots 50 Yards courts and areas 60 eel
lars and Easements y pipes and drains 1854 prvies
ana WAFER Closets 2S Streets cutters and sidewalks
:, DANGEROUS sTAIRwAYs
Oh oher nuisanccs ana 81 visits of the Health INSPECTORS
to cases or contagious Diseases The number of reports
received thereon WAS 5o During the week I9 complaints
nave been received from citizens and referred To the
eaitn inspectors for Investigation and report Dis
Injecting corps have visited 50 premises where CONTAGIOUS
diseases were found, ana have disneced and tumgated
o. houses 0 prvy sink together with clothing bedding
&c anfty,three cases fssnaipox removed to hos
pai ana dead bodies 10 the Morgue by the Ambulance
corps ~ prvy sinks and cesspools have been cleaned
permits, Of the Board, and Nj loads Of night soil
removed rom the city Permits have been
vcsSes 70 discharge cargoes vouchers from tho Health
Oncer OF this port The Vaccinatng Corps have visited
Sslo ianllies and performed 54G6 vaccinations which
Smwere primary and lb secondary.
Inc 0iowing comparative statement OF contagious
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