, 1872-12-18
SANITARY MATTERS.
Drtality Report---Increase in the
Observation-Disclosures
Keepers and SMALLPOX
Patients.
Ather Essay from the Sanitary Superjn.
= '~tendeni's Pen on Slaughtering
and Rendering.

taerdinary ousinesa DR.. RaucL submitted his
wee@ repot, Of which the following is al
abst@t: The mortality for the week
endll Dec "A TIES 1862, an increase
OF . over the returns for the week
precedg. of the decederts, 33 we're
nales nd 7, females; 80 infants nnder one
year; between 10 and 20 years 23 between
20 and years; q between 80 and 20 years, and
over See1s. The most fatal causes during
tie wei were scciderts, 10; consumption,
.5; collisions, H; typhoid fever, s.. pneu-
nonla, s sms]l~Ipx, Is.
1s sAHi.Anr SUPERINTENDENT
remarks the a]oye 2s follows:
The incrte In he nun1be. Ct deaths over last week
g more th1lheaecceaso Of last week compared with
The week bore the Total being greater than for any
Einiar pegd w:hiu the l1st eleven weeks Compared
with last f2l tere were mere deaths b5 accidents
$ by c:n1 s b d7crs5 2 By scarlet fever; by
cTeaEe enor;a;jg vas decided, there are only few
diseasc by whic there notable increase, such
es c-os dropsy- and smallpox Among The numerous
posong. death IS also reported BY hydrophobia.
The deaths by this last-na5aed disease within the
p hc r's 4esnea Is a0'1i hera !. Is " not6ine un
Us in the causes Of death. For the cor1e-
Ep4ing week in 1871 there were III deaths. The
ma daiIy Temperature for the week q degrees,
or lower than the preceding week, and degrees
!eshan for the corresponding week IN 1871. The IN
sta-pox aud yarioloid is marked. In hge weeks the
ulber las steadiy increased although the total Of
thweek is oay two more than was the case si1 weeks
ep OF these, there increase Of six on the
II Side south Of Twelfth street; three on the South
ST without other change in the other smallpox
tie we're forty-Eix houses reported. With an increase
che cases. there has been an Increase in the number
oeaths or one less than for the corresponding week
u871+
Dr. Rauch complains of tho rcckleasness Of
doom and boarding -ho1se keepers, who resort
.apy subterfuge to eTade compliance with the
]ws for the prevention Of the spread OF emall-
or, lest their business should be in any way
endangered The Doctor relates an incident in
Shich a clearinghouse keeper hustled a small
po1 patient into the Health Office, where num-
Der Of children we're being yaocinated,
city. Tho Doctor concludes that in al
cases Of this character (where tho dis
ease is only suspected and not 1dentlfeD
the patient should be left in the house where
he waa living, until the nature of the disease
is determined By the Board, and his removal
effected without his coming in contact with any
person but those whose duty it is to attend to
hirn- To put stop to the practices complained
Of DR.. Raueh requests the passage Of regu-
lation forbidding it.
The report IVES placed on file.
The total number Of dead horses received at
the platform during the week was 81
sLACGuTERSa A.B RENDERING.
Dr.. Rauch also presented special report on
tie subject of slaughterins aad rendering. He
commences with the statement that the simple
removal of the slaughter-houses beyond ths
Stock Yards only removes, but does not sbate, the
nuisance. The steoches arising from the various
sourcos west Of the Stock Yards md other places
last summer caused serious incon1 enience
when the wind came from that quarter, and
convinced the Doctor TINT Bridgeport VAS not
responsible for them. This was more observa-
owing to IN increase Of business in slaughter
ing, which has fouled the South Branch, into
which the establishments drain. The absence
Of o freehet last spring, to carry away the filth,
contributed to this condition OF affairs. Unless
rigid measures were taken this would become
more offensive than Healy Slough In ltB pa1mlest
days. He had pointed out to the Stock Yards
authorities and the s1aughter-houEe men the
1aa no doubt that, BY July l, the drainage would
be equal to 3 stream 20 inches in diameter.
The Doctor inaisted that tank water or tank
coup must be utilized at any cost, and
not thrown into the river. If this is not
done u ditch must be dug at great expense from
tho head Of the South Branch to the canal, to
obtain q current. and purify it in this Tay. The
objection to this is the effect it will have upon
the river. Dr.. Rauch prophesies freshet next
spring, but tLis contingency Tor cleaning tho
liver is not to be depended upon. Another
cause Of the iupurity of the river WAS the low
ness of the lake for a gear, which would con-
tinue, did we not have come rain or snow. lie
therefore contends that all establishments from
should have their own artesian well, and two
when one is net sufficient. The utmost snrvel-
1ance is necessary to prevent the stock Yards
from being more detrimental to health than ev-
nenda fhe extension Of tho Boards
Jurisdiction over the whole county
The Town of Lake WAS pouring its filthy sewage
into this city. and yet refused to allow the
hurial Of tank offa1 within it's precincts, though
needing it as q fertilizer The same was true Of
Cicero. The Board could not establish quaran-
tine under present circumstances, should choi-
ers appear, except BY permission Cholera,
e1nall-po1, and Offensive odorB we're no respect
ers Of city li1nite, hence the necessity for such
an extension Of authority. The Doctor finds in
the Imperfect mortality registration an argu-
..nent for including the cemeteries il the lur1s-
dictiou of the Board.
mittee, together with the previous reports on
the subject.
The Board adjourned.
yAcCEATIsN.
The following ordinance TaB passed:
SECTION Z. That The Sanitary Superintendent, Sani-
ta1v Inspectors, and Health Otctr sha be authorized,
and e. DC their ty, 10 vaceinate and reyaccinato
all uereons in infected with smallpox, to
thst < is promptly dcre oy Others.
SEC ?. An5 person or peraons n any house an1ecteo
With smallpox refusing to be ,aceated Or 1fysee n
notices. than SO nor mora than Sloo.
NUISANCE. -
rhe Sanitary Superintendent was instructed
to take the proper steps to secure the lndict-
ueat of Leech &, Woodner, propriotors of q
distilery on the South Branch, for maintaining
. anuisance-opening their glulces ard allowing
the ofIal from their establishment to run into a
fork OF the South Branch,
THE EEALTH OFFICER
reported the City Scavenger was doing al he
could, having eighteen teams employed to re-
move the accumulations of garbage and ashes
from the streets and alleys. Notices had been
served on several packers at the Stock Yards for
discharging the otal from their places into the
sewers. The washinSs were highly impreg-
mated with organic matter, aud nuisance would
Le created in the Stock Yard slip.