National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-18
OUR BOARD OF HEALTH.
RHAR HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
DURING THE PAST YEAR.

REPoRT-sOME INTERESTING FACTS AND
sTATIsTICs-LABoR PERFORMED By THE
SEVERAL DEPARTSENTs-AG GOOD SHOW
ING FOR ALL.
The Board of Health held an adjourned meet
ing at their rooms yesterday at noon, and con-
tInued in session for nearly three hours. Or. O.
q. Cox, president, occupied the chair, and all the
members were in attendance excepting Gr. Mar
bury.
The object of Che meeting was for the purpose
Of hearing the annual reports subnstted by the
secretary, treasurer, ordinance and sanitary CON-
them before the president, enabling him To pre-
pare his review Of them. Those ct the treasurer
8n&ohemiss have already been pusliAhed in The
REPUBLICAN,, and . synopsis 81 others is here
with given.
THE sEcRETARY's OFFICE.
The secretary submits q summary of the Wsrk
performed in his ozfce: COmmSnications received,
1872; disposed ofby endorsement, TS4; written in
reply-eopIes taken, I79; referred to the health
Office, $50; miscellaneous communications written,
ne. On the 24th Of January 9 communication
was addressed 20 the Hon. Secretary of State re-
'questing the aid Of his Department in procuring
fDfO-matiOn relative to the Organization and Ope-
Tatons Of Boards of Health in foreign countries.
In response the board has received, through the
State Department, very large number Of books,
Information regarding TIE conduct of the sanitary
service in all the principal cities and govern
ments Of,Europe, with copies Of laws, ordinances
and regulations in force for the conservation of
the public health and protection Of life and limb
In addition to the books, papers, &C, received
from foreign governments, much valuable infor-
nation has been communicated in the dispatches
of Representatives Of the UnitedStates at Lon
don don AL, PARIS: Berlin; Vienna. St. Petersburg,
bon, Stockholm and the Hague.
THE HEALTH OFFICER.
In hts able report the health officer states that
his operations embrace nine separate departments,
viz: General sanitary inspections, market and
green groceries, marine products, removal Of
night soil, removal Of garbage, pound service,
medical sanitary inspections service Of physicians
poor. While calling attention to the tabular
statements showing the results Of the usefulness
and labor of the officers under his supervision, he
expresses feelings Of satisfaction and pride, for
they are results whose value and importance can
not be Over-estimated, and can only be duly ap-
preciated by those showing their true bearing
upon the health and lives of the citizens of the
District of Columbia. A correct record Of every
oil which were personally inspected, and amount
ing to 277T6, oil every article Of condemned fOed,
the aggregate value of which is SlSs2L74.
Animals impounded Q O5, loads of garbage re-
moved 1900, number Of dead animals removed
44l0, pTiyy boxes cleaned g2lSs7. Since Septem-
Der Is, 1874. the number Of poor persons treated
2s5, cost of medicines prescribed S1sl.65, Durials
1t public expense from September Is to Novem-
Der Is, 1874, 49, kilograms received and sent
letters written l,E2l. The number Of inspectors
employed Is, official notices to make house sewer
Number Of sewer connections made by the Board
of Health y, notices to fill lots having stagnant
water thereon I'll, houses condemned as unit for
habitatiOn 3S9 cases referred to the attorney 49,
Tho inspection Of food shows that immense
labor in this department has been performed, az
gregatng4l, Oh, O45 pounds ofmeat2 6SS 545pOunds
Of poultry and game, 2O3O, 40 bushels Of Yegeta-
bles, l,lG0lO3 bushels fruits, 10 10000 melons
20,llT,4 40 lOaves of bread. The amount condemned
is 1859 pounds beef 96l pounds yea, 3l6 pounds
mutton, 1880 pounds bacon, ham and pork; $50
pounds yenisUn and buffalo meat ~ livers, IS
pounds sausage ISL birds, rabbits and squirrels;
lreOO poultry, 4S5 dozen eggs, l6T bushels pOta-
toes, 245 bushels beans and peas, Az punches
beets and rauishes, 1859 heads Of cabbage and
caulihUWer, Isl bushels tomatoes I2l dozen corn,
SIS squashes and pumpkins, 359 egg plants, 1885
dozen eueumbers, 81 bushels turniPs and pars-
nips, "a punches asparagus, 100 punches Thu-
watermeiOns, LII cantaloupes, 1915 bushels cher
ries. 237S boxes berries, l49 bushels peaches, q
bushels other fruits. The value OF food con-
demDed amounts to Ss6777S being Il, 77l55 in ex-
cess Of the previous year.
The following is the inspection of marine pro-
ducts: Shad, 62s,637; herring 6,567,24O; tayiors,
S9,S46; lunches OF fsh, 567, 2gI; sturgeon, 9lo;
bushels Of oysters, 5G9,372 clams 900; crabs
2S7,26O Condemnations, 1l9 shad, 14O herrings,
81 GOO clans, g, 500 crabs total number Of pounds
Of fish inspected, 10 SCI 1857; value of marine pro-
ducts condemned, slO,l4396.
WISHING SHORES OF THE POTOMAC
Exclusive Of the fish sent to the Alexandria,
Washington and Georgetown markets, the fisher
men on the shores Of the Potomac have sold to
cOuntrymen and shipped to other ports large num-
beIs OF shad and herring, as follows:
Virginia shOre-CayWOOd's, 10000 herring;
Wind Mill Point, 225,OOO herring; lump, 5000
herring: Gums 5000 herring; Arkendaie I25-
COO herring; Clifton, 100000 herring; FreestOne
Point, 5000 herring, 10000 shad; Stoney Point
5000 herring; High Point, 1000 herring; White
ring; jackson City, rs, 600 herring
The last-named fishery is where Seth Green
successfully experimental in the propagation Of
Maryland shore-MaryIand Point fishery, I25,-
0CO herring; Budd's Point, 100 600 herring; Stump
Neck, 100000 herring, Chapman's Point, 5000
herring; Pamunkey, i5O 600 herring; Gut Land
ing; 10000 herring; GreenwRy, 5000 herring;
Bryants Point $4,000 herring; Monkeys, l25,O1O
herring; Kent, 50, 600 herring; Stick Landing 25,-
600 heTTiDg-n total for Doth shores Of 10000 shad
and LOCO herring.
There has been received at Alexandria during
the year 1880 shad, 1906, 900 herring, l45,3I6
tayloTs, co sturgeon, 80, 500 punches OF fish
making grand total Of l,O515s7 sha1, l5,OO6,si
herring 34OS taylors, one, ne punches Of Sh aud
LEO sturgeon caught at the fisheries on the Pc
tonae.
THE POUND SERVICE
has been very effective, and the results show its
necessity for the health and protection Of city.
lmpOunded-hoTses. 60; mules p: cows, l5o; hogs,
81; goats, l29; geese, O.; dogs, 800; sheep, 4
total, 2,7o5. Redeemed, 40; sold, o.; killed,
1857; died, Z; returned without fee, 10.
The medical sanitary inspector reports the ope-
TatOns OF his department, which is principally in
vestigating the causes Of death, makes n report
covering 81 days, the time the bureau has been in
operation, as follows: males, 81; females, 81;
white 49, colored, 90; adults Il; children IS; in
fants ~; total, Ill. lllegitimate births-White,
/; coIored 81 BuriaIs AT bubble expense 3s 1--we
In concluding, the health officer states that dur
the past year not single case Of smallpox or
other epidemic disease has been reported and
that the Distric: throughout it's several divisions
has been to such a degree healLhful as to be the
eCmmun subject 0: remark and satisfaction among |
It's citizens. In the exercise Of his duties he has
frequently asked the assistance OF the superinten-
dent Of police, who has always responded with |
Characteristic courtesy, and he particularly de- !
sires TO express his appreciation of the aid and
support received from Lieutenant Kelly, Of the |
Seventh precinct.
In No NJ tba ntstrtoE
are the clerks required to perform as con- |
slant and labOriOus duties as in the various bu- |
Tsous Of the Board OF Health, and the grade Of |
their compensation is less than in any other. |
Those OF the health officer have been faithful and
efficient, and in justice should receive wages |
more commensurate with the service they render. |
THE SANITARY COMMITTEE,
through Dr. Verdi chairman, submitted a resume |
Of the work performed by them during the past |
year. which includes reports on q number of sub |
ieets which were published in The national
REPUBLICAE at the time Of their presentation to |
he board The topics referred 10 are: HOlmead /
and other cemeteries, EbeneZer battle-ground, |
traps, analysis Of food, vaccination and ozone.
THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE,
through Prof. J. NJ. Langston, its chairman, sub. |
United report Of the rules, regulations, record
books, and blank forms adopted by the board, as |
follows: An ordinance to prevent the transpOrta-
tiUn of certain decomposing and offensive sub
stances in other than covered and inclOsed |
vehicles; to declare what shall be deemed nuls-
ances Injurious to health.
The following subjects have been reported on
and adopted by the board:
The abatement of the nuisance Of sLagnant /
water on lots below grades; the disposition Of
stable manure; the removal Of night-sOil by the
odorless excayating process, and contracting for
the same; claims for compensation for clothing,
bedding, &C., destroyed during the epidemic.
They have also had referred TO them for consider
alton the several opinions rendered in the case Of
the board against the proprietor Of a soap factory
and bone-bOiling establishment. There is also
the correspondence between the boGrd
and the medical ia0ciety In relation to securing
full and correct record of vital statistics. The |
invite especial attention TO tho very
able and elaborate opinions of Judge Lawrence
presented in connection with the report, and not
heretofore made public, as TO some OF the powers
the board is authorized to exercise, and the mode
VI making them efiectual.
The report Of the registrar is not quite ready
Tor presentation, but will be submitted in u few
iays.
Aner hearing the various reports read the