National Republican., 1875-07-28
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Secondhand Barrels-publio UrinsI,.

eeconn-dand barrels-Pubic Urinals.
regular meeting Of the Board Of Health was
held last night, at their rooms; Dr. q. g. Cox,
president, in the chair.
Prof. Langston, from the ordinance committee
submitted report on the subJec; of forpiddIng
the use Of secondhand barrels In this connec
tton communication was read from the mIIIers
Of Georg ecCTn, which states that as the coopers
ackno Wled ged before the committee representing
the Board Of Health that they furnished the nIi
lers with unclean barrels, ask to protect than
selves and the public BY having the board pass
an ordiI ance imposing q heavy pen atty on any
cooper furnishing mill with anything but c,eaf
barrels. The report sets forth First, that the
Board OF Health has neither authority to forbid
the sale of secondhand barrels, nor TO forbid me
packing OF -four therein within the District of
Columbia wit hin the cities of Washington and
Georgetown: but, secondly, the Board of Health
has authority, as 1t has already done In its ordi
n2nces, to forbid the sale of uuwholesome fiour
within the cities of Washington and GeorretoWn
whatever the cause may be that renders t6e ionr
offered for sale uuwholesome and unfit for food
DE- bliss, from the sanitary committee, having
mad under consideration the letter of the District
Commissioners requesting plans and estimates for
the construction OF public urinals In accOrdance
Win the Recommendations OF the engineer of the
District, submitted the following recommenda-
tions:
i. That such urinsls would be of great public
penent at the following places At the junction Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street north
west: at the corner.Of Pennsy lyania avenue and
Thirteenth street northwest; Pennsylvania ave-
space next aid rear OF Georgetown market: Al
Seventh and Ninth and l and K streets north.
west.
2 Of the several plaos submitted those of Mr..
Henry II. Barton are, in the opinion OF the COM
mittee, the most simple, complete and Superior.
A copy OF the estimate for the construction of
urinals made by Mr.. Barton, together with a conv
OF inc report, was ordered to be transmitted TO
The Commissioners.
The following is synopsis of the operations of
the health -otlce for the week ending July u:
Nuisanees reported 6s9; referred, 49; abated, So
referred 10 commissioners, Is; citizens com.
plants, IS; notices issued, 26: causes of death
Investigated, Is; burials at public expense 8: pa
tients treated by physicians to the poor do.
cost OF medicines furnished, SIS %; dead animals
removed, los; privies cleaned. T59. Inspectfons-
So $50 CLAIMS, e, 125 crabs, 6359 punches hsb IT2
bushels oysters. Condemnations-3350 CLANS
3,75 crabs SO punches fish, u bushels oysters Ia
pounds beef, SO pounds veal, IS pounds mutton.
IS pounds pork, 100 pounds bacon, II pounds sau
sage, 29Z bushels beans, SIS dozen cucumbers
10 barrels squashes, 122 dozen corn, 81 punches
beets S26 heads cabbage, 15k bushels tomatoes.
70 quarts blackberries, n quarts cherries, IL
bushels apples, 25 watermelons, 10 captaloupes
bushels peaches. Il dozen lemons Animals
realized, S3s.
Mr.. Marbury, from the finance committee. rs.
ported ollis amounting to sl7.25; which were ap-
proved and passed. y
A communication was received from res,dents
In the vicinity OF HilIsdale, d. a., compiainin1
that Dr. Little, physician to the poor in that dIs
trict, would not attend to sick people IN that
vicinity when called upon unless paid in advance
The letter was referred TO the sanitary commit
tee.
Leave Of absence to Mr.. J. c. Wall for thirty
committee, and agreed to by the board
The board then adjourned,