National Republican., 1875-12-29
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Operation, Of the Health ofHs.-smsil,

UperaGons OF the Health OMee-SmallpoI.
At 9 regular meeting OF the board last evening,
Dr.. Chris. q. Cox, the president, IL the chair,
Professor Langston, from the committee on ordi-
nsnces. TO whom was referred the Endorsement Of
the health ofhcer, on complaint of q. NJ. Alexan-
der, regarding the committing Of nuisanees in and
about the public urinal at the junction of Penn
sylvania avenue and q street, submitted the fol-
lowing ordinance, and recommended It's adoption
and publication in the revised code, and also its
publication in circular form to be posted inside
any public urinal within the cities of Washington
and Georgetown; also, its publication In the daily
papers:
Be IL ordained and enacted by the Board of HeaEh
Of the District of Columbid:
That feeal matter deposited II, or about any
public urnal or urtnals located within the cities
OF Warrington and Georgetown, defeating In or
about said urinal or urinals, or obstructing the
same in any manner or by any means whatever,
are hereby declared to be nuIsances injurious to
health, and any person convicted Of committing
or creating either Of said nuisances shall be fined
not less than $40 nor more than SO for every such
otfense.
The. report was adopted and the ordinance
The health officer submitted the following report
OF the operations of his office for the week ending
December Is, 1875: Nuisances reported, 4S9; re-
ferred, S3 abated 44o; referred to Commissioners,
u; citizens, complaints 2l othcisl notices issued,
ditions investigated Q; burials at public expense
recommended. Z; patients treated BY physicians to
druggists, $25.is; local causes of death from
Zymotic diseases investigated, l; typhoid fever,
1:) premises found unsanitary, l; tons Of garbage
removed, y; dead animals reported and removed,
~; privies cleaned o. E. A. Company. 547. Ma
ripe products inspected-11,650 bushels oysters,
4,002 punches fish. Condemned-77 bu1ches fish.
Unwholesome food condemned-336 lbs. beef, II
lbs. veal II lbs. pork 10 lbs. mutton, IL lbs sau
Eage, $40 chickens, 103 turkeys, 81 rabbits, II
birds, geese, IS dozen eggs, o7 heads cabbage,
sx bushels potatoes, IL squashes, peck oranges,
5 punches beets, 8 punches celery. Pound re.
port-animals impounded, 8; redeemed, 8: killed,
3; amount realized, a.
The health otncer's report was approved and
fled.
The following report and recommendation from
the health oficer was read and referred to the
committee on ordinances:
have the honor to report that In order to pre-
vent the spread Of smallpox in this city few
weeks since it became necessary to destroy in
fected clothing, the property Of various owners,
amounting in value TO SS4.25. ] would recon-
mend that articles Of clothing of like quality be
purchased to supply the place Of those taken from
the houses Of N artha W ats, Mary Webb and Mary
Brown, amounting to $27.50, those persons being
very poor, and suffering through want Of bedding
destroyed. believe it to be better to supply the
missing articles than to pay their money value,
which might be less judiciouslJ expended by the
applicants.
4 number of unimportsnt communications were
received, and the board then went into private
session, after which they adjourned.