National Republican., 1875-07-21
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Operations Of the Health ofice-The Gar
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bage Service.
The Board of Health met at their rooms last
evening; DR.. q. q. Cox, president in the chair,
and all the members present.
Prof Langston laid before the board 9 petition,
signed by one hundred and eighty-six citizens Of
Georgetown, protesting against the use Of sec
Ond-hand barrels for the packing OF -four; which
was referred to the ordinance committee.
Mr.. Marbury said that he had resided In
Georgetown all his life; that he had examined all
the names signed to the paper, and failed to rec
ognize seven eighths Of them. He thought they
were not very prominent merchants, or he would
know some Of them.
DR.. Verdi, from the committee on epidemics,
reported that they had investigated the matter
of the presence of yellow fever in Norfolk, Va;
that they had called upon the navy medical de-
psrtment and the supervising surgeon general
of the United States Marine Hospital for infor-
nation, and from all these sources and the ssui-
tary officers Of Norfolk had learned that the re-
port was without foundation.
Mr.. Marbury, from the finance committee, re-
ported bills amounting to sl76.OS; which were or
The following is q synopsis of the operations of
the health office for the week ending July IL:
Nuisances reported, 544 referred, 55 abated, 81;
referred to Commissioners 20; citizens complaints,
81; official notices issued, 20; causes Of deaths
Investigated, IL; pecuniary conditions tnvesu-
gated, s; c9riaIs at pubic expense Z; pa.
cost Of medicines furnished, S3+ 50; dead animals
removed, 176; privies cleaned, e59. Inspections
5,S24 punches nsb, is sturgeon, 1850 CLAIMS, 90
bushels oysters, 4,SO0 crabs. Condemnations-
q bunches hsf $50 clans, 300 crabs, 2s9 pounds
OF beet, $50 pounds OF veal, 65 pounds Of mutton,
26 pounds Of pork, III pounds bacon, Il bushels
beets 1S64 heads cabbage, 1S2 squashes, SOL dozen
cucumbers, 26A bushels peas 561% bushels beans,
3S bushels potatoes 81 bushels tomatoes, $50 doZ.
eggs, sec quarts cherries, 70 bananas, Il quarts
black berries, bushels apples, 20 watermelons.
Animals impounded, 154; redeemed, 80; killed,
III; amount realized, S2s.
ID. +. Mason Co., druggists, at Brightwood,
DC, were authorized to furnish medicines to the
poor of the Second sanitary district
DIR. W. ID. Stewart, medical sanitary inspector,
submitted q communication to the board setting
forth that the duties OF his office required that he
should possess some means of transportation, in
order to falIy perform his lsbors and further in
sure the perfection of vital statistics.
DIR. Verdi offered a resolution. which was re-
ferred to the ordinance committee, declaring all
cess pools, privies, vaults or any place Of focal
deposit, unprovided by running water and situ-
ated within fifteen feet of any wall having door
or window, be declared q nuisance injurious to
bealth, and that the committee on ordinance be
instructed TO report an ordinance to that effect.
Mr.. Marbury presented a resolution that the
contractor for removing garbage be required TO
put on more wagons for the more efficient dis
charge Of that important work.
Alter discussion 1t was decided to walt short
form the work, or in the opinion Of the health Of
hcer it was deemed expedIent.
Prof LangstOn introduced the following, which
was adopted:
Res0ived, That the sanitary committee be or
deIed to Inquire diligently and report to the
board as TO whether the contractors of the board
Of health are discharging their duties in strict
accordance with their contracts, and that the
health officer be directed to assist the sanitary
committee in the examination Of said subject.
The committee on ordinances were directed to
revise the code Of ordinances and make them Gen.
form to the board as at present constituted.
Ihe board then adjourned,