Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-31
BOarti Of Health.

\ meeting Of the Hoard of Health was ne!d
last night, Or. Cox III the char.
Or. Cox, as chairman of the sanitary DOl sce
committee, made a report as t. the charges
.,-alnst d. Little. physician 10 the poor in
t'G HliIscaie district, that they were not
Weli-loCLdGd, and should be dismissed 4,
adopted.
QUALIFICATIoNs OF HEALTH OFFICERS.
Also, from the same committee, a TepOr'
ueinlng the qualifications IN future to be
requires OF candidates for positions under
the board, a. Wei as tho. e already in Inc
service; 4rst, age not 70 exceed Gfty years,
sound health and active habits. second n
general English education. reaSona DIV in.
formed On subjects on which he may be
called upon 10 consider. competent 10 pre-
sent an Intelligent written or oral report OF
MS WORT; adopted.
Frame building IN alley in rear of No. ill9
lstn street was condemned As nui sance,
aud Its abatement ordered.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The report for the week ending july %
was submitted, showing total mum Der OF
deaths at 1902 white, and Is colored The
diseases most prominent were consumption
10 maraslDus, e; typhoid fever 6; diaTTnea
y; cholera iDtantum, u; meningitis, ): iris
mus naScieDtuIn, 3. The mortality was :
more than last week, or at the rate Of $3.50
per 1905 per annu,n. - per cent. of the deaths
were from zymotic diseases, % from consti-
futionals p from local, from developmehtal
ard from violence. Rate of mortality of
tle white population was 2}.5l per 600 per
annum, while the mortality OF the colored
population was 1916 per l 900 for the same
period Number Of births reported during
the week was SJ-white, SO; coiored, 49, Rate
of increase of the white population by births
over deaths, l.3i per LOCO, while the decrease
ri he colored POI ulation by deaths over
births was Il &c per 600 per annum.
SEWER REGULATIONS.
Mr.. IangstOn, from the committee on
ordinances, submitted certain amendments
10 the ordinances which were adopted. first
II relation 10 drain pipes, regulating the size
and compelling the use OF sewer traps and
making IL The duty OF every owner of prop
erty, on tenant, Ia conform to the regulation
size IN placing them in houses, in default
such premises shall be deemed nuisances
and the owner thereof fined not less than five
Tor more than ten dollars; also compelling
owEeIs OF houses to provide sewer traps 10
water closets TO prevent the return ana
escape OF HOEiOIS gases.
AN EXPLANATION BY DR. cox.
The chair called the attention OF the board
q the article in yesterdays STAR in relation
10 the sending OF insane people from this city
% Maryland, and stated that the letter OF
DIS, reprinted from the fro,ce Georgian in
connection with that subject was a private
one 20 mis- Old friend, Henry Brooks, ESQ.
CLERK OF the slrcuit court, OF Prince George
County, and not an official letter from the
Board OF deal,n. All lourned.
UNFoUNDED RUMOR OF THE LOSS OF
i NE StEAhER u. I: kNIGHT-lt was ru-
mored upon the streetS.st on early hour this
morning that the steamer L. G.. knight of
The Merchants line of steamers plytng he
1ween TINS city and New York, had met with
lost. or course, much CONSERVATION pre-
vailed, and the Office OF President John w
thompson was besieged 10 ascertain facts
The president OF the company telegraphed 10
the New York agent, and a dispatch was re-
celVed al $50 p. m. TO day announcing that
The r L. Knight arrived at her pier IN New
YORK on Thursday at p. M, having been
detained several hours at the Long bird re
tat thls end OF the rOute) on account of some
encouragement OF the draw of the bridge
The Knight was TO leave New York at 4 70. m
10 DAY saturday with full and valuable
cargo OF merchandise consigned To orr Dis
trlct merchants. The rumor of the acct
dent 10 the steamer knight was doubtless
occasioned by the publication in a morn
ing paper of the loss of the SCHOONER Knigaf
The steamer f. c. Knight is one OF the
staunchest vessels plying on our waters, and
is The consort OF the John Gibson, and dur
ing Teriod OF some eight years has been
constantly on the line, never missing a sir
gle Trip.
ARLINGTON FIRE ISs. Co.-This popular
ana reliable nome company has since its or
ganizstion been very successful greatly dine
no doubt, To efficient management and salts,
factory mode OF transacting business Con-
Unualy increasing their trade they will
soon be Obliged To occupy extended quarters.
now IN course Of erection. Their present ~,
nee Is located al 1923 q street northwest
where AeSSTs. {. Z. Maury and +. T. RawI. !
ings, treasurer AMI secretary OF the co,np1uv.
sre ogsily engaged in receiving applications
for policies.