National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-11
BOARD OF HEALTH.
smallpox-Canal-boats Quarsr. tinsd-Report
Of tho Registrar Of VIII st.,;stias,

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mallpox-Csnal-bosts ousrsS. tinsd-Report
Of the Registrar Of Wit. Statistics.
A regular meeting Of the IIsoard Of Health was
held last evening; DR.. O.Lris. q. COX, the presi-
dent, in the chair, aoo all the members present.
The following ord,,r from the health oficsr to
the medical sanitary inspector, W. d. Stewart,
was read and Approved:
SIR: You VIII proceed to the Chesapeake and
OHIO csnaI-.ts Georgetown terminus-ana care
fully INSPECT every canal boat now lying there or
in the yscsnity as to the existence OF varlola o.
yarfolofa on board or a1aong the crew. suSn
formation desired, bat at the same time e1eross-
ing due care not 10 unnecessarily impeoe tne
trathc Of the boats, viz: their unloading ana re-
Having inspected the boats now in the canal at
the point designated you will give directions that
no canalbo shall come below the
CHAIN BRIDGE LOCK
until Il shall have been inspected and passed by
You. In order that this may be accomplished
perfectly. you will please call upon the secretary
Of the canal company at his ofice, present this
order, and ask that he cooperate with you in its
execution. the object being to establish tempo
rary quarantine, precautionary measure to pre-
vent The Importation Of smallpox SontHglSn MY ynSc
and, in order that navigation may not be greatly
impeded, We desire the fullest conference and CO.
It will probably be the best to require that all
boats arriving at the Chain bridge lock during
the tWenty-four hours preceding the inspection %
stopped there until such time in the morning as
you may be able to make the necessary tnVesti-
cation ana pass them. 1t will be necessary for
you to be at the point OF inspection az O'CLOCK q.
m. each day, and remain there as long as may Do
necessary
TO INSPECT THE BOATS THEN WAITING.
You will keep a record OF the names Of the
OF the boats inspected, that you may
cases Of variola or vsroloid be discovered, you
will place the boat and cases under strict quar-
sntiRe, and Immediately inform this otloe. Or
ders should be issued that the crew or employees
on the boats above the locks shall not eommuni.
cate with any persons on the banks OF the canal
in that vicinity before your Inspection. At your
Interview with the secretary OF the canal COM
papy you will request that he Issue such tnstruc.
lions as may be necessary to carry out these Or
denies approaching from that direction.
Very respectfully, P. T. KEENk, n; D.,
DR.. Verdi stated that 1t was due to the public
and lust 10 the board that the public should know
that at their private meeting on Tuesday last
they took measurest TO
PREVENT THR SPREAD OF THE SMALLPOX
from this quarter, and he believed with their
prompt action in ordering these canal boats quar-
aptined they had succeeded.
Upon recommendation of the Health oficsr
the frame house and premises No. Is Thirteen
and a-half street, being in O. bad sanitary
condition generally, was declared a nuisance To-
furious to health, and the health officer ordered
to sbate the same according to law and the
ordinances OF the board.
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS.
The report Of the registrar of vital statistics for
the week ending Saturday, December 4, was
then read and submitted TSi which the fol;
deaths, 20; adults, white, male, II; female, 10;
oolored, male, Q; female, s; minors, white male,
one month old white e cOiored from one MONTH to
white 2; cOlored, q two to three years, white, 2;
ored, /; twenty to thirty years, white S; colored
7; thirty to forty years, white, 8; forty to fry
years, white, 2; colored, 3; fifty 70 sixty years,
5; colored, 8; seventy to eighty years, white, 2;
colored, ]; eighty TO ninety years, white, 3 col
or these q were native of the District 80 Of the
United States, OF Ireland and OF Germay. The
principal causes Of death were typhoid fever, 4;
pneumonia, 4; debility. (senile) 4. During the
same period there were % marriages, 10 white
and colOTed: and SIS births, 50 white and IS COL
than last week, at the rate OF q per 900 per
snnum; 1857 per cent. Of the deaths were from
Zynotic diseases, 1857 from constitutional, ALA
from local and 1872 from deyelopmental. The
rate of mortality of the white population was
1928 per 1000 per snn1m, while the mortality Of
the colored population was 1929 per 200 for the
same period. The rate OF increase OF the white
population by births over deaths 7.6S per 1000;
while the increase of the eolored population by
The Tegistrafs report was apprOTed and ied
A communication from WIN. II. Chase, in rels-
tion TO the ventilation of sewers, accompanied by
model and letters patent of his improvement in
yentlators, was received and referred to the sani-
taTy committee.
DR.. Bliss, from the sanitary committee, to whom
was referred the communication of Dr.. II. Col
burn, accompanying "CoIburn's POrus EvapOra.
tor" reported that the committee had examined
the practical workings Of the device applied to
the register of furnaces, Latrobss and hesmoke-
pipes OF radi1ting Stoves and found that in every
instances the apparatus supplied the necessary
degree Of moisture to secure
APLEAsANT AND AGREEABLE ATMOSPHERIC
in the apartments where used. This simple de-
vice is constructed Of -porus earthen vessel,
about three inches in diameter and from twelve
10 fourteen inches IN length. This vessel Is placed
tached by means Of proper fastenings to the face
Of the register to the side of radiating stove
or perpendicular pipe Of the same. and is de-
the cver.dry atmosphere Of apartments supplied
by means Of artificial heat. The material of
which the vessel is constructed, being porus, per-
mits the gradual percolation Of the water It con-
taiDs which rest upon its surface, when the cur
rent Of dry, heated air takes up its due propor-
tion OF moisture and distributes 1t through the
apartments.
the action OF the s'evaporator' Is messurably
automatic, supplying moisture to the heated air
in due proportion to the temperature and guam
THY of air passing over the surface Of the vessel
The experiments with this apparatus in the rooms
OF the Board Of Health demonstrate the fact that
when the volume of heated air discharged frou
the register is medium in temperature and guam
ttty, one quart Of water would percolate though
the vessel, be taken up and distributed in eight
hours, and the water in the vessel does net attain
atemperature exceeding sixty five DEGREES Faren-
heit during the process. This Qusntity Of water,
being distributed In the form of vsyor, furnishes
thousand cubic feet of moisture to the stmos-
pheTe, rendering 1t son. agreeable and healthful
Ills an acknowledged fact, palpably demonstrated
by every days experience, that the present mode
Officiating public and private buildings is in direct
violation Of known principles of properly supply
ing fresh and the discharge of vitiated air. In
the absence Of suitable structures and heating ap-
paratus, this simple device of DR.. Colburns sun.
plies most important defect, viz: the want Of
moisture, and viii prevent many of the prevalent
DIsPEPTIc AND CATARRHAL MALApIEs
incident to the conditions of defective heating and
ventilation. It has been in use In the city Of
Boston and Its vicinity for several years, giving
entire satisfaction, and has received most fayors-
Bile mention from the public school authorities,
Professor AgastZ and other scientists.
Your committee would respectfully recon- mend
the use Of this apparatus in the schools and other
pubic buildings OF the District and its general
J.M u: L SiIss; Committee.
A Committee OF three gentlemen from B2lti-
more, representing the National Sanitary Abat-
tOir Company, appeared before the board with the
bill which they contemplate bringing before Con.
gress during the present session, asking that
charter be granted this company for building an
abattoir on the east side of the Anacostia river
near Benning's bridge. They desired TO submit
the bill for any suggestions that the board might
make. They were asked by the board to appear
before the committee having that matter under
consideration.
The board hen held a private meeting, after
which II adjourned until Tuesday next.
A GIRLS REFORM SCHOOL NEEDED.
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drenl
Through the columns of the NATIONAL REPUB-
LICAN IL has been repeatedly and urgently stated