National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-25
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Details of the Meeting Last Night.


The Board of Health met last evening at 7:30
O'Clock; DR.. Q. Q. Cox, the president in the chair
DR.. bliss, from the sanitary committee. to whom
was referred q communication from J. N. Arnold,
in which he recommends that families in the city
be required to burn their garbage, and stating
that he has successfully employed this method for
four years, reported that in their Judgment the
plan submitted was impracticsble, as the board
has no authority to require persons to make such
disposition OF their garbage.
After discussion by Professor Langston, DR..
Bliss and others, the report was adopted.
Dr. Bliss also reported that the sanitary COM
mittee, to whom was referred the communication,
transmitted by the District Commissioners, re-
specting the sanitary condition of the privies and
garbage boxes of the O-street market, had visited
the market, and found the prtvies and garbage
boxes in a condition to justify and sustain the re-
cent report of the health officer on the subject
eriy Constructed, and the garbage boxes were not
of sufficient size to accommodate the great
amount Of garbage, and, besides were not sup:
Obnoxious gases arising from the decomposing
vegetable matter. The committee learned that
to remove the privy contents therefore the COM
mittee recommend that the secretary Of the
health office communicate with the Commission
ers in regard to the abatement Of the nuisance.
The report of the committee was adopted.
Professor Lsngston, from the committee on or
dinance, to whom was referred the SUBJECT of
bastardy in the District, reported that the COM
mittee had met the District attorney, MIR. Wells,
in conference and called his attention to the SUBJ
iect-matter. Mr.. Wells assured the committee
that q complaint being made before person Of
authority by the mother OF any bastard child or
by any other person interested in the good order
and sound morals OF the District he or his repre-
sentatives will see that the guilty party is duly
prosecuted without expense TO any one making
health officer be directed to advise any officer Of
the board doing service by his direction, to whose
knowledge it may come, that If any party is
Institute proceedings in the Police Court or be-
fore the grand jury. The report was adopted
The registrars Statement Of the vital statistics
for the week ending Saturday September 49, was
then submitted, of which the following Is synop-
sis Total number Of deaths, IS; white male, I;
white 5; female, 10; coIored, male, IS; female Ii
from one month TO one year old, white. Q; colored
Il: two to three, white, 3; colored, 3; three to
colored, 10; ten to twenty, colored, 4; twenty to
thirty, white L. colored 81 thirty to forty white 81
cGlGTeG s. forty to ,y White !; cClOrsd y to
3; seventy to eighty, white i colored 2; above one
hundred, cOlored, 10. Observation-Disclosures Of Co
land, s; Germany, l. The causes Of death were
Group typhoid fever, 4; Intermittent fever, l;
remittent fever, !; malaria fever, diarrhea, 1;
dysentery, 2; cholera infantum, S. entero-colitis,
!; cerebro-spnal meningitis, 1; syphilis, 1; mani
tion, 2; aphth@, i anasarea, l; marasmus l;
culsr bronchitis l; Admits, l; meningitis, 4;
apoplexy, l; epilepsy, l; commissions, 4; trismus
nascentium, 2; heart disease, 3; broncho pneumo-
mia, i typhoid pneumonia, 2; congestion oflungs,
!; gGstfits, L; castro entertis, /; dentitfon, /;
hepatitis, l; hypertrophy of PROSTATE gland, L;
ateIectasis pulmonium, /; premature birth, 2;
puerperal peritonitis, l. debility, (senile,) 8; as
tkenia, l; homicide by shooting, l. During the
same week there were II marriages; white, 4;
colorsd, 10. Births, white, male, u; female, Is;
colored, male, IL, female, O. The mortality of
the District for the week was more than last
week; 1896 per cent. Of the deaths were from
Eymotic diseases, q. Sc from constitutional, 3065
from local, ll.36 from deveIopmentaI and LIB from
violence. The rate Of mortality Of the white
population was Ills per ], 900 per annum, while
the mortality of the colored population was 57.77
Of the white population by deaths, over births
81 per 1000; while the decrease Of the colored
population by deaths over births was 1851 per
1000 per Gnnum.
Professor Langston reported that Oh recommeu-
dalton Of the health othcer the six frame houses
and premises situated between Delaware avenue
and First and q and ID streets northeast, having
improper drainage, leaky roofs, causing the walls
to be damp and the rooms unhealthy, filthy yards
and prtves being overcrowded and In bad sani-
tary condition generally, and UNFIT for human
habtation, are declared to be nuisances injurious
to health and the health officer directed to abate
the same according to law and the ordinances Of
the board.
nuisances were read and referred.
The applications Of Charles II. Pond and G.
Garrett for positions were received ana placed on
file; also the application Of Morey Parsons, for
position of physician to the poor.
a communication was read from H. NJ Barlow,
In regard to urinal to be placed on the corner Of
Pennsylyania avenue and Seventh street, which
was also referred.
Professor Langston moved that Dr. Cox, the
president Of the board, be placed upon the select
agreed to, and this is now q standing committee,
and DR.. Verdi chairman. Adjourned.