National Republican., 1876-03-25
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Vital ss.tis.ie,-yuisaaes, Ab,tsd.

Nkgat 6EASl6I-CA-Nui1Rusoh % 1Led.
The Board Of Health met O. their rooms las;
sveaing; DR.. q. q. Cox. president. in the chair.
Dr. Bliss. from the saaitlry committee. 70
ported on the BIDS for removing garbage, which
had been referred to them, with the ree0nmeada
tion that the contract should be awarded tO
Mess-s. II. NJ. Turner Go. as the lowest re
sponsible bidders.
The report was adopted and rsisTre1 to the
District Commissioners with a Recommendation
that the contract be made with these parties.
ported bills Amounting to SI.ii; which were
passed and ordered to be paid:
Prof. Lang ston, from the ordinance committee,
on the matter In relation to the filling up OF part
lot so, in SCARE 40. reported, Recommending that
the nuisance be abated at the cost of the board
The registrar submitted his statement OF NOR.
tality in the District for the week ending March
IL. which shows: Total deaths. 50; male white, l."
maiewhite, female, 10; male, color 10; female
Z. Or this number were under one month old;
one year, IS; three years, 4; ten years, Z; forty
natives or the District Of Columbia, 2s of the
United States, OF Ireland, OF England, and OF
Germany. The principal causes iof death were
whooping cough, l; inanition, l. phthiss pulmo-
nails, o; scTofcla. l; apoplexy, 2; congestion of
S : sPsP
i for Ps the week was i less than last week
S ct the The Of papaaSa as 30 Bfns
deaths was :. or at the rate of LES per
1000 per annum: si3 per cent. Of the
constitutional, SO oi from local. 16sT from deveI-
opmental, and 2.4l from violence. The rate OF
mortality Of the white population was q .252 per
1000 per annum, while the mortality Of the col
ored population was Il per 1000 for the same
period. Rate OF decrease OF white population by
deaths over births was 3.6l7 per 1000, while the
increase Of the colored population by births over
deaths was G.467 per 1000 per annum. Deaths
corresponding week 1875, white, 81; colored, 40
total iO2 at the rate Of 33.l5 per 1000 per an.
mum; Tor the same period there were 81 marriages,
70 white and IL colored; and IS births, 20 white
males and 10 white females, is colored males and
q colored females.
The health officer reported that the work of
cleaning the alleys by the contractor for the past
year had been satisfactory, SO far as the knowl-
edge Of his Office extended.
MIsCHEvIoCs SCHOOL CHILDREN.
A communication was received from the health
oficer stating that in consequence ofthe careless
and mischeyiOus habits OF the pupils OF the public
school at 6l+ Pennsylvania avenue, second floor,
the water closets and urinals placed for their ac-
commOdation are constantly in such filthy, oo-
stTucted and offensive condition as 10 render the
rooms occupied unfi for the purpose OF contne-
ment Of school children. The teschers state that
they have used every effort to prevent this nuis-
ance, but they find IL impossible to control the
pupils in this regard. He recommended that IL
be made the sublsct of an official commune alton
to the school trustees tOthe end that the evil
be corrected. The secretary was ordered to cor
TctpOnQ Win In6 trustees on Ine SuOieCI.
The brick structure on Boundary street, be-
tween Twentieth and Twenty FIRST, the property
OF Daniel U'Brien: the obstructed aud filthy uri-
mails on the second and third floors ofthe building
at 81 PENNSYLVANIA avenue, and the wood struc.
tuTe in Ridge alley, the property Of Alfred Boul-
din, have been condemned as nuisSnces, and the
health officer ordered to abate the same.
Apropes 10 the subject OF the contract for clean
ing the alleys, the health officer suggests that
the ''unimproved alleys" SO designated, be 10
cluded in the next contract for cleaning. The
alleys now cleaned are what are termed paved
and improved, two classes while the third class,
located IN squares on the extreme outskirts of
the cities, which have not been graded or i'm
proved in any manner, but in which constant de-
posits of filth are found, receive no attention. A
great injury to health results from this condition
OF these alleys. HerecOmmended that the Board
Of Health, in view OF the approaching reletting of
the contract for sweeping and cleaning alleys, set
forth TO the District Commissioners the necessity
for the periodical cleaning of the uuimproved
alleys. The paper was referred to the sanitary
committee.
Edward F. Bessett and George NJ. Grael made
application for positions under the board.
Dr.. Cox called the attention OF the board to an
advertisement, filling an entire page Of the Sani-
fGrion for the month OF April, 1875, protesting to
be report Of the committee on epidemics of the
Board OF Health Of this city, on dsinfectants Of
fered by II. q. Dayton. He pronounced the re-
port as garbled in the lrst place, and that wher-
ever the words carbolic acid occurred there had
Geen substituted the words win contagium." ="
Where they obtained the report and who doc
tered IT, he una bic to tell. He offered the fol-
lowing; which was adopted
ReS0ired, That hereafter all reports of CON-
mi:tees approving any sanitary instrument or
TIE Board Of Health, and in no instance shall
such reports be furnished to the proprietors or
inventors Of any sanitary improvement for the
purpose Of advertising their peculiar patent or
discovery, except as the board may direct by reso-
luton.
The board then adjourned.