National Republican., 1876-07-08
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Births, Marriages and Deaths Within Week.

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A regular meeting of the Board Of Health was
held at their rooms last evenin &. Present: DR.
Verdi, chairman Professor Langston, Mr. Mar
bury and DR.. Bliss.
The report of the coroner for the month ending
June 80, 1870, was received showing seventeen
bodies viewed and inquests held during that
period; among them were five drowned.
Dr. Bliss. from the sanitary committee, to whom
had been referred the communication of the hon
orable chairman of the Committee on the District
of Columbia, transmitting the petition of John
Kennedy al for the removal of the depot for the
transmission of offal from the District, and re-
questing an examination and report upon the
same reported that he had examined the depot
and found 1t in good sanitary condition, and in no
case nuisance Injurious to health, and recon-
mend that the secretary be directed to transmit
communication to the honorable chairman setting
forth the facts
They also recommend that the committee on
ordinances to confer with the honorable Commits
senting to Congress, through the Committee on
the District of Columbia. all the facts relative to
the removal of otfal from the cities of Washing
ton and Georgetown, and request an appropria-
tion for The purchase of site in more suitable
locality and the construction of proper buildings
The report and recommendations were adopted.
Mr. LangstOn, from the same committee, to
whom was referred communication from the
registrar of vital statistics regarding the issue of
cOtfins to poor persons, reported that under date
of September s, 1874 copy of the following order
was transmitted 10 Inc Vi HUH OOluHte-
sioners of the District: Joseph F. Hodgson, in
tendant, &C.: From and after this date you will,
on the order fthe Board of Health, furnish
CoFFINs FOR DECEASED PAUPERs."
Under this order 1t is not competent for the board
to direct the issue of cons for any other purpose
than for the burial of deceased paupers, the fact
of pauperism to be determined upon Investigation
by the health officer, on reference from the regis
trar, without regard to place of burial. Adopted.
Prof Langston, from the committee on Ordi-
nances to whom was referred a communication
relation to tle brought
to the market for sale to the butchers and are
kept too long in the cars at the depot reported
that the case falls under the cOgniZance of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
and the committee recommended that the society
be directed to forward a copy of the communica-
tisn to said society. Adopted.
Prof. Langston from the committee on ordi-
nances, to whom was referred a communication
from Health Officer keene in relation to the con-
tractors for the removal of garbage, allowing it
to remain on premises longer time than forty
eight hours, and that.improper covers are used
on the barrels, made a report stating that the
committee had considered the subject, and if the
statements are true
PLAIN VIOLATION OF CONTRACT
is shown in two respects: First failure to collect
the garbage according to the rules Of the board,
and, second, to its transportation in barrels not
properly covered.
For such violation of the contract and the rules
the garbage collectors are amenable to the law.
Such violations are SO grave, and result In such
injury to the public health that they cannot be
tolerated by the board, especially during the
months of June, July, August and September.
Your committee, therefore, recommend that a
special committee be appointed to confer at once
with Messrs. H. F. Turner & Co. with regard to
this subject, and inform them that further neg
lect to perform their contract resulting In the
violation of the ordinances on the subject Will not
be tolerated, and that proceedings Will be 1nstl-
tuted through the honorable Commissioners of
the District and the courts thereOfif if such viola
tions are continued.
Adopted: and Prot. Langston and DIR. Bliss were
appointed the committee.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The statement of the register Of mortality in
the District for the week ending July was
submitted, and shows: Total deaths, 12f; males,
white, 5; females, 8; males colored, 10; females,
10 minOrs-males, white, q; females, %; males,
colored, 25; females, "a. Under one month old,
49, one year, 50;twO years a. three years, 81 twen-
ty years, 4 forty years, l3; sixty years, 4 eighty
years. 10: ninety years. 2. Natives of this District,
91 of the United States "a; of Ireland, l. France,
l. The principal causes of death were: Cholera
infantum 25 diarrhea 8; chronic. l; dysentery, 4;
bilious fever /; remittent, 2; scarlet fever, l; ty
phoid fever, 2; typho malorial, !; inanition, 8;
phthisis pulmonalis Q; convulsons (infantile IL;
heart disease 2; pneumonia 2; enterits, 2; gashl-
tbs, 2; ,cyanosis, 8; debility, q violence, 4. The
or at the rate of 41275 per 1000 per annum.
Decrease of the population by deaths over births
(reported) was a, or at the rate Of 1850 per
l,O6O per annum; $3.50 per cent. OF the deaths
were from zymotic diseases I1o2 from cOnsti-
tutional, 22.S4 from local, 1889 from develop
mental and 3I5 from violence. The rate Of NOR.
tality Of the white population was % 226 per 1000
per annum, while the mortality of the colored
population was TO- 1888 per 900 for the same period
Rate Of decrease Of the white population by deaths
over births, 4.s74 per 900 per annum, while the
decrease of the colored population by deaths over
births was s5s2 per oGORer annum an Deaths ~. @ cor
l42: or Mt the rate Of 46:l5o per 900 per annum.
For the same period there were SIS births, white,
male, IL female, 20; llQred, male, q: female II.