National Republican., 1876-11-18
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Annual Rsport Of the Health oac,r.

Annual Report Of the Health oaac,r.
regular meeting of the Board Of Health
was held at their rooms last evening; all the
members present, and DR.. T, s. Verdi, presi-
dent, in the chair.
The registrar submitted statement Of the
| mortality in the District for the week ending
| November 4, from whicl the follow .nS
synopsis is taken: Total deaths, SO; Whit, 81;
eolored, 81: under year, 10; under 20 years,
| 13; under 40 years, 81; under 60 years, 6; un-
der so years, z; under 80 years, l. Natives OF
| the District, 81; other parts of the United
States, 20; Ireland, 4; Germany, L. The prin-
eipal causes ofdesth were scarlatina, 1; Group,
| 2; typhoid feye, 8; intermittent fever, : ty-
| pythisis pulu,onalis, II; conySlsions, 8; hron-
chitis, 2. Births, So; white male, %; female,
| %: male coiored, Is; female, IS.
The board then adjourned.
THE HEALTH eFFIcE.
The heath officer has prepared Eis annual
report for the year ending September 80, 1876.
! In submitting It he says: al have the honor to
present tabular statements of the operations
| of the department. undo- my charge, together
| with the reports of the medical sanitary
| inspector and the Inspector of marine pro-
| ducts, all of which bear sure testimony to the
vigilance and efficiency OF the employees, the
value of their labors aud the intimate relation
ship of our service to the highest interests OF
the community"
The consolidated report OF nuisances shows
that q, ,26l separate nuisances have been re-
poTeed and abated during the year, Of which
the following are the principal mentioned,
viz Houses condemned as unfit for human
habitation, 81; lots having water thereon,
lo5; privies, 1851; sewer connections ordered,
1y641. The other items include miscellaneous
Buisanees, such as filthy alleys, yar1s and
rrl4ulispe damn PAllarg &p-- showing that the
sanitary inspectors have been on the alert and
nothing which might prove Injurious to health
has escaped their vigilance.
The consolidated report of condemnstions
of unwholesome food shows that an enormous
quantity of the various articles of diet sold in
the markets was found to be unwholesome and
destroyed, including among other items g, ,2l7
pounds of meat, 3,940 pounds of game, 15,1lS
heads OF cabbage, l., ,104 melons, = 2,G32 dozen
of eggs. besides miscellaneous fruits, vege-
tables, &C., the total value OF which, if of
wholesome quality, is computed TO be sll ,92j.
The report of the
INSPECTOR OF MARINE PRODUCTS,
Ar.,Ludington, contains much information of
value on the subject of the diminished supply
Of fish from the Potomac this year, and the
reasons assigned by various persons for this
decrease. The Inspector believes the princi-
pal cause to be the large number of gill-nets
used and the over fishing OF the river, and
recommends 4 law looking TO the prevention
OF the reckless destruction Of fish in our river.
The consolidated report show the inspection OF
3l9,0 ,079 shad II 800 taylOrs, ,4SS, $50 herring
4S3,l Ill lunches fish, $50 ,437 bushels oysters,
iGi, ,945 CLANS, ilG, ASS crabs, and of these con-
deInDations 10 the estimated value, if of
wholesome quality, of SG,G0l.70.
TIE OPERATIONS OF THE POUND
for the year show ,9,GGS animals impounded-
sc horses, 60 COWS, mules, u hogs, Ii goats,
43 geese and 2,SG9 dogs. OF these IN were
redeemed, ) sold and ,9l7 killed. The state
nent of service rendered by physicians to the
poor shows that good work has been discon-
tinued. During the eleven months of service
there were Z ,S5S patients treated Ii, 1S2 visits
and Office consultations being made at q total
cost of s. ,jccG.74. OF the persons treated
:, 2,443 were whites and 5,4l5 colored. 1t is
certainly unfortunate that no fund is available
for the medical care of these hundreds of un.
fortunate poor, and the result must be great
suffering among them during the approaching
cold season.
Thirty eight cases OF smallpox were reported
during the year and provided for by isolation
or removal to the hospital, the same success
ful method for preventing the spread of the
disease being pursued as in former years,
which has given our Health Board the reputa-
tion Of more thoroughly and successfully deal
ing with this disease than any ether city in the
country.
THE REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SANITARY
INSPECTOR
CDR. Stewart) is accompanied by an elaborate
tabular statement, soowing the character and |
extent of his labors, which are the examina- |
tion of cause of death where no physician was
in attendance, the determination of worthy |
objects of charity applying for burial of de- |
ceased friends at public expense, and the |
special Inspection of premises where fatal cases
of zymotic disease have occurred. The con-
solidated table shows the total number of |
cases of death reported to this Office during |
the year te have been fSS, of which the promi- |
nent causes of death were: Still birth, lei; |
pneumonia, Sc; diarrhna, 35: convulsions,
112; phthisis, 46. OF the whole numbar of |
deaths reported 1914 were whites, 594 colored; |
Al males and 374 females; I61 were illegiti- !
mate children, 5 of which were white; 302 |
were buried at public expense, 16 of which |
were white; 15d local causes Of disease were |
This inspectors report dwells upon the largo |
ratio OF mortality amocg infants and the poorer |
classes; also the large number of still-births,
noticing the prominent calses of this extraor-
linary waste of human life, il being the
and the locality in which they are situated.
He also dwells upon the fact that bastardy |
prevails 10 an alarming extent among the class
10 which his attention is especially directed.
The entire report of the health officer is
replete With information, showing that the
executive Office OF the board IS fully up
10 its usual standard of efficiency aud useful
ness.