New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-04

so a e cs ,ed nto eject Tho object Of chs
was evidently remove one OF the agencies TOT ,9e pro
rlon OF paIperism. It is soon 10 predot the re-
suits which may OF this innovation put II ~
shall promote the desired end OF insmng p h o
useful aud to learn TO acquire an independence VIII
PeTbops the most notable Of the improvements nstl-
tIted under the present administration Is tho IranS
GaGG % Hi III AT ana the Srs for
admission arc that the applicants snail ne wonlen pc
tween the ages Of 20 and 80 years, recommended Dy
cIercvnen and PHYSICIANS and in good health Tie in
ducenent offered Is thorough education I'd praetisal
and theoretical nursing by of instruction At me
medical staff Of he hospital OF tine numerous spPn I
cants 16 have been accepted OF WHOM four nave let a
40 remain all Of them intelligent and respectable Young
women The first II nurses admit q are IN eharse o.
wards the remainder assstans Each nurse remains
for three months alta time in charge OF melcal sur
ara uterine, Obsterlcal, aud yenerea ware nrst as
assistant. aerward as head nurse Two lee lures are ne
ivered 10 them week. in tho amphitneater or tho
hospital by visiting physicians and the CHIEF OF stan
House physicians give them daily lnsIruetohs ~ l1
wards In the library for nurses are al tne stnaalu
medical textbooks BY discussing me former hses.
and instiutng this method tho discipline IN tne Wards
and the condition OF them as TO cleanliness nave peen
materially improved. The patients now receive CON
slant and attention. day and night ami the nurses
thus trained are gwen an oecupelon " Wnr ~ bI
comfortable income during the rest OF thef ives WINE
serving as useful assistants to practeng ply sicans
The Commissioners reiterate their urgent Ieplesena
now inadequate for the number OF prisoners aud unhI
for tho uses Tor which It Is required 90, ooo ,o-c
they are 81 IL, Goo reduction of S6lOVO
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
A nj present organized tho Board Of Health consists
OF the Health Officer VI the Port who Is appointed ny
the state guard against the introduction OF epdelnics
and contagious diseases from abroad OF the President
OF the Board of Police, who is thus enabled to bring ntel
gently the cooperation Of the Police Department. and OF
two Health Commissioners, medical, the other not
medicn but an export IN sanitary chemistry eySt3
well regulated machine II has WOiked quietly but hc
emily during the past year Perhaps the m0sl notice
ablc Improvement recently Instituted by &C has oeeh ts
smallpox Hospital ttuVefShel ana thc NaoelHtuon P
reau. over 10000 persons have been Yaecliaed Dy
w e"fpa sge ~ Ts % sS.u , ~ and vac
an ul Tie Wofh having Dctn dole curing 80 alt ~
cine virus sufficient for 10000 persons more nag been
furnished to public institutions gratiiousy change
Tor the better has DGen made IN me treatment OF sn
pox patients, and the Board earnestly represents thd
there should be an act OF the Legislature requiring al
persons 10 be yacciuttcd.
in addition 10 much other work tho Department bns
malpria exhaatiOns from Harlem Hats; and has insisted
upon Improvements IN tho drainage and Ventilation OF
low ieyc, aud dptheid and other such natal diseases
caused or developed. Under he directions OF the
sanitary Inspectors tha atmosphere Of many dwellings
has, during The last year been made wholesome b3 IN
extension Of tie sGlpipes through he roofs, aud
gases which had heretofore gwen 10 closets,
bathrooms, and fixed basins an offensive Odor,
The ROOMS have been purified o, tue poNon' whicn
affect she health Of the inmates Of all houses IA which
such Improvements are noe introduces. Ihe attention
OF every householder Is called to lhis subject By IN
arrangement Win the Depa tnnt OF Bulldmgs the
plans f0r no tenement o. dwelling are now appfO9eG
mill plans for the sollppes ana mOnY PROPOSED 10
placed 10 tho house submitted tO and approved Oy
the H"nth department itls fNle'ieo tli' elnS "hlch
have recently been much dbcusscd ~ the new paper
and from which the city has long suffered, VIII DE mus
The appropriations FOR this Department FOR 1875
reduction Of 5000
PARK DEPARTMENT.
In the PARK Department the expenditures for manen-
aucc 1873 hayo been about lyo per ccUt less tlan In
s7i and greater results have been produced for the
money The change ia the superintendent and in The
command Of the police force bas produced greater
efficiency Most OF The architectural structures aud Of
the bridges IA the Central PARK have been put Ia com
petc repair The paths and ws thcro are also In good
oIl D. Tie unfinished WoItso new Nhh-; I"a,'', tb"
BRIDGES have been lutaily completed Nhnt IT,
49, iir ,i,. snl,ns - mayhem tte area Vi the Con-
tral Park wl De "a completed condition, except the
sat, % portion o.! thu enclosing walls 10 the nor hefn
end. nud the interior slopes adjacent to those Unfinished
Tie plaus which have been heretofore prepared FOR
warts have been held under consideraiion ana
measures have been taken Tor now plan 20 re,lace
eu fb, objection, suggested 20 the Old piaus-cNccs-
,lo cost aui tusa, uuAtc dc,g- De- met 10y fDc thOr
0uyh SHADY given % the necessary conditions o. secure
results satisfactory 10 Tue proper owners ana lSnv
@. Completed during tt"y' 1870 AMI tins ma! 'r eA-
Tine tao bridges ovcr Tie litt.m River are constantly
olaf 3D.. rcrir-'11i 10 te i".i'-N" htraSt 81 At-'nt
5faJ sad Wca,u So 81 structure. The interruption 10
travel Du ci,hc, them j. r-ups eiit nee 10 many
people" The Contra Nrdt' s" rs .r u.li "li' re
CHS u.s. postponed, the cNptn-'t .- n- u IN i'psu lIe
necessarily utlry. Toe IuEf [nUo nr1d-c ne 'is e
-tetu niu' to WORK the lia" "i,h iapH ~ 10 V"i''
tlc uDlaut.ol- NV cub3rt AZ to th.'" VIZ" i.H'l
MOS" bridges suspension brugo half mue aolth oi
Gee. li..i lttl.t aui bridge A Hti-Ju-i't' n". th
.'I, NM i. i.. l.olii of Estimate rnd App'rtuumcnt
IiI, t.-..uu ot Natural History Et' been it"-t4 i'
year; .ud ol tAc ,u-uim oi Art tr eNc.iidi as ana
IA ii. 1i-.n.n II SI.lrll Hi.tor, dgrih- tae
pt.t -.i-.r, u,,ta-s ot decay n preparing io phone
,,' . '''" ' V''. .,,,rs.. J, been made toward
completing the iomU,ms and other unfinished
', ,', ",.,.i.-c r,,r,',, ...-'.,ic; ana opera
l..u4 t,rrr ul.e u7ll -rl4ibtutrd. lao N"aa
lurCt, Inl, rIh ,Aouille rc.aii. Ih,ig N"'', cen
ID. I1.-u,l cliy u t', Sr1uH ie result "i t' "'tn-
ton -v,r duru- tur past to thc ic u,'it o' t-
p,,ile uud...ct W0.e ou .ac t,H,i Pass a''' 'thtf
ei, parks a.d pur- tucai in Order - ''tI ,Al'i,
i.rr 90 le observation and criticism 90 visitors nom
other coUHtrt3 ruJ may 20 cApet't1 h-tc ""ih's 'o
& 5,,'n-atl,r. for $50 Amounted 10 s5sf 900 for
1910 U.DJ are 3iHjJOO, ittu'uo "i oo''"oo
DEPARTMENT. or PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
An tae officers oi tins Department practical trchi-
trc,, house carpenters ma'on' They r' required 10
,ts that The proy OF law enforced with regard
o h, manner oi construction the materials to he used
In the erection alteration. repair o. any building Ia
the CIV 10 secure strength aud durability protection Tor
property against hrn aud safety or PERSONS ia e3'' 81
ire A., The Department Is 90 present constitutes, we
duties rc performed thoroughly IMAM hereto or.
rEn following sta,istca VIII prove oi lu''f0s' ~ inns
'''H' 1873. asa. 1879. Is72.
Plans for
h S.SSsi 81 soi $50 osi
rni t41S' 1907 1893 1874 1881
OF which
ap. so, ,ss "a, ss7
OF which
there
smcn'd,S o, -, -,
81 Which
rejected 80 10 10