The daily gazette., 1879-01-07
The Beard or Health.

Regular Meeting Last Erening-dn Ex,
hd,,stipe Report From the Secretary
The Brandywine Water Again. The
Board Adourns to Meet at the Cal
Of the President.
The Board of Health met last evening
In regular session. At the conclusion Of
the reading Of the minutes, the Secretary
read the following very excellent report
WILMINGTON, DEL, Jan. o, 1870.
To the Board of Hedith:-
by request of the Board of Health,
submit the following in addition to what
has already been adopted:
For the month of December, 1878.
The following Is report for said month,
by certificates of death: Males, A.; fe-
males, 81; white, 73 black, 20; born in
the United Sta es, 81; foreign, II;
brought here for interment, I: oldest
person died, S5 total for the month of
December, 83 total for the year ending
December 81, 1878, Sal for the city.
RECAPITULATIoN.
Interments for the year 1876. ..... .661
I" 1877. .75g
Z" 1878. .S41
GENTLEMEN: Il beg leave to submit
the following report for the year just
closed: We have had twenty-nine meet
ings in all. The attendance has been
full and much activity shown in the per
formance Of the work reported and re-
ferred TO the various commit ees for their
consideration. Various complaints made
to the Board during the year just closed
are classified as follows: Water in eel
lars, stencil arising from cess pools, filthy
cutters, dirty alleys, offensive pig-pens
stagnant water in bitches, garbage suffer
ed to remain on the pavements, filth II
Shipley run, bad smell from tallow an,
other factories, bad smell from nigh
carts, dead dogs, cats, rats, goats, etc
The above constitutes about all the kind
of nuisances the Board have to conten,
with, except the standing nuisance, ant
one which deserves to be dealt with il
no trining manner, aye more than
nuisance, fountain of death slowly bu
surely sending many to an early grave
This honorable body is aware of tn
fact but is poweress to check it.
Forty thousand free and intelligen
people know the fact that when they ar
slumbering In their beds at night, tn
stream, the clear, sparkling, gurglin
water Of the Brandywine is being pois
oned, and the only means made use OF I
stop this deathly monster Is newspape
discussions and appointments of specia
committees, who spend their time il
talking instead of acting. This Boar
has performed its duties well and ia IL
fully, according to the means at thei
disposal. The estimated population {
Wilmington is 10000. The amount aI
propriated for the Health Department j
$500,and 500 to the Registrar of Death
and Burials, making total of 5000 10
the year 1879.
The es imstsd population Of the city c
Washington ID. c., is 10000. The ex
lpendltures for 1877 in the Health depart
ment, not including the report Of he Res
istrar of deaths and burials was $32
002 80. Wilmington, 5000 in all. hav
no recommendations or advice TO give o
this subject, but believe it lime, that tn
) department should not be overlooke,
and instead of the citizens being Statistic
with what some irresponsible newspap,
clerk may write. They should appeal
this Board, where there are men of inte
lgence, men of learning, men who al
willing 20 give the desired scientific il
formation if they are encouraged by ha
ing the means at their disposal.
The nuisancrs reported durir G the pa
year are a, follows, according TO wards